The US armed forces have announced that they carried out a self-defence strike against the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen on Friday. Two Houthi anti-ship missiles mounted on trucks were the target, the Pentagon’s regional command announced on Saturday morning on the X social media platform, formerly Twitter. The incident occurred on Friday morning around 9:50 am (0750 GMT). Houthi militias also fired two ballistic anti-ship missiles from Yemen at the MV Propel Fortune in the Gulf of Aden on Friday afternoon, the statement added. The ship, which flies the Singapore flag, is also owned and …