The US military downed 12 kamikaze drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles, and two land attack cruise missiles fired by the Houthis in the southern Red Sea within a period of just 10 hours on Tuesday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced. The USS Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group intercepted … Read more
A drone was downed near the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Dahab on Tuesday, in the second such incident in a month, two security sources told Reuters. The security sources could not confirm the drone’s origin. Israel said in late October that Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi movement sent drones to strike its territory after … Read more
When Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7 and inflicted what is considered to be the Jewish state’s worst intelligence and military failure in recent years, Iran’s leadership celebrated the opening act of a wider regional conflict. As Israel’s archenemy, Iran has repeatedly called for the destruction of the Jewish state throughout the past decades … Read more
Arab opinions were divided between supporters and opponents of the “Operation Prosperity Guardian” coalition, which US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Tuesday from the capital of Bahrain, Manama. This naval alliance, whose aim is to ensure the safety of navigation in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in response to international … Read more
Iran denied on Saturday US accusations that it was involved in planning attacks by Yemen’s Tehran-aligned Houthi movement on commercial vessels in the Red Sea, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. The repeated denial, issued by Iranian deputy foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani, came after the White House said Tehran was “deeply involved” in … Read more
A drone exploded near a vessel in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen on Saturday night, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), hours after an Iranian drone attack targeted an Israeli-linked chemical tanker in the Indian Ocean. The incident took place about 50 nautical miles west of Hodeidah, Yemen. … Read more
The recent attacks by Yemen’s Houthis on vessels in the Red Sea are being done so with intelligence provided by Iran’s paramilitary forces, according to an exclusive report by the Wall Street Journal on Friday, citing Western and regional security officials. The report claims that Iranian paramilitary forces controls a surveillance vessel that tracks … Read more
Former navy commander Eliezer (Chayni) Marom expressed his concerns about the Israeli media’s portrayal of the Houthis in Yemen during an interview with 103FM on Thursday morning. Marom emphasized that the Houthis should not be underestimated, as they are a highly dangerous terrorist organization that Israel has encountered in the past. Marom voiced his … Read more
In the aftermath of the Hamas October 7 attack, Iran was quick to mobilize all its proxies in the region to begin a combined attack on Israel and US forces in Iraq and Syria. Hezbollah, for instance, quickly intervened but only with limited attacks, attacking Israel with rockets, small arms fire, mortars, and drones. … Read more
In light of the constant Houthi attacks on commercial vessels sailing near Yemen’s coasts, several shipping companies have announced in recent days that they will halt their ship flow through the Suez Canal until sailing in the Red Sea is safe again. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org If this … Read more
