The US government on Thursday said it was not at war with the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen despite repeated attacks on positions held by them. “We don’t seek war. We don’t think that we are at war. We don’t want to see a regional war,” Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said in Washington on Thursday. Singh said Houthi militants continue to fire cruise missiles and anti-ship missiles at innocent sailors and merchant ships in the Red Sea. “What we are doing with our partners is self-defense. We certainly don’t want to see this widen out to a regional war and we don’t want to see this con…