reported two explosions early in the day near a commercial cargo ship in the southern end of the Red Sea, about 50 nautical miles west of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah, which is under the control of the Houthi fighters.
The Houthis, who control much of northern Yemen, have been attacking the shipping lanes in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden since mid-November last year, saying they target Israeli, U.S., and British commercial vessels in support of Palestinians in Gaza.■...
The Iran-aligned Houthis, who control most of Yemen's populated areas, have attacked ships at the mouth of the Red Sea since October, in what they say is a show of solidarity with Palestinians. Yemen's Houthis have said they did not intend to expand their attacks on shipping in and ar...
The Houthis, who seized control of Yemen’s capital Sanaa in 2014, have been fighting a Saudi-led coalition for years. They are classified as a terrorist organisation by the US and are not acknowledged by most other international countries, despite provisional ceasefires and peace negotiations wi...
BACKGROUND: At odds with Yemen’s government, Houthis seized control of Yemen’s capital in 2014 and soon controlled much of the north. After Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates went to war in 2015 in an unsuccessful attempt to rout the Houthis, the Houthis moved increasingly cl...
The Houthis, who control much of Yemen, said 16 people were killed and 40 more wounded, including an unspecified number of civilians, but there was no independent confirmation of those numbers. If confirmed, it would be one of the deadliest strikes since the U.S. and the U.K...
A spokesperson for the Houthis, who control large areas ofYemen, claimed responsibility and warned Israel it should expect "more strikes and specific operations to come". Sunday's incident is believed to be the first time a surface-to-surface missile fired from Yemen has rea...
The Houthis, an armed movement that has taken control of most of Yemen over the past decade, have been attacking shipping lanes at the mouth of the Red Sea, where 15 per cent of the world’s seaborne trade passes on routes between Europe and Asia. ...
The Houthis control large swathes of northern Yemen, including the capital Sanaa and the strategic port city of Hodeidah on the coast of the Red Sea, where up to 12 percent of world trade passes through. 胡塞控制着也门北部大片地区,包括首都萨那和红海沿岸的战略港口城市荷台达,世界贸易的12%都通过...
This was echoed by his Saudi counterpart who stressed the need for a “peaceful solution” to the situation in Yemen. The situation in Yemen changed dramatically when a Northern militia group, Ansar Allah (“Houthis”), had taken control of the Yemeni capital, Sana’a in September 2014. ...