Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Feb. 15
SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi group on Thursday claimed responsibility for attacking a British ship in the Gulf of Aden with several missiles.
"We carried out a military operation against a British ship, Lycavitos, while it was sailing in the Gulf of Aden," Yahya Sarea, the Houthi military spokesman, said in a statement aired by the group's al-Masirah satellite TV channel. (Yemen-Houthi Missile Attack-British Ship)