Yemen’s Houthis on Wednesday claimed an attack on a US ship, the latest in a series of assaults by the Iran-aligned group that has disrupted shipping in the Red Sea. The Houthi military spokesman Yehya Saree said the militia had attacked the True Confidence ship with missiles in the Gulf of Aden, resulting in a fire. He added the attack came after the ship’s crew ignored warning messages from the group’s forces. Earlier Wednesday, the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), an organization that monitors merchant shipping, reported that a cargo vessel had been hit and damaged off Aden in southern…