Iran on Thursday condemned as “baseless” a move by US President Donald Trump to re-designate Yemen’s Tehran-aligned Houthi movement as a “foreign terrorist organization (FTO).” Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said that the move, which will impose harsher economic penalties than the Biden administration had applied to the Houthis, was “an excuse to … Read more
The vice president of Yemen’s UN-recognized government on Tuesday welcomed Donald Trump’s return as US president, saying it was a decisive turning point to curb the Iran-backed Houthis, who he said threaten regional stability and maritime security. Aidarous al-Zubaidi told Reuters that Trump’s strong leadership and willingness to employ military strength were in sharp … Read more
The Iranian-backed Houthis carried out two attacks on Israel on Saturday on the eve of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. This is an important symbol of how the Islamist Yemen-based terrorist movement intends to show that they have not been deterred by Israel’s strikes and are prepared to continue attacking Israel if the … Read more
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi group said that it launched multiple rocket and drone attacks at three Israeli cities and also conducted a fresh attack against US aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea. “In response to the recent massacres against our brothers in Gaza, we carried out a military operation targeting vital targets … Read more
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi group said in a statement on Saturday that it launched a ballistic missile earlier in the day targetting the Israeli Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv. “In support for the Palestinian people and their Mujahideen (Hamas), we carried out a qualitative military operation, targeting the Ministry of Defence of the Israeli enemy in … Read more
The Israeli air force intercepted a missile launched at Israel by Yemen’s Houthis on Saturday morning, the IDF reported. The missile had triggered sirens across central Israel which sounded in major cities including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Israel’s emergency medical service, Magen David Adom, stated that it had not received reports of a rocket … Read more
Yemen’s Houthis launched a drone attack at Israel on Monday despite a major joint strike by the US, UK, and Israel against them on Friday. Air-defense systems intercepted the drone at an undisclosed location in southern Israel in the morning, but air-raid sirens were not activated, the IDF reported, suggesting there had been confidence … Read more
A high-level Emirati delegation is in Lebanon to make arrangements for the reopening of the UAE’s embassy in Beirut after more than three years, state news agency WAM reported on Monday. The arrival of the delegation on Sunday came a day after UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and newly elected Lebanese … Read more
Sanaa: The Israeli military and US-British naval coalition on Friday jointly launched dozens of airstrikes on Yemen’s capital Sanaa, northern Amran province, and the port city of Hodeidah, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. The television said some strikes targetted the area surrounding the Al Sabeen Square in central Sanaa, where Houthi supporters used to hold … Read more
The Houthi terror group has become a highly suspicious spy presence within their ranks, leading to a wide wave of arrests in Yemen that included members of their security forces, according to a Friday Maariv report, citing a Yemeni security source. The cause for the heightened suspicion of spy presence within the Houthis comes … Read more
