Two US Navy SEALs who went missing during an operation to seize Iranian weapons bound for Yemen's Houthi rebels have been declared dead after a 10-day search failed to locate them, the US military said on Sunday.

US military declares two Navy SEALs lost at sea ‘deceased’

Two Navy SEALs remain missing off the coast of Somalia after one fell into the water during a nighttime mission on January 11. Latest reports suggest that they were involved in the operation that seized a small boat carrying lethal aid from Iran to the Houthi militia.

Two missing US Navy SEALs were on mission to stop Iranian weapons bound for Houthi rebels: US

The Britain's royal Navy has said that it has seized Iranian weapons including anti-tank guarded missiles last month. The seizure came in the international waters in the Gulf of Oman and Britain claims that the vessel was in fact detected traveling south from Iran at pretty high speed during the hours of darkness.

British Navy seizes 'smuggled Iranian weapons'

'We have no arms link with Yemen', foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi told the ISNA news agency

Iran 'strongly denies' arming Yemen rebels

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US military declares two Navy SEALs lost at sea ‘deceased’

Two missing US Navy SEALs were on mission to stop Iranian weapons bound for Houthi rebels: US

British Navy seizes 'smuggled Iranian weapons'

Iran 'strongly denies' arming Yemen rebels