Since last November, the Houthi group has been conducting drone and missile attacks on ships in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea, which it said were related to Israel, to show solidarity with the Palestinians under attack by Israel in the Gaza Strip.■...
On Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed military deterrence operations against the Houthis with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. "Continued Houthi attacks on U.S. military and commercial shipping vessels in the Red Sea will not be tolerated," Rubio said. Lavrov called f...
Yemen-based Houthi militants targeted the cargo vesselGrotonin the Gulf of Aden with ballistic missiles, said Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree on 4 August. The attack is part of a "fourth round of escalation", Saree said, adding that "the hit was accurate". The Houthis targeted...
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels appear to have escalated their attacks on Israeli vessels in response to the confl ict in Gaza, withtwo separate vessels targeted over the weekend, both belonging to companies linked to Israel's Ofer shipping family. The Houthi leader directly threatened Israeli ...
On Saturday, Trump said he ordered “decisive and powerful” action against the Houthis. In a post on his social media platform Truth Social he said the group has “choked off shipping in one of the most important Waterways of the World, grinding vast swaths of Global Commerce to a halt....
The airstrikes come a few days after the Houthis said they would resume attacks on Israeli vessels sailing in waters off Yemen in response to Israel's blockade on Gaza. There have been no Houthi attacks reported since then. The Houthi rebels have targeted more than 100 merchant vessels with...
UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said the latest attacks ould "deal another blow" to the Houthis' "limited stockpiles and ability to threaten global trade". "Dangerous Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea have continued to threaten the lives of sailors and disrupt shipping at ...
CAIRO (Reuters) - Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Thursday that it carried out attacks on military sites in Jizan Airport in Saudi Arabia, the group’s Al-Masirah TV reported. There was no Saudi confirmation of the attacks. The Houthis, who are fighting in neighboring Y...
Since January, the U.S. and British forces have beenstriking targets in Yemen, in response to the Houthis' attacks on commercial shipping that the rebels have described as retaliation for Israel's actions in the war in Gaza. However, many of the ships targeted are not linked to Israel...
But they have frequently targeted vessels with tenuous or no clear links to Israel, imperiling shipping in a key route for global trade. The U.S. and the U.K. have launched rounds of airstrikes targeting suspected missile storage and launch sites used by the Houthis in their attack...