An MQ-9 Reaper flies a 2019 training mission over Nevada. Yemen's Houthi rebels claim they shot down a Reaper drone over Yemen on Friday. (Airman 1st Class William Rio Rosado/U.S. Air Force) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates —Yemen’s Houthi rebelsshot down what they described as an A...
Despite more than a month and a half of U.S.-led airstrikes, Houthi rebels have remained capable of launching significant attacks. They include the attack last month on a cargo ship carrying fertilizer, the Rubymar, which sank on Saturday after drifting for several days,...
He said the attacks prove that the Houthi militias "are merely a tool that Iran's regime uses to implement its expansionist agenda in the region, and not to protect the people of Yemen as the Houthis falsely claim." Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that two Aramco pumping stations on it...
The assault apparently targeted the USS Carney, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer that has been involved in the American campaign against the rebels.
The Houthis did not immediately claim the attack, but it typically takes them several hours before they acknowledge an assault. It remains unclear how the Houthis could attack subsea cables themselves. The rebels are not known to have the diving or salv...