On Monday, Yemen's Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, announced a "ban" on Israeli shipping on the Red Sea, renewing a blockade that the US had previously failed to end with a bombing campaign. "We declare a complete and total ban on Israeli maritime navigation...
One Year After Bombing, Amnesty Calls for US Strike on Yemen Migrant Facility To Be Investigated as a War Crime
Tuesday marked one year since the US bombed a migrant detention facility in Saada, northern Yemen, killing 68 African migrants, and Amnesty International has reiterated its call for the attack to be investigated as a potential war crime. The strike was part of the...
Trump Continues Yemen Drone War With Virtually No Media Attention
Since starting his second term in January 2025, President Trump has continued a drone war in Yemen that has gone unnoticed in the US, according to a report from the Yemen Data Project (YDP). From January 2025 to March 2026, the YDP found 21 reports of US drone strikes...
Israel Appoints Its First Ambassador to Somaliland as It Eyes Gulf of Aden Military Base
Israel has appointed its first ambassador to Somaliland, a move that follows its recognition of Somaliland's independence, which the region first declared in 1991. Israeli media reported the appointment of Michael Lotem, who has previously served as Israel's...
Yemen’s Houthis Launch Missile Strikes on Israel in Coordination With Iran, Hezbollah
A week after announcing they were entering the ever-growing regional war on the side of Iran, Yemen’s Houthi movement has launched missiles at southern Israel, saying the operation, the third such flurry of missiles, was done in coordination with Iran and Hezbollah....
Yemen’s Houthis Enter War Against Israel
Yemen's Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, have launched at least two attacks on Israel since Saturday as the US-Israeli war against Iran continues to expand across the region. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement on the first attack that...
Iranian Official Suggests Yemen’s Houthis Could Close Bab el-Mandeb Strait If US Launches Ground Attacks
An Iranian official on Wednesday suggested that Yemen's Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, could close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, if the US launches ground operations against Iran. So far, the Houthis, who govern...
Israel Responsible for Two-Thirds of Journalists Killed in 2025: Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a report on Wednesday that 129 members of the press were killed around the world in 2025 and that the state of Israel was responsible for two-thirds of the deaths. The CPJ recorded the Israeli military killing of 86...
Pro-Separatist Rallies in South Yemen Town of Zinjibar; Thousands Call for Restoration of South
While the Saudi-backed government-in-exile for Yemen continues to present the STC separatists as a group that has disbanded and tries to focus on styling themselves as a legitimate government, rallies for the STC continue to grow across the south, hitting more and...
Six Killed, Scores Wounded as Saudi-backed Forces Shoot Separatist Protesters in South Yemen
Rallies in favor of the separatist STC group in South Yemen continue to grow, and while the largest have been in the city of Aden, substantial protests are being reported elsewhere, including the Shabwa Governorate capital of Ataq. The rally in Ataq turned ugly today,...


