Houthi Movement

Iran Denies Involvement in Yemeni Conflict in Letter to UN Security Council

In a recent diplomatic communication on Monday, Iran addressed the United Nations Security Council, asserting its non-involvement in the ongoing Yemeni conflict and rejecting accusations of breaching international agreements. The letter, sent earlier today, aims to clarify Iran's position amid escalating tensions in the region. Iran ...

US Airstrikes Hit Over 30 Houthi Targets in Yemen's Hodeidah

In a decisive military move, the United States conducted a series of airstrikes on Monday on more than 30 Houthi targets, including a ballistic missile reassembly workshop, an iron factory, and critical training and command centers, in the Bajil and Al-Salif districts of Hodeidah in Yemen. The facility, reportedly repurposed by Houthi militias for ...

Trump Warns Will Hold Tehran Responsible for Any Houthi Attacks

President Donald Trump declared on Monday that he will hold Iran directly responsible for any future attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis, who have targeted multiple US and other foreign ships in the Red Sea. "Every shot fired by the Houthis will be considered, from this point forward, as a shot fired from the weapons and leadership of IRAN, ...

Yemen's Houthis Say Targeted US Aircraft Carrier Twice in Red Sea

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed on Monday to have twice attacked an American aircraft carrier group within 24 hours, calling it retaliation for deadly US strikes. The Houthis initially said they launched 18 missiles and a drone at the "aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and its accompanying warships" in the Red Sea, before ...

Witkoff Reveals Key Diplomatic Breakthroughs on Ukraine Peace Talks, Issues Warning to Hamas

US President Donald Trump is expected to speak with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin this week, an American envoy said Sunday, as Washington presses for Moscow to accept a ceasefire in the Ukraine war. Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff, who met for several hours with Putin days ago, told CNN in a televised interview that he thinks "the two ...

US Designates Yemen's Houthis 'Foreign Terrorist Organization'

The United States on Tuesday designated Yemen's Houthi militant group a foreign terrorist organization, conforming with an order by President Donald Trump in January. The Iran-backed insurgents control much of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, and have launched missile and drone attacks at Israel since the war in Gaza broke out in October ...

Yemen's Houthis Free Detained Ship Crew After Gaza Truce

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Wednesday that they had released the detained crew of the ship Galaxy Leader, held since November 2023, following the Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Weeks after the war in the Gaza Strip broke out, the Houthis began launching attacks on shipping vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in what they ...

Houthis Announce Plans to Solely Target Israel-Linked Ships During Truce

Yemen's Houthis said Tuesday they would limit their Red Sea attacks to vessels linked to Israel during the ceasefire in the Gaza war. The Houthis have been attacking shipping in the vital waterway in what they say is solidarity with the Palestinians since November 2023, weeks after Hamas carried out the deadliest attack in Israeli history. "We ...

Israel Strikes Yemen Houthis, Warns It Will 'Hunt' Leaders

Israel struck Huthi targets in Yemen on Friday, including a power station and coastal ports, in response to missile and drone launches, as it warned it would hunt down the group's leaders. Since the war in Gaza broke out in October 2023, the Iran-backed Yemeni rebel group has fired dozens of missiles and drones at Israel in what it says is a ...

UN Envoy in Rare Yemen Visit to Push for Peace

Hans Grundberg, the United Nation's special envoy for war-torn Yemen, arrived Monday in the rebel-held capital in a bid to breathe life into peace talks, his office said. Grundberg last visited the capital Sanaa, controlled by the Iran-backed Houthis, in May 2023 for meetings with the rebels' leaders in an earlier effort to advance a roadmap for ...

US Strikes Houthi Targets in Yemen Capital and Coast

The US military said Tuesday its forces had hit Houthi targets in Yemen's capital that the Iran-backed rebels used to attack American warships and commercial vessels. The attacks began Monday and were carried out by US Navy ships and aircraft that also struck Houthi-controlled coastal regions of Yemen, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said. It ...