US and British warplanes, ships, and submarines launched dozens of air strikes across Yemen against Houthi forces in retaliation for months of attacks on Red Sea shipping that the Iran-backed fighters cast as a response to the war in Gaza. Witnesses confirmed explosions at military bases near airports in the capital Sanaa and Yemen’s … Read more
The Pentagon on Friday appeared to be cautiously optimistic that Iran-backed Houthis will be unable to replicate the type of complex attacks they recently carried out in the Red Sea, as a senior Pentagon official disclosed that overnight strikes hit nearly 30 locations in Yemen. US and British warplanes, ships, and submarine-launched strikes across … Read more
Dollar revenues from Egypt’s Suez Canal are down 40% from the beginning of the year compared to 2023, canal authority head Osama Rabie said on Thursday, after attacks on ships by Yemen’s Houthis caused major shippers to divert away from the route. Ship traffic was down 30% in the period between January 1 and … Read more
Jordan said on Friday Israeli “war crimes” against Palestinians were to blame for heightened regional tension and violence in the Red Sea, which it said threatened to ignite a wider war in the Middle East. Israel, which since October has been fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip, has denied allegations that it has committed … Read more
Yemen’s Houthis claimed that five of their fighters were killed in 73 allied strikes against the group, with six wounded, their spokesperson claimed on Friday morning. The statement came in response to a series of strikes by the US and Britain on Yemen. Muhammad Abdel Salam, senior spokesman for Yemen’s Houthis, also vowed to … Read more
The United States and Britain launched strikes from the air and sea against Houthi military targets in Yemen in response to the movement’s attacks on ships in the Red Sea, a dramatic regional widening of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. As witnesses in Yemen confirmed explosions throughout the country to Reuters, President Joe Biden … Read more
The US and UK, along with other allies have acted to deter the continued Iran-backed Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. The Houthi group in Yemen have systematically increased their attacks and escalated their threats against international shipping. They initially began in October to try to target Israel with drones and missiles. … Read more
The US Embassy in Iraq came under attack Thursday night, according to preliminary reports shared at about 02:00 Israel time in The Jerusalem Post‘s sister publication Maariv. The event came within a half hour of reports that the United States and Britain had begun striking Houthi targets in Yemen, and if it was indeed … Read more
United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is slated to brief his Cabinet on potential British and U.S. strikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels amid the group’s continued attacks in the Red Sea, according to multiple media reports. BBC News reported Sunak is expected to hold a conference call with the Cabinet on Thursday night, and other … Read more
An oil tanker caught up in a dispute last year between the United States and Iran was boarded by armed individuals off the coast of Oman on Thursday and appeared to have changed course towards Iran, according to UK maritime sources. The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker St Nikolas was boarded by armed intruders as it … Read more
