‘No US Warships In Middle East’ Biden Withdraws USS Abraham Lincoln After Houthi Attack In Red Sea

Pentagon officials revealed on 19 November that the USS Abraham Lincoln left the Red Sea “over the weekend,” ending a three-month deployment and leaving West Asia without a US carrier strike group for just the second time in over a year.

According to US officials, the USS Harry S. Truman strike group will reportedly move to the Mediterranean Sea from its current area of operations in the Atlantic near Portugal's Azores islands.

The USS Lincoln's withdrawal was announced seven days after Sanaa launched two major military operations against US warships in the Red Sea, reportedly thwarting a “large-scale aggression” being prepared by the US and UK navies against Yemen.

“We targeted the US aircraft carrier Lincoln located in the Arabian Sea with several cruise missiles and drones while it was preparing to launch operations against our country. The operation successfully achieved its objectives,” armed forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahyaa Saree said on 12 November.

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