Detained Americans Phone thefts American forces target Houthi-backed rebel facilities in Yemen The Iranian-backed group has claimed responsibility for multiple attacks on commercial shipping in the Middle East region. ABC News' Britt Clennett reports from Tel Aviv. ...
Biden is wary of lighting a powder keg in the Middle East.October strikes on an Iran-backed militant group in Syriacame only after attacks on U.S. forces in the region exceeded the norm. The U.S. plan was calibrated to hit two facilities, including an ammunition storage area,...
Iran denies arming the Houthis despite evidence to the contrary. Al Qaeda has taken advantage of Yemen's chaotic civil war not only to survive, but to plan and carry out attacks on Americans and their allies. In September, CBS News correspondentHolly Williams got rare accessto join Yemeni tr...
The Houthis have insisted that the attacks will continue as long as the wars go on, and the assaults already have halved shipping through the region. Meanwhile, a U.N. panel of experts now allege that the Houthis may be shaking down some shippers for about $...
The US military said 60 targets in 28 sites were hit in Yemen in retaliation for the Iran-backed forces carrying out months of attacks on Red Sea shipping. Following the initial strikes there were reports"suspicious" small boatshad approached merchant ships in the region. ...
Houthis in YemenReuters The Taliban’s control of most of Afghanistan seems to have given Yemen’s Houthi group, Ansar Allah, its financiers, and its supporters in Iran a new desire to take control of all of Yemen. The group’s attacks on Saudi territory and targeting of civilians have re...
The Houthis have launched a series of attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, as well as launching drones and missiles targeting Israel. The U.S. has stopped short of saying its Navy ships were targeted, but has said Houthi drones have headed toward the ships and ...
After the U.S. State Department urged Americans last month to reconsider travel plans because of the threat of missile or drone strikes, Britain warned in a travel advisory on Wednesday that "further attacks are very likely". The Houthis have said they also launched drones at Dubai, home to...
The White House has warned that the potential for higher shipping costs to affect the U.S. economy amid diversion of ships from the Red Sea will depend on how long Houthi rebels sustain their attacks on commercial vessels. “If we weren’t concerned, we wouldn’t have stood up an operatio...
— the Pentagon awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to build U.S. troop facilities for a secret base it maintains deep within Israel’s Negev desert, just 20 miles from Gaza. Code-named Site 512, the base is also a radar facility that monitors missile attacks on Israel....