JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran is “very directly involved” in ship attacks that Yemen’s Houthi rebels have carried out during Israel’s war against Hamas, the U.S. Navy’s top Mideast commander told The Associated Press on Monday. Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of the Navy’s 5th Fleet, stopped short of saying Tehran directed individual attacks by […]
Iran is “very directly involved” in ship attacks that Yemen’s Houthi rebels have carried out during Israel’s war against Hamas, the US navy’s top commander in the Middle East has said. However, Vice Adm Brad Cooper, the head of the navy’s 5th Fleet, stopped short of saying Tehran directed individual attacks by the Houthis in […]
It’s been a very active day in terms of hostilities in the Middle East. Al Assad Air Base in Iraq, where U.S. military personnel and contractors are based, came under a massive barrage from Iranian-aligned militant groups in the country. The attack was so big that reports state it overwhelmed Al Assad’s air defenses, with […]
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said the kingdom was “very worried” that tensions in the Red Sea amid attacks by Yemen’s Houthis and U.S. strikes on Houthi targets could spiral out of control and escalate the conflict in the region. “I mean, of course, we are very worried. I mean, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighter jets struck Iranian-backed Houthi rebel sites for the sixth time Friday, taking out anti-ship missile launchers in Yemen that were prepared to fire, according to two U.S. officials. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing military operations, said the strikes were carried out by F/A-18 aircraft […]
US forces operating near Yemen are changing strategy, now destroying Houthi threats before they’re launched. US Navy ships spent months intercepting the Houthi attacks and warning them to stop to no avail. Biden said that while the strikes on the militant group haven’t deterred them, they will continue. US forces operating near Yemen aren’t waiting […]
US forces have conducted a fifth strike against Iranian-backed Houthi rebel military sites in Yemen as President Joe Biden acknowledged that the American and British bombardment had yet to stop the militants’ attacks on vessels in the Red Sea that have disrupted global shipping. The latest strikes destroyed two Houthi anti-ship missiles that “were aimed […]
President Joe Biden has said US military strikes against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen will continue, but he acknowledged that the American and British bombardment has yet to stop the militants’ attacks on vessels in the Red Sea that have affected global shipping. A US official said the United States conducted a fifth strike on […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that U.S. military strikes against Iranian-back Houthi rebels in Yemen will continue, but he acknowledged that the American and British bombardment has yet to stop shipping attacks by the militants on vessels in the Red Sea. Biden said the U.S. would continue the strikes in an exchange […]
The Houthi rebels’ supreme leader has vowed that attacks by his forces on ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden will continue despite recent retaliation strikes from American and British forces. The Iran-backed group, which seized much of northern Yemen in 2014, says its attacks are aimed at backing Hamas and Palestinians […]
The Houthi rebels’ supreme leader has vowed that attacks by his forces on ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden will continue despite recent retaliation strikes from American and British forces. The Iran-backed group, which seized much of northern Yemen in 2014, says its attacks are aimed at backing Hamas and Palestinians […]
The US military has fired another wave of ship and submarine-launch missile strikes against Houthi-controlled sites, multiple US officials said. It marks the fourth time in days it has directly targeted the group in Yemen as violence that ignited in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war continues to spill over in the Middle East. The […]