US seeks to keep Yemen-bound ammunition seized from Iran
US naval forces on December 1 intercepted a fishing trawler smuggling more than 50 tons of ammunition rounds, fuses and propellants for rockets in the Gulf of Oman along a route from Iran to Yemen.
Thousands of AK-47 assault rifles, seized from a fishing vessel transiting along a maritime route from Iran to Yemen, sit on the flight deck of guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) during an inventory process, in the Gulf of Oman in Arabian Sea, in this photo taken January 7, 2023.(photo credit: US NAVY/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)ByREUTERSUpdated: