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US designates Yemen’s Houthi group as ‘foreign terrorist’ organisation

The United States State Department has reinstated the “foreign terrorist organization” designation for Yemen’s Houthi group, fulfilling an order announced by President Donald Trump shortly after he took office.

Yemen’s Houthis warn they are ready to attack Israel if Gaza war continues

Yemen’s Houthis have announced they are ready to attack Israel if it reneges on its ceasefire accord with the Palestinian group Hamas and resumes military operation in the Gaza Strip.

Yemen’s Houthis free 153 prisoners of war

The Houthis in Yemen have released 153 prisoners of war to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the non-governmental organisation and the group have confirmed.

Trump redesignates Yemen’s Houthis as foreign terrorist organization

US President Donald Trump has directed his administration to relist the Houthis in Yemen as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) in an effort to crack down on the group.

Yemen’s Houthis says to target only Israel-linked vessels after Gaza ceasefire

Yemen's Houthis will limit their attacks on commercial vessels to Israel-linked ships after the Gaza ceasefire came into effect, the Yemen-based Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center has announced.

Israel launches air attacks against Yemen’s power station, ports

At least one person was killed and several others were wounded after Israeli jets carried out air strikes across Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, local media reported.

Yemen’s Houthis claim to have targeted US aircraft carrier, several spots in Israel

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree has stated that the Yemen-based group’s armed forces launched a “specific and joint military operation targeting the American aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman using two winged missiles and four drones”.

Iran calls US-UK attack on Yemen ‘violation of UN charter’

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baqaei has strongly condemned the US and UK air attacks on the infrastructure of Saada province in Northern Yemen, calling it yet another violation of the United Nations Charter.

Sources say Trump preparing to intensify activity against Yemen’s Houthis

US President-elect Donald Trump is preparing to increase activity against the Houthis in Yemen once he is sworn in as president on January 20, two sources familiar with the details told The Jerusalem Post.

Houthis claim US military drone shot down over Yemen

Yemen’s Houthi fighters have announced they have shot down a US military MQ-9 Reaper drone in the airspace over the Yemeni central governorate of Marib

Yemen’s Houthis say shot down 13th MQ-9 Reaper drone

The military spokesman for Yemen's Houthis stated on Saturday that the Yemeni army shot down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone.

IRGC chief: Yemeni people defend Palestine, will ultimately succeed

The Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), Major General Hossein Salami, praised the resilience of the Yemeni people, stating that they defend Palestine with great merit and will ultimately emerge victorious.

IRGC says Yemeni strikes changed Israel’s calculations

A spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has stated that the aerial attacks by Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement against Israel have changed the regime's calculations.

WHO warns Yemen bears ‘highest burden’ of cholera worldwide

The World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned that Yemen bears "the highest burden" of cholera globally.

Yemen’s Houthis claim downing US F-18 fighter jet

The Houthis in Yemen have claimed that they have successfully thwarted a joint American-British attack by shooting down a US F-18 warplane and forcing other aircraft to withdraw from their country's airspace.

US downs own warplane while bombing Yemen: Pentagon

The United States Navy has inadvertently shot down its own F/A-18 fighter jet in a friendly fire incident over the Red Sea, the Pentagon has announced shortly after issuing a press release about another attack against Houthi targets in Yemen.

US says attacked Houthi targets in Yemen’s capital

The United States military said it has carried out air strikes against targets linked to the Houthis in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, including a missile storage facility and a “command-and-control” site.

Israeli officials say Tel Aviv hit by missile fired from Yemen

A missile fired from Yemen hit Tel Aviv overnight into Saturday, Israeli authorities confirmed, in a rare instance of a failed interception over the city.

Israel launches air strikes on several regions in Yemen

Israel’s military announced on Thursday it has attacked “military targets” belonging to Houthi fighters in Yemen after intercepting a missile fired by the group towards Israel.

Israel planning to conduct military operation against Yemen: KAN

The Israeli army is planning to strike Yemen in response to the recent Houthi missile and drone attacks against Israel, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation Kan reported.

Yemen’s Houthis says conducted hypersonic missile strike against Israel

Yemen’s Houthi group has claimed it launched a missile attack targeting central Israel, vowing to continue its military operations against the regime until the Gaza war ends.

US and UK militaries jointly strike Houthi targets in Yemen

US and UK air forces have conducted air attacks against several targets in western Yemen linked to the Houthi group, according to Al-Masirah TV.

Yemen’s Houthis say conducted missile, drone attacks on US warships

US warships came under sustained missile and drone attack from Houthi fighters as they sailed off the coast of Yemen, the Pentagon has confirmed, with the Yemeni armed group claiming it attacked the US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and two US destroyers.

Russia provided Yemen’s Houthis with satellite data to attack ships in Red Sea: Report

Yemen's Houthis have been using Russian satellite data to attack vessels in the Red Sea with drones and missiles, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing what it called a person familiar with the matter and two unnamed European defense officials.

US says Houthi weapon storage facilities targeted in B-2 attacks

The US targeted five “hardened underground weapons storage locations” in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen in a series of strikes by B-2 stealth bombers, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.

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