WASHINGTON—The U.S. military said on Monday it destroyed air defense and drone systems of Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi forces in the area of the Red Sea, with no injuries or damage reported to commercial, the United States, and coalition ships. The U.S. Central Command claimed on X its forces had destroyed an air defense system with […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—An attack by Yemen’s Houthi extremists targeted a tanker in the Red Sea early Friday but the ship’s crew was unharmed, authorities said. It was the latest in the extremists’ campaign against shipping over Israel’s ongoing war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has sunk in the Red Sea after days of taking on water, officials said Saturday, the first vessel to be fully destroyed as part of their campaign over Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The sinking of the Rubymar, which carried […]
Multiple nations, led by the United States and the United Kingdom, launched strikes against the Houthis in Yemen on Saturday following the terrorist group’s continued attacks against naval and commercial vessels traveling through the Red Sea and surrounding waters. The strikes were supported by Australia, Bahrain, Denmark, Canada, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. “Today’s necessary […]
Houthi terrorists, according to the Pentagon, are still capable of carrying out significant attacks on shipping in the Red Sea—despite recent U.S. bombardment of their positions in Yemen. The threat to shipping has seen civilian crews abandoning ship, and downed multi-million-dollar U.S. drones. Retired Capt. James Fanell, the former director of intelligence for the U.S. […]
President Joe Biden told reporters on Feb. 20 that he intends to impose a new round of “major sanctions” on Russia. Houthi terrorists are still capable of carrying out significant attacks despite U.S. bombardment. The threat to shipping has seen civilian crews abandoning ship, and downed multi-million-dollar U.S. drones. A retired Navy captain spoke to […]
The United States and its allies on Feb. 3 launched a new series of attacks on Houthi rebels in Yemen. The strikes, the latest in a series of joint strikes carried out in the region, come at a time of escalating tensions in the Middle East. Tensions have been especially high since Oct. 7, when […]
U.S. forces carried out a strike against an Iran-backed Houthi anti-ship missile in Yemen that was prepared to launch early Saturday after the group hit an oil tanker. On Friday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said that a ballistic missile launched from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen hit and damaged an oil tanker in the Gulf of […]
WASHINGTON—The U.S. and British militaries bombed multiple targets in eight locations used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen on Monday night, the second time the two allies have conducted coordinated retaliatory strikes on an array of the rebels’ missile-launching capabilities. Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands contributed to the mission, including intelligence and surveillance, according […]
JERUSALEM—Iran is “very directly involved” in ship attacks that Yemen’s Houthi rebels have carried out during Israel’s war against Hamas, the U.S. Navy’s top Mideast commander told The Associated Press on Monday. Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of the Navy’s 5th Fleet, stopped short of saying Tehran directed individual attacks by the Houthis in […]
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Beijing is taking a side as attacks in the Red Sea persist. The Iran-backed Houthi terrorist group has launched attacks on civilian vessels there, adding to regional tensions as the Israel-Hamas war rages. Those attacks pose a threat to China’s commercial interests in Egypt along the Suez Canal. Because of this, the Communist Party is […]
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Houthi rebels in Yemen struck a U.S.-owned vessel in the Red Sea on Monday, further inflaming tensions in the area. So what is the Houthi’s goal in attacking international shipping? Are they provoking the United States, the U.K. and their allies to attack Houthi targets in Yemen? NTD spoke to retired Col. Grant Newsham, a […]
A new report finds police left children “at mercy” of a grooming gang of paedophiles in Rochdale. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed the UK military destroyed 13 Houthi rebel targets, stressing it was done in self-defence. The Israel-Hamas war has lasted over 100 days. It is by far the longest, bloodiest, and most destructive between […]
Are the airstrikes on the Houthis in Yemen going to escalate or deescalate tensions in the Middle East? And did President Joe Biden need approval from Congress to order the strikes? NTD spoke with David Wurmser, a Middle East affairs analyst at the Center for Security Policy, to discuss the U.S. action against the Houthis.
