Yemen Briefing: Who Are the Houthis, and What Do They Want?On Friday, the Shiite Houthi movement declared control overYemen, weeks after it had seized the...Murphy, Dan
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.
— Hamas in Gaza; — powerful Hezbollah, the dominant force in Lebanon; — smaller militias in Iraq and Syria; — Houthis in the poor Arabian peninsula country of Yemen, who are sometimes seen as the loose cannons of the alliance.
The strikes targeted a Houthi underground storage site and locations associated with the Houthis' missile and air surveillance capabilities, a joint statement from the UK, US, Bahrain, Australia, Canada and the Netherlands said. Image:Newly recruited Houthi fighters parade in Yemen Who ...
The Houthis, who control much of northern Yemen, have been launching regular rocket and drone attacks against Israel and disrupting "Israeli-linked" shipping in the Red Sea since November 2023 to show solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza amid their conflict with Israelis.■...
The ongoing conflict in Yemen, which began in 2014 after the Houthis took over the capital, Sanaa, has led to one of the worst humanitarian crises globally. The Saudi-led military coalition intervened on March 26, 2015, with the objective of reinstating the government.■...
Sana’a: Yemen judiciary authorities have put on trial a man who last month brutally tortured and killed his 10-year-old girl for allegedly committing adultery in the north province of Dhamar. Official media outlets said on the weekend that the West Dhamar Court began last week the trial of...
Syria is a core part of Iran’s “Axis of Resistance,” a network of countries and groups that includes Hizbullah, Palestinian militant group Hamas and the Houthis in Yemen that hopes to destroy Israel and reduce American influence in the Middle East. ...
US launches airstrikes against Houthis in Yemen The families of those involved are being supported by specially trained officers, a Cumbria Constabulary spokesperson said. "Officers would like to thank members of the public that assisted at the scene and those affected by the ...
“This will shake the confidence of Hezbollah’s Iran-backed allies across the Arab world, from the Houthis in Yemen to the Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq, as well as Iran itself, sparking a tectonic shift in Iran’s network of influence in the Middle East,” she ad...