Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted two U.S. Navy warships with multiple drones and missiles as they were traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, but the attacks were not successful, the Defense Department said Tuesday.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted two San Diego-based destroyers with multiple drones and missiles as they were traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea, but the attacks were not successful,

The attack on the ships was the latest in months of violence in the region by the Yemen rebels, who are backed by Iran and have targeted commercial shipping as well as the U.S. naval forces deployed to the region.