A ship has come under attack in the Gulf of Aden which was likely to have been a bomb-carrying drone launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the British military said. The attack happened 70 miles south east of the city of Aden, said United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, an arm of the Royal Navy that oversees […]
The US has put Yemen’s Houthis rebels back on its list of designated global terrorists, piling financial sanctions on top of military strikes in the Biden administration’s latest attempt to stop the militants’ attacks on global shipping. Officials said they would design the financial penalties to minimise harm to Yemen’s 32 million people, who are […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Wednesday put Yemen’s Houthis rebels back on its list of specially designated global terrorists, piling financial sanctions on top of American military strikes in the Biden administration’s latest attempt to stop the militants’ attacks on global shipping. Officials said they would design the financial penalties to minimize harm […]
The U.S. launched a preemptive strike against Houthi targets in Yemen early Tuesday morning Yemen time, destroying four anti-ship ballistic missiles being prepared for launch, a U.S. defense official told The War Zone. This is the first time the U.S. has launched what a second U.S. official called an “imminent self-defense strike” against Houthi missiles […]
The Houthi forces in Yemen have just one jet, an old F-5. The US has launched airstrikes on the Houthis — which an F-5 probably can’t do much about. Though poorly equipped, the Houthis have caused chaos by attacking cargo ships in the Red Sea. The Houthi rebels in Yemen have one of the world’s […]
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military on Tuesday carried out a new strike in Yemen against four Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles, two U.S. officials told Reuters, the latest move against the Iran-aligned group over its targeting of Red Sea shipping. One of the officials said the missiles were struck because […]
The Houthi forces in Yemen have just one jet, an old F-5. The US has launched airstrikes on the Houthis — which an F-5 probably can’t do much about. Though poorly equipped, the Houthis have caused chaos by attacking cargo ships in the Red Sea. The Houthi rebels in Yemen have one of the world’s […]
US Navy Seals seized Iranian-made missile parts and other weaponry from a ship bound for Yemen’s Houthi rebels in a raid last week in which two commandos went missing, the US military said on Tuesday. The raid marks the latest seizure by the US Navy and its allies of weapon shipments bound for the rebels, […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Navy SEALs seized Iranian-made missile parts and other weaponry from a ship bound for Yemen’s Houthi rebels in a raid last week that saw two of its commandos go missing, the U.S. military said Tuesday. The raid marks the latest seizure by the U.S. Navy and its allies of weapon shipments […]
Shoppers around the world are facing another year of expensive rice following India’s trade curbs and the re-routing of Europe-bound ships away from the Red Sea and Suez Canal. Last year saw a 21% increase in the global rice commodity price, according to a January update from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The rise […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Houthi rebels fired a missile, striking a U.S.-owned ship Monday just off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, less than a day after they launched an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea, officials said. The attack on the Gibraltar Eagle, though not immediately claimed […]
A US fighter jet has shot down a cruise missile fired towards an American destroyer in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said. The incident is the latest attack on global shipping amid Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The attack on Sunday marks the first US-acknowledged strike by the Houthis […]