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Gaza Fighting Continues, as Israel Reject UN War Crime Inquiry

par This Is Beirut, 13/06 20:54 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Fighting raged in Gaza Thursday, as Israel rejected a UN independent inquiry report that concluded both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes. Iraq warned of escalation on the Lebanese border as fighting continues. Israeli helicopters struck Gaza's Rafah Thursday, residents said, with Hamas militants reporting street battles in the southern city ...

The UN and NGOs Demand Release of Detained Staff in Yemen

par This Is Beirut, 13/06 22:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The heads of six United Nations agencies and three international NGOs issued a joint call Thursday for the release of their staff detained by the Houthi. They said the detentions were unprecedented and insisted the targeting of aid and development workers in Yemen must stop. "We, the principals of the affected UN entities and international ...

Vessel Attacked Twice by Drones In Red Sea, Sustaining Damage

par This Is Beirut, 20/07 14:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Bab el-Mandeb Houthi Red Sea Attacks UKMTO

A commercial vessel was attacked twice by drones off the coast of Yemen on Saturday but proceeded with its voyage despite sustaining damage, a British maritime security agency said. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, run by the British navy, said the attack happened 64 nautical miles northwest of Mokha, Yemen, near the strategic Bab ...

A Timed Military Escalation Ahead of Netanyahu’s US Visit?

par Philippe Abi-Akl, 23/07 08:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Following a Houthi drone attack on Tel Aviv on Saturday, Israeli fighter jets launched an assault from the Nevatim Airbase (Negev) on oil and electricity facilities in the Yemeni city of Hodeidah. On Sunday, a Houthi official stated, "Israel made a serious mistake. We will retaliate in a strong and appropriate manner." Meanwhile, the American news ...

Cholera in Yemen: The Impact of Houthi Silence on a Growing Epidemic

par Victoria C. Werling, 09/08 17:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Obstruction of humanitarian aid, lack of sanitary and medical infrastructure... In an interview with This Is Beirut, Ahmed Benchemsi, Advocacy and Communications Director for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) division at Human Rights Watch, discusses the causes and consequences of the cholera epidemic currently affecting ...

In the Line of Fire: The Middle East Dons Military Fatigues

par Marie de La Roche Saint-André, 15/08 17:03 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

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As negotiations for a potential ceasefire in Gaza resume in Doha, the Middle East remains on edge, awaiting Iran’s response to the assassination of former Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Two camps are clashing in the region, both ideologically and militarily: Israel, backed by American support and regional bases, and the "Axis of ...

Merchant Ship off Yemen Coast Attacked

par This Is Beirut, 21/08 13:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Hodeidah Houthi Red Sea Attacks UKMTO

Three projectiles hit a merchant vessel off Yemen's Houthi-held port city of Hodeida on Wednesday, limiting the ship's ability to manoeuvre, British maritime security agency UKMTO said. The ship initially exchanged fire with two small vessels, one with three to five people onboard while the second carried around 10, the United Kingdom Maritime ...

Houthis Urge Tel Aviv Residents to Evacuate to South After Missile Strike

par This Is Beirut, 15/09 10:57 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The Houthis issued an announcement on Sunday warning the residents of Tel Aviv, in central Israel, that the area had become an active war zone, urging them to evacuate to a "humanitarian zone" in the Negev desert. Earlier in the day, a missile triggered a rush to shelters in central Israel on Sunday, a rare incident that caused no casualties but ...

How Ten Years of Houthi Rule Have Radically Changed Yemen

par Cian ward, 21/09 14:30 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

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Saturday marks the ten-year anniversary of the Houthi capture of Sana'a, Yemen's capital city. A decade of Houthi rule has transformed the country, putting an end to its tentative liberalization, and replacing it with an increasingly radical theocratic police state. Ten years ago, on September 21, 2014, the Houthis declared the capture of ...

Yemen's Houthis Claim Missile Attack on Israel

par This Is Beirut, 02/10 11:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Yemen's Houthis said on Wednesday that they had fired cruise missiles “deep inside” Israel, although there was no confirmation from Israeli authorities. The statement by the Houthis' armed forces came after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel late on Tuesday, deepening the conflict in the region. “The missile force of the Yemeni ...

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