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Jan 19 2024
News
US fires sixth round of strikes on Houthis
The U.S. on Friday launched a sixth round of strikes on the Houthis in Yemen, a U.S. defense official confirmed to The Hill. F/A-18 fighter jets launched from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier to hit Houthis preparing to fire anti-ship missile launchers, according to the Associated Press. The U.S. launched strikes nearly every day this week, targeting Houthi operations and
The HillFeb 05 2024
News
US launches more strikes against Houthis in Yemen
The US carried out further strikes against the Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen early on Sunday, the US military said.
Centcom said the US struck a land-attack cruise missile and four anti-ship missiles that "were prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea".
The additional strikes came a day after joint US-UK strikes on Houthi targets.
The US has also warned that it
BBC NewsJan 18 2024
News
What the designation of ‘terrorist’ means for Yemen’s Houthis
Experts say that Biden’s re-designation of the Houthis as a terrorist group is unlikely to curb Red Sea attacks. In February 2021, less than a month into his presidential term, US President Joe Biden formally delisted Yemen’s Houthis both as a “Foreign Terrorist Organization” (FTO) and as “Specially Designated Global Terrorists” (SDGTs) to enable more humanitarian aid for Yemen. On Wednesday,
Al JazeeraJan 17 2024
News
Houthis Brush Off US Terrorist Designation
The United States, along with its coalition partners, designated the Yemeni movement Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthis, a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" (SDGT) organization. But a senior Houthi official said the U.S. decision will not deter ongoing attacks in crucial maritime routes. "This decision will not affect our decision, and we will continue to stand with the
Newsmax (News)Jan 17 2024
News
White House designates Houthis as terrorist organization
The Biden administration has named the Yemen-based Houthi military group a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), the White House announced in a statement Wednesday. What does the designation mean? “This designation is an important tool to impede terrorist funding to the Houthis, further restrict their access to financial markets, and hold them accountable for their actions,” the
Deseret NewsFeb 03 2024
News
US launches stepped-up attack on Houthis in Yemen
The U.S. military is now ratcheting up its intensity on two fronts in the Middle East — attacking Iran-supported Houthi rebels in Yemen in retaliation for missile and drone launches against commercial shipping in the Red Sea, while also assaulting Iranian proxies in response to the more than 160 strikes on U.S. troops in Iraq, Syria and now Jordan. President Joe Biden’s actions have been
PoliticoMar 07 2024
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Ship evacuated after first civilian fatalities in Houthis' Red Sea attacks
India's navy evacuated all 20 crew from a stricken vessel in the Red Sea on Thursday, after a Houthi attack killed three seafarers in the first civilian fatalities from the Yemeni group's campaign against the key shipping route.
The Iran-aligned militants fired a missile at the Barbados-flagged, Greek-operated True Confidence on Wednesday about 50 nautical miles off the southern Yemeni
ReutersNov 21 2023
Opinion
Houthi provocations will need to be dealt with
Until the October 7 massacre and the ensuing war, the Yemen-based, virulently antisemitic Houthis were a distant threat to most Israelis.
Most people had heard the Iran-backed Houthis in the context of the ongoing civil war in Yemen but did not pay them much attention.
With Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza and the West Bank, and Iran keen on
The Jerusalem PostJan 12 2024
News
New: US Launches New Strikes on Houthis
The U.S. carried out strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen for a second straight day Friday, two U.S. officials said, further involving the Biden administration in a Middle East fight that has split opinion in Washington.
The U.S., alongside four other countries, hit nearly 30 Houthis positions Thursday night after the Iran-backed militant group escalated its attacks on commercial ships in
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