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...
Menace on the Red Sea – MSC rewires entire global network The alleged attack would be in keeping with recent events in the Red Sea where the Houthis have targeted US and UK-affiliated vessels with missile and drone attacks. Houthi announcements of attacks have repeatedly proven unreliable, ...
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...
Houthis vow more attacks on US, UK warshipsYemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels today said they have at-tacked a US destroyer in the Red Sea, and vowed to continue targeting US and UK warships there, raising the prospect of prolonged disruptions to global trade and to the safety of ship-...
And so we’re going to continue to work with our partners in the region to prevent those attacks or deter those attacks in the future," Ryder said. There have been several incidents since the Friday joint operations. The Houthis fired an anti-ship cruise missile toward a U.S. Navy ...
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.
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 Iran-backed Houthis are no longer a rag-tag army Why have they been attacking ships in the Red Sea? Image:Map of Middle East The Houthis claim the attacks are aimed at ending the air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip following the 7 October attacks byHamas. ...
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.
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 ...