Officials in Brussels disclosed on Oct 26 that a warship from the French Navy neutralized a ballistic projectile during a mission in the Bab el-Mandeb strait. The Belgian Ministry of Defence stated the interception took place in mid-October near the Primula, a Belgian mine-hunting vessel, as the ships operated in the waterway connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
The incident occurred as troops aligned with the Yemeni government continued fighting to reclaim control of the southern Red Sea coastal plain. While the Houthi movement claimed to have repelled a Saudi-backed offensive in the area using heavy weapons and missiles, officials in Yemen have dismissed those reports and said the military operation to secure the strategic strait remains underway.
