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Jan 12 2024
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American, British militaries bomb 16 sites in Yemen, targeting Houthis who have disrupted international trade in Red Sea
The U.S. and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen on Thursday, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, U.S. officials said. The U.S. Air Force’s Mideast command said it struck over 60 targets at 16 sites in Yemen, including “command-and-control nodes, munitions depots,
FortuneApr 18 2019
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Trump Vetoes Yemen Resolution
“President Donald Trump vetoed a resolution passed by Congress to end U.S. military assistance in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen… Congress has grown uneasy with Trump’s close relationship with Saudi Arabia as he tries to further isolate Iran, a regional rival.” (AP News)
The left condemns the veto and urges Congress to override it.
“The war in Yemen… has killed more than 50,000
The Flip SideOct 25 2023
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Hurricane Otis Makes Landfall in Mexico as Category 5 Storm; Rare Cyclone Displaces 1000s in Yemen
Hurricane Otis made landfall on Mexico’s southern Pacific coast early this morning as a historic Category 5 storm, unleashing dangerously high winds and torrential rains. Officials have warned of potential “catastrophic” and “life-threatening” conditions, including landslides and floods in the town of Acapulco and surrounding areas. In related news, thousands of people were displaced in
Democracy Now!Apr 30 2024
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Portuguese-flagged ship targeted in Arabian Sea drone assault; Houthi rebels claim responsibility
A Portuguese-flagged container ship came under attack by a drone in the far reaches of the Arabian Sea, corresponding with a claim by Yemen's Houthi rebels that they assaulted the ship there, authorities said Tuesday. The attack on the MSC Orion, occurring some 375 miles off the coast of Yemen, appeared to be the first confirmed deep-sea assault claimed by the Houthis since they began
Fox News (Online News)Oct 19 2023
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US Navy intercepts missiles heading north from Yemen, 'potentially' toward Israel: Pentagon
U.S. Department of Defense spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder confirmed Thursday that the crew of the USS Carney, a guided missile destroyer operating in the Northern Red Sea, shot down three land attack cruise missiles and several drones that were launched by Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen.
"This action was a demonstration of the integrated air and missile defense architecture
Fox News (Online News)Apr 14 2021
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Progressives Call for Action on the Yemen Blockade
In early February, President Joe Biden announced that he would end US support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, where six years of continuous conflict have created the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. But progressive members of Congress are growing frustrated with his refusal to push Saudi Arabia to lift its blockade on Yemen, which has recently reached a critical stage and is starving
The NationJan 22 2015
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Yemen's president and PM 'resign'
Yemen's President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and his Prime Minister, Khaled Baha, have resigned, officials said.
It comes amid an ongoing stand-off with Shia Houthi rebels.
Houthi gunmen have a tight grip on the capital, Sanaa, and are holding a presidential aide who was abducted last week.
There are reports that Yemen's parliament has refused to accept the president's
BBC NewsMay 03 2024
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Revealed: Netanyahu's Utopian Plan for 'Gaza 2035'
In a PowerPoint file apparently published by the Prime Minister’s Office, and available (in Hebrew) on the Ynet news website, the Israeli government envisions a future for Gaza as a thriving center of trade and innovation under a Palestinian administration that is de-radicalized and focused on economic growth rather than on terror and hate. The “Gaza 2035” plan seeks to capitalize on Gaza’s
Breitbart NewsNov 27 2023
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US Navy seizes attackers who held Israel-linked tanker. Missiles from rebel-controlled Yemen follow
Armed assailants seized and later let go of a tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Yemen on Sunday before being apprehended by the United States Navy, officials said. Two ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled Yemen then landed near a U.S. warship aiding the tanker in the Gulf of Aden, raising the stakes amid a series of ship attacks linked to the Israel-Hamas war.
Yemen’s
Associated PressMay 03 2024
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U.S. Shuffles Military Assets in Middle East After Gulf Pushback
The Pentagon is shifting jet fighters, armed drones and other aircraft to Qatar, repositioning its forces to get around restrictions on conducting airstrikes from an air base long used by the U.S. in the United Arab Emirates.
The U.A.E. informed the U.S. in February that it would no longer permit American warplanes and drones based at Al Dhafra air base in Abu Dhabi to carry out strikes
Wall Street Journal (News)