American and British forces carried out a series of airstrikes against positions across Yemen after the Arab country’s military staged strikes against a US oil tanker and warships in support of the Palestinians in Gaza.

Yemeni armed forces say they have carried out three military operations, targeting Israeli port of Eilat, a British ship in the Gulf of Aden and a US destroyer in the Red Sea.

The Iranian Navy commander says the country plans to stage a combined naval exercise with foreign military forces within the next few weeks.

The Yemeni military has claimed responsibility for a missile attack on a British cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Yemen says its armed forces fired missiles at a British ship passing though the Gulf of Aden on Thursday and scored a “direct hit” in their latest operation in solidarity with the Palestinians.

The Islamic Republic is expanding its naval presence in high seas amid tensions stoked by outsiders in the region.

US forces have attacked Yemen, hours after a British oil tanker was struck with a similar projectile and set alight in the Gulf of Aden after transiting the Red Sea.

The Yemeni army says it has targeted another American ship in the Gulf of Aden in response to US-UK strikes on the Arab country.

Yemen's Armed Forces announce conducting fresh missile strike against another American ship in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Yemen's Armed Forces announce striking American ship in support of Gaza, which has come under a genocidal Israeli war that enjoys full-on US support.