The Houthis have vowed to respond to the attacks but analysts said on Friday the prospects of these Western strikes igniting a regional war seem limited for now as Tehran seeks to avoid getting sucked directly into all-out conflict. (Reporting by Jana Choukeir and Parisa H...
Houthi Rebels back as terrorists in US eyes The Biden administration on Wednesday declared Yemen's Houthi rebels to be a "specially designated global terrorist group," or SDGT, a move that comes amid the militia's continuing attacks against commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The move, ...
The Houthis have conductedover 30 attackson commercial and naval vessels since mid-November, according to the coalition. Later on Sunday morning, US CENTCOM targeted a land attack cruise missile and four anti-ship cruise missiles belonging to the Houthis in two separate strikes, according to a ...
The Houthi attack on the cargo ship on Thursday came hours after the UN Security Council adopted a new resolution condemning the Houthi attacks on the international shipping lines, calling on the group to immediately cease attacks on com...
The attacks come as the U.S. Navy faces the most intense combat it has seen since World War II in trying to counter the Houthi campaign.
Houthi announcements of attacks have repeatedly proven unreliable, however, especially with regards to their efficacy.US Central Command said on Twitter that on 1 February at 0130 hrs local time it had destroyed a Houthi UAV control station and 10 one-way UAVs as they posed an immediate threat ...
Houthi attacks on shipsin and around the Red Sea have slowed trade between Asia and Europe, raised fears of supply bottlenecks, and alarmed major powers concerned that the Gaza war may become a regional conflict. US President Joe Biden said earlier in January that strikes on Houthi targets woul...
Houthi sites before and after airstrikes 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 s...
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels are launching attacks despite a month of U.S.-led airstrikes. This week they seriously damaged a ship in a strategically important strait and downed an American drone worth tens of millions of dollars.
The strikes “would degrade the Houthis’ capabilities to continue their reckless attacks on international and commercial shipping in the Red Sea”, Centcom added. The Biden administration has said it isnot seeking a wider conflictin the Middle East and has vowed to contain regional fallout from ...