This is Beirut, 10/02 21:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Yemen Houthi Movement United Nations
The United Nations announced the suspension Monday of its activities in Yemen's Saada region, a Houthi stronghold, after the Yemeni group detained multiple personnel there this year. The Iran-backed Houthis have arrested dozens of staffers from the UN and other humanitarian organizations, most of them since the middle of 2024, as Yemen's ...
This is Beirut, 22/01 20:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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 ...
This is Beirut, 21/01 16:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Houthi Movement Yemen Israel Red Sea
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 ...
This is Beirut, 10/01 21:41 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Houthi Movement Yemen Israel Benjamin Netanyahu
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 ...
This is Beirut, 06/01 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Yemen Houthi Movement United Nations United Nations
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 ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-31 16:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
United States US CENTCOM Yemen Houthi Movement
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 ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-26 18:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel launched a series of airstrikes on Yemen on Thursday, with seven strikes hitting Sanaa and three targeting Hodeidah. According to Al-Hadath, the strikes reportedly targeted Sanaa airport, the adjacent Al-Dailami base, Hodeidah port and key energy and oil facilities, notably the Hezyaz central power station, causing significant damage to the ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-25 20:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Gulf Israel Benjamin Netanyahu Houthi Movement
Yemen's Houthis said Wednesday that they had fired a ballistic missile and drones at Israel, days after an attack on Tel Aviv wounded 16 people. Israel's military said it intercepted the missile before it entered Israeli territory, but did not immediately comment on the drone attacks which the Houthis said hit their targets. "The ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-23 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel Israel Katz Houthi Movement Ismail Haniyeh
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz acknowledged that Tel Aviv had killed former Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this year, as he warned the military would "decapitate" the leadership of Yemen's Huthi rebels. "We will strike hard at the Huthis... and decapitate their leadership -- just as we did with Haniyeh, ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-23 19:01 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel Benjamin Netanyahu Houthi Movement Gaza
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told lawmakers Monday that Israel's war in Gaza had offered opportunities to sign new peace accords with Arab nations and "dramatically change the face of" the Middle East. "Moderate Arab countries view Israel as a regional power and a potential ally. I intend to seize this ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-22 20:48 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Israel Yemen Houthi Movement
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to retaliate against Yemen's Houthi rebels after they fired a missile at Tel Aviv, warning that Israel would target what he described as the last remaining arm of "Iran's axis of evil". The Houthis struck Israel's commercial hub on Saturday with what they claimed was ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-28 17:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Yemen Houthi Movement Israel Abdulmalik Al-Houthi
Yemen's Houthis will keep up their attacks on Israel, their leader said on Thursday, two days into a ceasefire in Israel's war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. "The operations from the Yemeni front to support the Palestinian people with missiles and drones towards the Israeli enemy are continuing," Abdulmalik Al-Houthi said on the Al-Masirah TV ...