WHO ARE THE HOUTHIS? Houthi rebels swept down from their northern stronghold in Yemen and seized the capital, Sanaa, in 2014, launching a grinding war. A Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015 to try to restore Yemen’s exiled, internationally recognized government to power. ...
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. Pic: Houthi Military Media Formed in the 1990s, the gro...
The visits of Israel's prime minister, defence minister and the IDF chief of staff within hours of one another, are an indication of how serious this incident is being taken. Hezbollah has been launching drones at northern Israel for months. What to make of Netanyahu's comments The tactic i...
Two of the world’smost vital shipping routesare currently compromised. Since November, the Panama Canal has had to reduce crossings by 40% due to a severe drought. More recently, the Suez Canal—which usually accommodates 30% of global containers—has become a battleground, as the Houthi...
The Iranian government has said that any retaliatory attack will also involve its proxy forces, which include Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen and militants in Iraq. Tensions between Israel and Iran’s proxies were already running high before the killing of Haniyeh, which...
"The Houthis will not accept disarmament and that is one of the most controversial points standing as a roadblock to any peace deal," Al-Jabr added. Fuad Alsalahi, a political sociology professor at Sanaa University, said a key reason the peace talks are unproductive is that all sides don...
delivered a chilling speech at the United Nations General Assembly. He warned –“There is no place in Iran that thelong armof Israel cannot reach. And that’s true of the entire Middle East. I have another message for this assembly and for the world outsid...
Iran’s proxy inYemen, the Houthis, have been firing missiles and drones at commercial shipping and naval vessels and at southern Israel for weeks now. Global markets are spooked as the danger to shipping through the Bab al-Mandebstrait rises. ...
Every day, there was some crazy thing. There was a Houthis attack in Abu Dhabi, and it was a drone attack so suddenly no drones could fly. Everything was grounded. I think anytime you shoot anything against the backdrop of COVID, that’s super challenging. We had challenges there but...
If Germany does cancel Nord Stream 2, Putin’s got that covered, too. He’s lined up China as the new buyer. What if Biden's actions are actually goading Putin into crossing into Ukraine? So, the question remains, why does Team Biden insist on threatening massive sanctions if Russia inva...