This Is Beirut, 2023-12-23 19:44 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Warring parties in Yemen pledged to respect a ceasefire amid the civil war tearing the country apart on Saturday, December 23. The Houthis and Yemeni government also agreed to open a peace process brokered by the UN, which could be a form of national unity in the context of the Israel-Hamas war. Yemen's warring parties have committed to a new ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-21 12:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Greece will join a US-led coalition to safeguard the Red Sea's shipping route from Houthis, as announced by Defense Minister Nikos Dendias on Thursday. A Greek navy frigate, acting on orders from Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, will be part of the task force, according to the minister. Given Greece's status as a leading shipping nation, ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-19 11:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United States announced on Monday a 10-nation coalition to address Houthi missile and drone attacks on ships in the Red Sea. Countries joining the “multinational security initiative” include the United Kingdom, France, Bahrain, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles, and Spain. In reaction, Houthi rebels said Tuesday they ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-16 23:43 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Bab el-Mandeb Gaza Hamas Houthis
The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 70th day on Friday, since the bloody and unprecedented attack perpetrated by the Palestinian Islamist movement on Israeli soil from the Gaza Strip on October 7, which triggered it. According to Israel, 1,139 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the attack and around 250 kidnapped and taken to Gaza. ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-15 22:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Bab el-Mandeb Gaza Hamas Houthis
War between Israel and Hamas entered on Friday, December 15 its 70th day since the bloody and unprecedented attack that the Palestinian Islamist movement launched against Israel on October 7 from the Gaza Strip. According to Israel, 1,139 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the attack and around 250 kidnapped and taken to Gaza. A total of ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-15 11:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A projectile fired from Yemen by Houthi militia hit a cargo ship in the Red Sea on Friday, a US official and an intelligence firm said, the latest in a series of attacks. "We are aware that something launched from a Houthi-controlled region of Yemen struck this vessel which was damaged, and there was a report of a fire," the US defense official ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-14 23:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 69th day on Thursday. According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, 18,787 people were killed in Israeli bombardments, most of them women, children and teenagers. For its part, Israel announced that 1,200 people, mostly civilians, died in the attack on 7 October. In addition, around a hundred Israeli ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-14 18:33 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Bab el-Mandeb cargo ship Houthis
Yemeni Houthis have targeted another cargo ship in the Red Sea, according to statements by a US official on Thursday December 14. The attack, carried out with a missile against a ship belonging to a Danish company, is said to have missed its target. Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired a missile at a cargo ship en route to Saudi Arabia on ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-09 22:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iranian-backed Houthis from Yemen threatened to attack any ships heading for Israeli ports on Saturday, December 9. The Houthis have already attacked a series of ships since the start of the conflict in Gaza. Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Saturday threatened to attack vessels heading to Israeli ports unless food and medicine are allowed ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-06 16:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
CONFLICT Gaza Hamas Houthis isarel
The Israeli Army reported that it had intercepted a surface-to-surface missile targeting Eilat, a southern town in Israel. In a post on X, the Israeli Army spokesperson, Daniel Hagari, said, “Following the warning in the area of the city of Eilat, a surface-to-surface missile was detected, launched into the territory of the State of Israel and ...