{"id":9131,"date":"2024-12-02T21:02:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T21:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/?p=9131"},"modified":"2024-12-02T21:02:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T21:02:22","slug":"old-photo-shared-as-us-destroyer-and-three-supply-ships-targeting-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/2024\/12\/02\/old-photo-shared-as-us-destroyer-and-three-supply-ships-targeting-yemen\/","title":{"rendered":"Old photo shared as US destroyer and three supply ships targeting Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Accounts<\/a>\u00a0on \u201cX\u201d published\u00a0a photo of a huge explosion, claiming that it documents Yemen\u2019s targeting of an American destroyer and three ships in the Arab Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The photo was accompanied by the following description: \u201cBreaking: Yemen announces the targeting of an \u201cAmerican destroyer and three supply ships\u201d in the Arab Sea and the Gulf of Aden.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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One source of the claim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Kashif verified the image via \u201cGoogle Images\u201d tool and found that it is old and was incorrectly linked to a Yemeni military operation against an American destroyer and ships in the Arab Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The image shows Saudi Border Guards detonating a booby-trapped boat in the Red Sea in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 26\/4\/2017, the \u201cAl-Riyadh Newspaper \u2013 Breakin<\/a>g\u201d account on \u201cX\u201d published\u00a0a group of photos, including the circulated photo. The newspaper explained that the photos document the Border Guards in Jazan foiling an attempt to blow up a dock and a petroleum products distribution station affiliated with Saudi Aramco using an explosive boat.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Screenshot of the account of \u201cAl-Riyadh Newspaper – Urgent\u201d which published the photo on the \u201cX\u201d platform on 4\/26\/2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Shehab News Agency<\/a>\u00a0website published\u00a0the photo on 26\/4\/2017, in a report with the following title: \u201cSaudi Arabia: Thwarting an attempt to blow up a petroleum station using a booby-trapped boat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Screenshot of the Shehab News Agency website that published the photo on 4\/26\/2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The website stated that the Kingdom’s naval forces were able to blow up a boat in the Red Sea, which was intending to target a petroleum products distribution station in the Jazan region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Saudi Ministry of Interior<\/a>\u00a0published\u00a0a picture of the boat, and stated that no people were on board and the boat was automatically control. It added that the boat was controlled after its engines were shot at and disabled before it approached its target.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Screenshot of the Saudi Ministry of Interior account of the boat photo dated 4\/26\/2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The spokesman of the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General\u00a0Yahya Saree,<\/a>\u00a0announced in a statement on \u201cX\u201d on 1\/12\/2024 that \u201cthe Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a military operation against an American destroyer and three supply ships in the Arab Sea and the Gulf of Aden with 16 ballistic and winged missiles and a drone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources of Claim<\/td>Sources of Verification <\/td><\/tr>

Events in Syria,<\/a>

Advisor Dr. Shahla Al-Irani<\/a><\/td>
Al-Riyadh Newspaper – Urgent<\/a>

Shehab News Agency<\/a>

Saudi Ministry of Interior<\/a>

Brigadier General Yahya Saree
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Accounts\u00a0on \u201cX\u201d published\u00a0a photo of a huge explosion, claiming that it documents Yemen\u2019s targeting of an American destroyer and three ships in the Arab Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The photo was accompanied by the following description: \u201cBreaking: Yemen announces the targeting of an \u201cAmerican destroyer and three supply ships\u201d in the Arab Sea<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[695,130,131,83,56,694,361,158,81,601],"class_list":{"0":"post-9131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-facts-in-english","8":"tag-aden","9":"tag-claim","10":"tag-fact","11":"tag-houthis","12":"tag-kashif","13":"tag-us","14":"tag-usa","15":"tag-verified","16":"tag-yemen","17":"tag-yemeni-army"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9133,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9131\/revisions\/9133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashif.ps\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}