US forces, including the USS Carney, engaged six Houthi drones in the Red Sea Saturday morning, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement early Sunday. Five crashed into the Red Sea, and the other flew inland toward Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, CENTCOM said. The statement, posted to X, added that the drones “presented … Read more
The head of the Houthi supreme revolutionary committee, Muhammad Ali Al-Houthi, said on Saturday there have been “reckless” American-British attacks on Yemen. The American-British attacks aim to break a naval blockade of ships linked to Israel, which is besieging Gaza, Muhammad Ali Al-Houthi said on X. Houthi followers raise firearms during a parade in … Read more
China and Russia can sail through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden without being attacked, Yemen’s Houthis have told the countries, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. Chief negotiator for the Houthi movement, Mohammed Abdulsalam, told Reuters that they have provided assurances to both China and Russia that their vessels will pass through the … Read more
Yemen’s Houthis have targeted a fuel tanker, MADO, in the Red Sea with naval missiles and Israel’s Eilat port and resort region with winged missiles, the group’s military spokesman Yahya Sarea said on Tuesday. MADO is a Marshall-Islands flagged liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker heading to Singapore from Saudi Arabia, maritime shipping trackers showed. … Read more
Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen fired a close-range ballistic missile at the USS Laboon ship in the Red Sea on Tuesday, but it did not hit the vessel. There were no injuries or damage reported, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said. CENTCOM also engaged and destroyed two unmanned aerial systems (UAS) launched from Houthi-controlled … Read more
A merchant vessel reported it had been hit by a missile and sustained damage 76 nautical miles west of Yemen’s al Hudaydah, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) organization said on Friday. “The vessel has sustained some damage. The crew are reported safe and the vessel is proceeding to its next port of … Read more
Headlines worldwide have increasingly focused on the maritime domain ever since the Houthis began persistently targeting ships sailing through the Bab el Mandeb strait en route to Europe via the Suez Canal. The Houthi attacks have effectively disrupted vital trade routes and resulted in the loss of life among sailors and damage to at … Read more
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis targeted what was described as the “US ship Pinocchio” in the Red Sea with missiles, according to a speech by the group’s military spokesman televised early on Tuesday. According to public databases operated by Equasis and the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO), the Pinocchio is a Liberian-flagged container ship that is … Read more
Three crewmembers were killed and at least four others were wounded in a missile attack conducted by the Iran-backed Houthi militia against the M/V True Confidence, a Barbados-flagged, Liberian-owned bulk carrier, in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, according to US Central Command (CENTCOM). Houthis Kill Innocent Civilians with Missile AttackAt approximately 11:30 a.m. … Read more
A day after a member of Yemen’s Presidential Command Council warned that the Iran-backed Houthis may be escalating attacks on other groups in Yemen, a new report on Wednesday indicates that the Houthis are “preparing for a possible military confrontation in Yemen.” The two reports are from UAE-based AlAin News and indicate that its … Read more
