It was one of Joe Biden’s first major foreign policy decisions. Less than a month after taking office in January 2021, the United States president lifted two “terrorist” designations imposed by his predecessor, Donald Trump, against Yemen’s Houthi rebels. At the time, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the move…
Houthi spokesperson says designation would not affect the group’s attacks on ships it says are linked to Israel. The United States government has announced it is once again designating Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a “terrorist” organisation. Washington’s move on Wednesday to relist the group as “specially designated global terrorists” comes…
Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they fired missiles at the Zografia bulk carrier as it headed to Israel. A Malta-flagged cargo ship has been hit by a missile on the Red Sea, a maritime risk management company says as tensions in the key waterway ramp up. “A Malta-flagged, Greek-owned bulk carrier…
The haul is the first since the Houthis began attacks on Red Sea shipping in November. The US Navy has reported that it seized weapons sent by Iran to resupply Yemen’s Houthi rebels last week. The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced in a statement on Tuesday that US Navy…
US military says the container ship was hit off the coast of Yemen, but continued its journey. Houthi rebels in Yemen have struck a US-owned and operated container ship with an anti-ship ballistic missile off the coast of Yemen, the United States Central Command said. In a statement on Monday,…
US military says no injuries or damage caused by anti-ship cruise missile fired towards USS Laboon. The United States military has shot down a missile fired at one of its vessels by Iran-backed Houthis, officials have said, in the first known attack on US forces by the rebel group since…
Tensions in the Red Sea have extended to Yemeni land after the United States and the United Kingdom led bombings against multiple sites controlled by the Houthi armed group on Thursday night. The Houthis have carried out dozens of attacks on commercial vessels that they say are linked to Israel,…
For months, top United States officials have repeatedly said that President Joe Biden does not want to see Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip escalate into a wider conflict in the Middle East. That was the central message US Secretary of State Antony Blinken conveyed this week as he made…
Beirut, Lebanon – Yemen’s Houthis will not be deterred by United States-led attacks on them in retaliation for their targeting of Israel-linked ships in the Red Sea, and could in fact be emboldened further, say analysts. On Thursday night, the US and the United Kingdom bombed multiple sites in Yemen that…
The Houthis’ leader says any US attack will trigger a greater response as the group steps up attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea in protest against Israel’s war in Gaza. Any attack on Yemen’s Houthis on the part of the United States will not go without a response,…
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