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| - Fact Check: No US warship attacked in Red Sea, clip of Saudi ship is years old
India Today found that the video in question is at least over six years old and shows a Saudi warship attacked off the coast of Yemen.
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India Today Fact Check
This is a 2017 video that shows a Saudi warship attacked off the coast of Yemen.
A video of a ship at sea bursting into flames has been widely shared on social media. Allegedly, this was the American warship USS Carney. “US Navy destroyer USS Carney allegedly attacked by drones in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. This would be another step closer towards WWIII,” read one post containing the video.
These posts come at a time when the US has accused Iran of facilitating rocket and drone attacks by Iranian-backed proxy groups on its forces in Iraq and Syria. Such attacks have reportedly seen an uptick amid the Israel-Hamas war.
India Today found that the video in question is at least over six years old. According to reports from 2017, it shows a Saudi warship attacked off the coast of Yemen by Houthi militants.
OUR PROBE
A reverse image search of the video's keyframes led us to a similar video uploaded to the YouTube channel of Euronews on January 31, 2017. According to the channel, the footage showed a Saudi warship attacked off the coast of Yemen. The video was reportedly released by al-Masirah television, which is run by the rebel Houthi movement.
Since 2015, the Houthi movement, which is backed by Iran and follows the Shiite branch of Islam, has taken control of significant portions of northern Yemen and has been engaging in warfare against a coalition led by Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi state news agency SPA reported that the warship was attacked by three suicide boats belonging to Houthi militants. Two crew members were reportedly killed, and three others were injured in the incident. The Houthis alleged that the warship was involved in aggression against coastal cities and Yemeni fishermen. They also claimed that the explosion was caused by a guided missile they fired.
The viral video and screenshots from it were also used in reports about the same incident by other media organisations, including Sky News, Business Insider, and the Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik in 2017.
Meanwhile, according to a CNN report from October 19, 2023, the USS Carney, a US Navy warship, successfully intercepted three land attack missiles and multiple drones near the Yemeni coast. The Pentagon's press secretary, Brigadier General Pat Ryder, mentioned that these missiles were launched by Iranian-backed Houthi militants. There have been recent reports of similar attacks on US troops in the Middle East.
The United States has increased its military presence in the Middle East since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict in early October. This includes the deployment of the USS Gerald R Ford carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean. The USS Carney is part of this strike group.
Thus, it is clear that the video in question doesn’t show a US warship. It is a years-old video and depicts the attack on a Saudi warship.
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