US forces strike 15 Houthi rebel targets in Yemen The U.S. Navy targeted 15 Houthi military sites to enhance the safety of ships in international waters, as Iran's Supreme Leader issued an ominous warning to Israel. October 5, 2024
The US Central Command said late on Saturday that it had destroyed an anti-ship cruise missile in Yemen that was prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea. "US forces identified the cruise missile in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and determined it presented an imminent threat to US...
UNITED States naval forces conducted Tomahawk cruise missile strikes targeting three coastal radar sites controlled by Ansar\nAllah militants near Khoka in Taiz governorate early on 13 October, Reuters reported. Reports did not contain details of casualties.\nThe strikes were conducted in response to ...
TheIran-aligned Houthis, who control the most populous parts of Yemen, have launched a wave of exploding drones and missiles at commercial vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in recent weeks, calling it a response to Israel's military operations in Gaza and a show of solidarity to Pa...
Image:Newly recruited Houthi fighters parade in Yemen Who are the Houthis? The Houthis - officially known as "Supporters of God" or "Ansar Allah" in Arabic - are a group of Shia Islamists based in western Yemen. Image:Members of Houthi military forces in September 2022. P...
LONDON -- American airstrikes targeted Houthi facilities in Yemen on Saturday night, a U.S. defense official confirmed to ABC News. Forces directed by U.S. Central Command "conducted multiple airstrikes on numerous Iran-backed Houthi weapons storage facilities within...
Both the strikes in Iraq and Yemen targeted sites that the U.S. has said are involved in the attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria and were threatening U.S. military and commercial vessels in the Red Sea.
In a statement, the Houthis' political bureau described the US attacks as a "war crime". "Our Yemeni armed forces are fully prepared to respond to escalation with escalation," it said. Palestinian group Hamas also criticized the US strikes, branding them "a stark violation of international la...
The number of troops added to the region is in the thousands. Reuters has reported that the U.S. military was taking new measures to protect its Middle East forces during the ramp-up in attacks by suspected Iran-backed groups, and was leaving open the possibility of evacuating mili...
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak issues a statement after British and US forces struck Houthi targets in Yemen, at 10 Downing Street, London, Friday May 31, 2024. The U.S. and Britain struck 13 Houthi targets in several locations in Yemen on Thursday in response to a recent surge i...