Al Jareeza, Nov. 22, 2019
China confirms it tracked US ships and urges United States to stop its ‘provocative actions’ in the disputed waters.
![US warships sail in disputed South China Sea amid tensions The USS Gabrielle Giffords, a Naval littoral combat ship, travelled close to China-claimed Mischief Reef in the disputed South China Sea in recent days [File: Brynn Anderson/AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2019/11/22/9e3d051c9fa949f5b16a068cc9cc76a1_18.jpg)
Navy warships have sailed near islands claimed by China in the disputed South China Sea twice in the past few days, the United States military told Reuters on Thursday, at a time of tension between the world’s two-largest economies.