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Iran’s defense minister warns US: Red Sea is our region

Iran’s Minister of Defense has undermined US efforts to establish an international naval force comprising 40 countries in the Red Sea, warning “no one can definitely maneuver in a region that we dominate.”

Yemen advises vessels not to travel towards Palestinian territoriesv

Mohamed Ali al-Houthi, the head of Yemen's Houthi supreme revolutionary committee, has posted a message on the social media platform X, telling cargo ships not to head towards the occupied Palestinian territories.

Yemen blocks Israel-bound ship in Red Sea, forces it to turn back

The Yemeni Armed Forces blocked the passage of a merchant vessel bound for the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories as it was sailing in the Red Sea, after declaring a decision to block the passage of all ships heading toward Israeli ports in support of the Gaza Strip.

Yemen says to strike all ships in Red Sea en route to Israel

The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree has warned that the military units will prevent the passage of all ships bound to the occupied Palestinian territories in the Red Sea, stressing that they will become a legitimate target if they pass the country’s territorial waters.

Yemen targets two Israeli ships in Red Sea: Armed force spokesman

The Yemeni armed forces announced that they have targeted two more Israeli ships in the Red Sea, as they say the battle against Israel and the United States will continue until attacks on the Gaza Strip come to a full stop.

Yemen’s Ansarullah warns will continue to target Israeli ships

The Ansarullah movement in Yemen has renewed its warning that Israeli ships are legitimate targets in the Red Sea in retaliation for the Israeli regime’s resumption of attacks on the Gaza Strip. 

Yemen fires ballistic missiles toward US destroyer in Gulf of Aden: CENTCOM

The US military announced that Yemeni Armed Forces have fired two ballistic missiles in the direction of USS Mason, an Arleigh-Burke class destroyer, in the Gulf of Aden.

Yemen’s Houthis renew warning against Israeli ships in Red Sea

The Yemeni Houthi naval force has renewed a warning to ships in the Red Sea flying the Israeli flag, managed by Israeli companies or owned by Israelis until Tel Aviv’s assaults against the Gaza strip end.

Iran says not involved in seizure of Israeli ship off Yemen coast

Iran has denied any involvement in the capturing of an Israeli ship in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Ansarullah movement on Sunday.

Yemen says seized Israeli ship in Red Sea

Yemen’s Armed Forces announced that they have confiscated an Israeli ship and detained dozens of its crew members in the Red Sea following warnings by the Ansarullah resistance movement that the popular force will target any Israeli ship crossing the country’s territorial waters.

Yemen’s Houthis say they will target all Israeli ships

Yahya Sarea, a spokesperson for Yemen's Houthis, has warned the group will target all ships operated or owned by Israeli companies or carrying the Israeli flag, according to the group's Telegram channel on Sunday.

Yemen’s Houthi threatens to strike Israel, its ships in Red Sea

Leader of Yemen's Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) Abdul-Malik al-Houthi has vowed to continue attacking Israeli targets, including Israeli ships in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

Yemen says to keep up military operations against Israel until end of Gaza war

Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement has vowed to continue military operations in support of the people of the Gaza Strip until Israel ends its onslaught on the besieged Palestinian territory.

Pentagon says US warship shot down missiles and drones near Israel

The American destroyer USS Carney has shot down three missiles and several drones launched from the territory of Yemen controlled by Houthi fighters, the Pentagon has announced.

UN to suspend Yemen malnutrition prevention program due to lack of funds

The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced that the lack of funds, combined with the continuous disruptions in supplies, has left it with no choice but to halt malnutrition prevention activities in war-torn Yemen.

UN says forced to cut food aid to millions globally over funding crisis

The United Nations has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in several countries — including Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen — because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting record levels, a top official has confirmed.

Ansarullah leader says desecration of Quran in west done under Israeli lobby

Leader of the Yemeni Ansarullah movement Abdul-Malik al-Houthi says the West allows the desecration of the Holy Qur'an in Sweden under the Zionist lobby's influence.

Hajj pilgrims leave Yemen for Saudi Arabia in first direct flight since 2016

The first commercial flight from Yemen's capital Sana'a to Saudi Arabia since 2016 took off carrying Hajj pilgrims on Saturday, in the latest sign of easing tensions after years of war.

UN says acute food insecurity to deteriorate in several countries, including Afghanistan and Yemen within months

Severe food shortage is likely to grow in 18 "hunger hotspots" in 22 countries further in 2023, according to a report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Programme published on Monday.

Report: UK special forces operated secretly in several countries, including Iraq, Yemen

Britain's special forces have carried out secret operations in 19 countries over the past 12 years, according to a report. Eleven out of the 19 target countries were Muslim nations.

Dozens killed, hundreds injured in Yemen stampede

At least 78 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in a stampede in Yemen’s capital Sanaa due to a stampede that broke out during a charity distribution, Houthi officials and media say.

Houthis warn Saudi Arabia, UAE of more attacks as MbS seeking a way out of “Yemen quagmire”

Yemen's Ansarullah movement says the Saudi-led coalition has exploited a UN-sponsored truce to tighten the brutal blockade against the war-wracked country, stressing that it won’t allow the status quo to persist, and will inevitably launch missile strikes against Saudi Arabia and its ally the UAE.

Saudi-led war on Yemen leaves thousands of civilians dead or injured in 2022: Report

At least 3,000 civilians, including women and children, were killed or injured in the airstrikes launched by the Saudi-led coalition against Yemen in the year 2022, according to a rights group.

Saudi-led coalition seizes four Yemeni oil ships

The Yemen Petroleum Company (YPC) has announced that the Saudi-led coalition has confiscated 4 fuel ships and prevented them from reaching the Red Sea port of Hudaydah. The port city is a lifeline for millions of Yemenis and has been tightly controlled by Saudi Arabia.

Thousands of civilians killed or injured in Saudi raids on Yemen’s Sa’ada in 2022: Report

A Yemeni health official says nearly 3,000 civilians, including African refugees, lost their lives or sustained injuries this year as a result of artillery and missile strikes by Saudi military forces in Yemen’s northwestern province of Sa’ada.

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