Yemen's Houthis targeted an Israel-linked container ship deep in the Arabian Sea, demonstrating an ability to hit targets at a long range after Houthi Leader Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi vowed to expand attacks into the Indian Ocean. The attack on the MSC Orion took...
Report: Yemen’s Houthis Restarted Attacks After Examining US ‘Incentives’
Yemen's Houthis restarted attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden last week after examining "incentives" put forward by the US, according to a report from The National, a UAE state-owned newspaper. At the beginning of April, Tim Lenderking, the US...
Houthis Down US MQ-9 Reaper Drone For the Third Time Since November
A military spokesman for Yemen's Houthis announced on Saturday that their forces downed a US MQ-9 Reaper drone that was operating over Yemen and was carrying out a "hostile mission." US officials confirmed to CBS News that a US Air Force MQ-9 drone "crashed" in Yemen...
Yemen’s Houthis Target Two Ships in Gulf of Aden
Yemen's Houthis targeted commercial ships in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday and Thursday as part of their campaign to protest the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza. The attacks came after a relative lull in Houthi operations following months of frequent...
US Envoy Suggests Diplomacy With the Houthis as Bombing Campaign Has Failed
Tim Lenderking, President Biden's envoy for Yemen, said the US wants a "diplomatic solution" with the Houthis as its bombing campaign has failed to deter the Yemeni group and has only escalated the situation in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. "My hope is that we can...
US and UK Have Bombed Yemen 148 Times Since January
At least 148 missile strikes have hit Yemen since the US and the UK launched a new bombing campaign against the Houthis in January, according to the Yemen Data Project (YDP). YDP said in the first 80 days of the US-led bombing campaign that started on January 12, a...
US Missile Strikes Target Yemen’s Red Sea Port of Hodeidah
US and British fighter jets launched 10 airstrikes against Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Monday, the Houthis' Al Masirah TV reported, as the US bombing campaign continues despite its failure to deter the Houthis. US Central Command confirmed that it...
Houthi Leader Vows to Expand Attacks on Israel-Linked Shipping in Indian Ocean
Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi vowed on Thursday that the Yemeni group would expand its targeting of Israel-linked commercial shipping to hit vessels in the Indian Ocean that are trying to get around the Red Sea. "Our main battle is to prevent ships linked to the...
US Missile Strikes Pound Yemen, 11 Reported Killed
The US launched a series of missile strikes against targets in Yemen's Red Sea province of Hodeidah on Monday as the US bombing campaign against the Houthis continues. US Central Command said it conducted six strikes and claimed it destroyed "an unmanned underwater...
US Officials Say ‘Intelligence Gaps’ Are to Blame for Failure Against Yemen’s Houthis
US officials speaking to Financial Times said "intelligence gaps" are to blame for the failure to stop Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden that started in response to the US-backed Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Gaza. While the Pentagon...