The US military said it shot down an attack drone and a missile fired by the Houthi rebels in Yemen in the south of the Red Sea on Thursday. The drone and the anti-ship ballistic missile were shot down by the USS Mason between 1445 GMT and 1510 GMT in the south of the Red Sea, the US Regional Command for the Middle East (Centcom) said on Thursday on social media platform X. “There was no damage to any of the 18 ships in the area or reported injuries. This is the 22nd attempted attack by Houthis on international shipping since Oct. 19,” the post continued. Since the outbreak of the Gaza war the…