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Two cargo ships catch fire after being hit by projectiles off Yemen coast, Houthi involvement suspected

Jun 10, 2024, at 09:46 pm

Two cargo ships caught fire after they were hit by projectiles off Yemen's Aden, media reports said.

US, Britain conduct 10 airstrikes on Houthis in Yemen's Red Sea port

Mar 20, 2024, at 04:30 am

Sanaa/Yemen: Fighter jets of the U.S. and British naval forces stationed in the Red Sea waged ten airstrikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen's Hodeidah port city on Monday, residents and the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.

US-British coalition launches 4 airstrikes on Yemen's port city

Mar 17, 2024, at 04:18 pm

Sanaa/IBNS/UNI: The U.S. and British naval forces conducted four airstrikes on the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah shortly after midnight on Sunday, reported the Houthi-controlled al-Masirah TV.

UK,US, alliance member countries conduct strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen

Feb 25, 2024, at 07:41 pm

In response to the Houthis' continued attacks against commercial and naval vessels transiting the Red Sea and surrounding waterways, the militaries of the United States and United Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, conducted an additional round of strikes against several targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen on Saturday (February 23, 2024).

US and its allies conduct strikes against 18 Houthi targets in Yemen

Feb 25, 2024, at 04:58 pm

Washington/IBNS/UNI: The United States and its allies, including Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, have carried out strikes against Yemen's Houthi rebels, hitting 18 military targets of the movement, the US Defence Department said on Sunday.

Houthis claim missile attack against 'Israeli' ship

Feb 21, 2024, at 02:19 pm

Yemen's Houthi group said on Tuesday that they had launched a missile attack against "an Israeli ship" in the Gulf of Aden.

Iran rejects direct talks with US amid escalating tensions in West Asia

Feb 06, 2024, at 05:27 am

Tehran: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani Monday said that direct talks with the United States on regional issues were unnecessary.

US CENCOM says its forces destroyed Houthi surface-to-air missile

Feb 01, 2024, at 05:16 pm

The United States on Wednesday said its forces struck and destroyed a Houthi surface-to-air missile that posed an imminent threat to US aircraft.

UK considering sending aircraft carrier to Red Sea to deter Houthi groups

Jan 31, 2024, at 10:36 pm

The United Kingdom is considering sending an aircraft carrier to the Red Sea to ensure the safety of ships passing through the region from missile and drone attacks by the Houthis, The Telegraph newspaper reported on Tuesday.

UN trade and development body warns Red Sea shipping crisis is having a ‘dramatic’ impact

Jan 26, 2024, at 03:45 pm

Attacks against shipping in the Red Sea by Houthis are devastating for global trade and supply chains, already reeling under the impacts of the war in Ukraine and climate change-linked conditions in the Panama Canal, said the UN trade and development body, UNCTAD, on Thursday.

Houthis order US-UK UN staff to leave Yemen

Jan 25, 2024, at 11:50 pm

Houthi authorities in Yemen on Wednesday (January 24, 2024) have ordered UN and other humanitarian staff holding US and UK passports to leave the country within a month.

Houthi attacks: New Zealand to send defence team to secure Red Sea shipping

Jan 24, 2024, at 05:20 am

Wellington: The New Zealand government decided on Tuesday to send a small defence team to the Middle East to safeguard Red Sea shipping, but the country's opposition party said the deployment will further inflame tensions in the region.

US, UK strike eight Houthi targets in Yemen

Jan 23, 2024, at 11:05 pm

The United States and the United Kingdom carried out additional strikes Houthi targets in Yemen on Monday (January 22, 2024), officials said.

US Central Command says Houthi launched missiles at an American-owned tanker ship in Red Sea

Jan 19, 2024, at 02:56 pm

The US Central Command on Thursday said Houthi launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles at an American-owned tanker ship in the Red Sea.

US says Houthi ballistic missile hits cargo ship, no injuries

Jan 16, 2024, at 02:48 pm

The US on Tuesday (January 16, 2024) said 'Iranian-backed' Houthi militants have fired a ballistic missile from Yemen which hit an American-owned Cargo ship, escalating the ongoing tension in the region.

US shoots down anti-ship cruise missile fired from Houthi-controlled region in Yemen

Jan 15, 2024, at 02:57 pm

US fighter aircraft on Sunday shot down an anti-ship cruise missile fired at a US Navy destroyer from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen, U.S. Central Command said.

US launches fresh strikes against Houthi locations in Yemen

Jan 13, 2024, at 03:49 pm

The United States launched fresh strikes against Houthi locations in Yemen on Friday, media reports said.

UK, US launch strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen

Jan 12, 2024, at 02:23 pm

The United States and the UK launched several airstrikes on Houthi military sites around the Yemeni capital Sanaa before dawn Friday (December 12, 2024), Houthi-controlled Saba news agency and residents said.

CENTCOM says US, allies shoot down 18 attack drones, 3 missiles fired by Houthis into Red Sea

Jan 10, 2024, at 05:03 pm

The United States and its allies recently shot down a barrage of drones and missiles fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen into the southern Red Sea where commercial vessels were transiting, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a press statement.

US downs Houthi boats following Red Sea attack, 10 rebels killed

Jan 01, 2024, at 11:42 pm

Yemen's Houthi group on  Sunday (December 31, 2023) said 10 of its fighters were killed by U.S. naval forces in the Red Sea while they were trying to hijack a commercial ship in international waters.

Yemen: New Houthi commitment ‘encouraging step’ to protecting children

Apr 19, 2022, at 10:59 pm

New York: The United Nations commended on Monday a new signed Action Plan to safeguard children affected by armed conflict in Yemen.

Houthis warn UAE citizens of airstrikes

Feb 01, 2022, at 03:10 am

Sanaa/UNI/Sputnik: The Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) that controls northern Yemen urged people in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday to keep away from important infrastructure objects as they may soon come under attack.

Abu Dhabi: US intercepted 2 missiles targeting base in latest Houthi attack

Jan 25, 2022, at 02:41 pm

Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The United States successfully intercepted two missiles on Monday targeting Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates, the Central Command (CENTCOM) said.

Houthi drone strike: Saudi jets bomb Yemeni capital, residential area, in retaliatory strike

Jan 18, 2022, at 09:07 pm

Sana’a/Tehran/UNI: Saudi Arabian jets bombed the Yemeni parliament building and a military academy in Sanaa early on Tuesday morning, in retaliation for the Houthi drone attack on the Adnoc tanker area in Abu Dhabi on Monday in which three people, including two Indians, were killed.

Guterres condemns attack on Abu Dhabi airport and oil facility

Jan 18, 2022, at 06:30 pm

New York: The Secretary-General condemned on Monday the attacks on Abu Dhabi’s International Airport and the nearby Musaffah industrial area, which reportedly caused several civilian casualties and have been claimed by the Yemen-based Houthi rebel group, formally known as Ansar Allah.

US President Joe Biden administration to remove Yemen's Houthis from US foreign terrorist list

Feb 06, 2021, at 02:47 pm

Washington/UNI: The Biden administration has notified Congress it will remove Yemen's Houthi movement from the US list of groups designated as foreign terrorists, the Washington Post reported citing a State Department official and three congressional aides.

Serious repercussions likely to follow US plan to designate Yemen combatants terrorists, UN warns

Jan 12, 2021, at 04:45 pm

New York: The United States government’s decision to designate Ansar Allah, more commonly known as the Houthi rebel group in Yemen, as terrorists, is likely to have “serious humanitarian and political repercussions”, the UN spokesperson said on Monday.

Saudi Arabia backs US plans to designate Houthis as terrorists: Foreign Ministry

Jan 12, 2021, at 02:38 pm

Doha/Sputnik: Saudi Arabia supports Washington's plans to designate Yemen's Houthi rebel movement, which Riyadh has been fighting since 2015, as a terrorist organization, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

Saudi-led coalition attacks Houthi military air base near Sanaa int'l airport: Source

Nov 29, 2020, at 10:25 pm

Cairo/Sputnik: The Saudi-led Arab coalition fighting in Yemen has launched airstrikes against a military base of the Shia rebel Houthi movement located near the international airport in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, a source from the airport's administration told Sputnik on Sunday.

Yemeni gov't, Houthi rebels agree to swap 1,081 prisoners

Sep 28, 2020, at 01:05 am

Sanaa/Xinhua: The Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels reached a deal on Sunday to exchange 1,081 prisoners during UN-sponsored talks in Switzerland, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths said on Twitter.