The US military said Tuesday it seized Iranian-made missile parts enroute to Huthi rebels from a boat in the Arabian Sea, the first such operation since the start of Huthi attacks against commercial ships last year. “This is the first seizure of lethal, Iranian-supplied advanced conventional weapons (ACW) to the Houthis since the beginning of Houthi attacks against merchant ships in November 2023,” USCENTCOM said in a statement, adding the Navy SEALs operation on January 11 had intercepted weapons that included “ballistic missile and cruise missiles components”.