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.
That degree of success is unfeasible. Ask the Saudis who failed to deter the Houthis despite eight years of military action supported by Gulf allies, the UK and the US. But more to the point, the capability the Houthis are using to threaten shipping is mobile and easily hidde...
Since then, it has furthered its area of influence and it now controls much of Yemen's western seaboard down to the Bab al Mandeb Strait - the 16-mile stretch of water that marks the entrance to the Red Sea. Read more: Houthis stronger after years of war and military ac...
“It can continue its current course,” Lu said, “or it can withhold its support without which the Houthis would struggle to effectively track and strike commercial vessels navigating shipping lanes through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.” This raises questions as to whether any action against...
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The individuals sanctioned include a deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF), a Houthi-affiliated operative, and the owner and operator of a vessel used to ship Iranian commodities in support of both the Houthis and IRGC-QF, according to Miller. ...
Iran, the Houthis' main benefactor,claims to have a hypersonic missileand is widely accused of arming the rebels with the missiles they now use. Adding a hypersonic missile to their arsenal could pose a more-formidable challenge to the air defense systems employed by America and its allies, ...
Both Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President Joe Biden have repeatedly said that attacks on the key global shipping route will not be tolerated. But the Houthis have launched at least 57 attacks on commercial and military ships in the the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since November, and ...
The Lucky Sailor, which operates in the Mediterranean Sea, and the UK’s Anvil Point in the Indian Ocean were also targeted. The Houthis claim that their activities are in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, citing heightened regional tensions. Since mid-November, the group has increased drone...
The statement on Tuesday said the U.S. had struck four anti-ship ballistic missiles that were an imminent threat to U.S. Navy ships and commercial vessels in the Red Sea. But in the afternoon, the Houthis hit another merchant ship in the Red Sea, a sign the group is not stopping the...