United States has deployed the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and 11 other ships off the coast of Yemen . Nine combat vessels are monitoring Iranian vessels suspected of carrying weapons to Houthi rebels in the country . Pentagon spokesman said they are monitoring the nine cargo ships but refused to say whether they would engage . The U.S. military is also conducting a naval exercise with its allies that includes an amphibious landing on one side of the Red Sea near Yemen, according to Reuters.
United States has deployed the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and 11 other ships off the coast of Yemen . Nine combat vessels are monitoring Iranian vessels suspected of carrying weapons to Houthi rebels in the country . Pentagon spokesman said they are monitoring the nine cargo ships but refused to say whether they would engage . Meanwhile intense fighting between Iranian-backed rebels and Saudi-led coalition rages on in the embattled nation .