CAIRO, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Arab League (AL) Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit warned here on Tuesday of the danger of the involvement of the Yemeni Houthi group in attacks that threaten maritime trade in the Red Sea. During his meeting with the UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg...
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution to condemn the attacks by the Houthi militia on merchant and commercial vessels in the Red Sea. Resolution 2722 condemns "in the strongest terms" the Houthi attacks on Red Sea vessels since Nov. 19, ...
The narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait connects the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. The crucial trade route links markets in Asia and Europe. The seriousness of the attacks, several of which have damaged vessels, led shipping companies to order...
U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said Royal Air Force Typhoon jets engaged in “precision strikes” aimed at degrading Houthi drones and launchers. Shapps said the strikes came after “severe Houthi attacks against commercial ships in the Red Sea ...
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 U.S. and U.K. missile launch on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen was the culmination of weeks of warnings for the group to cease their attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea.
HOUTHI rebels have attacked three commercial vessels within a span of about seven hours on Sunday in an apparent escalation of their belligerence in the Red Sea. It is the latest in a string of attacks that were aimed at Israel-linked ships but that appears to have also targeted US Navy ...
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Al-Houthi said in a televised speech that the Houthis had launched 14 operations in two weeks in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea, the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and the Indian Ocean. The Houthis say their attacks on shipping, which started in the Red Sea region last November...
Reuters has cited “senior sources in the Iran-aligned camp” as saying that the Houthis were using Red Sea attacks to pressure the U.S. to push Israel to cease its offensive on Gaza. Indeed, Yahya Sare’e's X thread noted that the attacks will cease if food and medicines are ...