Yemen

The spokesman for the Houthi military announced Yemeni forces have carried out four operations against Israeli and US vessels off the coast of Yemen in solidarity with the Palestinians of Gaza.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree says the Yemeni naval units have conducted multiple operations against British and Israeli commercial vessels. He added the Yemeni forces also targeted US military frigates off the nation's coast in support of Palestinians amid Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.

The leader of Yemen’s Houthi group has claimed that American and British air raids on his country since January have killed 37 people and injured 30 others.

The Yemen-based Houthi fighters have told Moscow and Beijing that their ships can sail freely through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden without fear of being attacked, Bloomberg has reported, citing sources.

The United Kingdom has reportedly poured millions into protecting Israeli ships in the Red Sea since the conflict between Israel and Palestine first began in October, with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak becoming ninth prime minister to use the RAF to bomb Yemen.

Yemen has slammed the United Nations Security Council for condemning its pro-Palestine maritime operations in the Red Sea, saying that the world body is “dangerously” serving US interests and supporting the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

The United States and the United Kingdom have launched a string of air raids against targets in Yemen's southwestern province of Ta'izz and the strategic western province of Hudaydah as the Houthi movement continues its maritime operations against Israeli-linked vessels in the Red Sea.

Yemen’s Houthi movement has announced starting their pro-Palestinian operations in the Indian Ocean by targeting several Israeli and American ships in the body of water in protest at the genocidal war against the besieged Gaza Strip.

Air raids carried out by the US and UK have hit port cities and small towns in western Yemen, killing at least 11 people and injuring 14, a spokesperson for Yemen’s internationally recognised government has told the Reuters news agency.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has announced the death of its leader Khalid Batarfi and appointed a successor, an intelligence service monitoring armed group networks worldwide has claimed.

Over 4.5 million people remain displaced in Yemen amid a years-long conflict in the war-ravaged country, the United Nations humanitarian office has announced.

The Yemeni Houthi movement said on Saturday it has targeted a US vessel and several destroyers with naval missiles and drones in the Red Sea in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

At least three seafarers have been killed in a Houthi missile attack on a merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden, the United States military has announced, marking the first fatalities reported since the Yemeni group began strikes against shipping in one of the world’s busiest sea lanes over Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip.

Yemeni fighters announced they have launched an attack on an Israeli ship sailing in the Arabian Sea as part of their campaign to force the regime to end its aggression against Gaza.

A British container ship has sunk in the Red Sea almost two weeks after it came under attack by Yemen’s Houthi fighters.

Yemen’s armed forces will introduce “military surprises” in their Red Sea operations, the movement's leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi has stated. The Houthis have been targetting Israel-bound vessels in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

The administration of US President Joe Biden came under fire from lawmakers over the lack of congressional approval to conduct military strikes against Yemen’s Houthis and defend foreign ships in the Red Sea.

The United States and the United Kingdom have announced sanctions against a high-ranking member of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and certain members of Yemen’s Houthi movement.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, in a meeting with the UN Secretary General Antoni Guterres, strongly condemned the US’ attempts to escalate tensions in the Red Sea and Yemen, warning that Washington's actions will ruin joint efforts by Tehran and the United Nations to bring calm to the region.

Yemen’s defense minister has praised the ongoing naval operations by the country’s military against Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea in support of Gaza, stressing that the era of “hegemonic influence” of Washington and its allies on international waters is over.

UK retailers and exporters have been dealt a heavy blow by Yemen’s strikes in support of Gaza, which is enduring a genocidal war by Israel, according to a report.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani strongly condemned the fresh round of air attacks by the US and the UK against Yemen. He stressed that the joint move will only escalate insecurity and instability in the region without any achievement for Washington and London.

The United States and the United Kingdom have bombed more than a dozen Houthi sites in Yemen, officials said, as the Yemeni group stepped up its attacks on ships in the Red Sea in protest against Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip.

US officials are increasingly questioning the effectiveness of military methods in combating the Houthi fighters in Yemen, who continue their military operation in the Red Sea in response to the ongoing Israeli-Hamas conflict, CNN reported, citing US officials in the know.

The European Union has started a naval mission to protect cargo ships in the Red Sea from attacks by Yemen’s Houthi fighters. The Houthis say, in consolidation with the Palestinians, they will target Israeli-bound vessels off the Red Sea.