The U.S. Navy said on November 15 it had scuttled a boat transporting "explosive materials" from Iran to supply Huthi rebels in Yemen, with enough power to fuel a dozen ballistic rockets. The boat, which the U.S. Navy seized on November 8 in the Gulf of Oman, was sunk on November 13, the Bahrain-based U.S. Fifth Fleet said.
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