 The U.S. military said that it had seized a boatload of advanced conventional weapons sent from Iran to the Houthi rebels in Yemen on January 11, 2024, while conducting a flag verification. U.S. Senkham Navy forces conducted a nighttime seizure of a Dao conducting illegal transport of advanced lethal aid from Iran to resupply Houthi forces in Yemen as part of the Houthi's ongoing campaign of attacks against international merchant shipping, the U.S. Central Command said on X, the seized items. The propulsion, guidance, and warheads for Houthi medium-range ballistic missiles and anti-ship cruise missiles, as well as air defense-associated components, Senkham said initial analysis indicates these same weapons have been employed by the Houthis to threaten and attack innocent mariners on international merchant ships transiting in the Red Sea, it said. This is the first seizure of lethal, Iranian-supplied advanced conventional weapons to the Houthis since the beginning of Houthi attacks against merchant ships in November 2023, the statement noted.