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Two Dead in Bulk Carrier Missile Attack from Yemen

par This Is Beirut, 06/03 19:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A missile launched by Yemen's Houthis struck a bulk carrier in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, resulting in at least two fatalities and six injuries among the crew, according to a statement from a US official. A missile fired by Yemen's Houthi hit a bulk carrier in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, with the crew reporting at least two dead and six ...

Rare Meeting Between Hamas and Houthis

par This Is Beirut, 16/03 10:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Yemen's Houthis, supported by Iran, discussed plans to escalate conflicts and encircle Israel during a meeting in Lebanon with Hamas and other Palestinian factions, as reported by a Houthi official to AFP on Saturday. Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis discussed "expanding confrontations and encircling" Israel in a meeting in Lebanon with Hamas and ...

Blinken Discusses Ceasefire Efforts With Bahrain Crown Prince

par This Is Beirut, 16/03 22:54 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Bahraini Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in Manama on Saturday for Gaza ceasefire hostage release talks, in addition to Houthi attacks on the Red Sea. Blinken and the Crown discussed efforts to achieve a ceasefire of at least six weeks in Gaza as part of an ...

Houthis Claim Attacks on Western Ships in Red Sea

par This Is Beirut, 07/04 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Yemeni Houthi militants have claimed to have launched rockets and drones targeting a British ship and two Israeli vessels heading to Israeli ports, according to an Al Jazeera report. British maritime security firm Ambrey had said that two ships had been targeted off Yemen, raising the number of incidents reported to three in under 24 ...

EU Naval Mission Repels 11 Attacks in Red Sea

par This Is Beirut, 08/04 19:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The EU mission escorted 68 ships and repelled 11 attacks since it was established less than two months ago, according to a report by the Associated Press. It only defends vessels and does not engage in military strikes. The Iran-backed Houthis, who control much of war-torn Yemen, have been targeting the vital shipping lane since November in a ...

US Sends to Ukraine Seized Iranian Weapons

par This Is Beirut, 09/04 19:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Washington has given Ukraine small arms and ammunition that were seized while being sent from Iranian forces to Tehran-backed insurgents in Yemen, the US military said on Tuesday. The transfer last week came as Ukraine suffers from significant shortages of ammunition and US Republican lawmakers block new aid, but it does not address Kyiv's need ...

EU Admiral Calls for Warship Boost to Red Sea

par This Is Beirut, 16/04 18:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The head of an EU force protecting cargo ships from Houthi attacks in the Red Sea on Tuesday said the operation had met its goals, but freight traffic cannot increase without more warships. "The distances that need to be covered are huge," Rear Admiral Vasileios Gryparis told AFP at EU operation headquarters in the central Greek city of ...

Houthis Threaten to Widen Ship Attacks to Mediterranean

par This Is Beirut, 03/05 18:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Yemen's Houthi movement on Friday threatened to extend their attacks on Israel-bound shipping to the Mediterranean after months of strikes on vessels in the Red Sea. The Iran-backed Houthis, who say they are acting in support of Palestinians during the Israel-Hamas war, said the escalation would take effect "immediately". It involves "the ...

Houthis Dismantle US-Israel 'Spy' Network

par This Is Beirut, 06/05 20:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis said on Monday that they had exposed a "spy" network aiding the United States and Israel and arrested suspected members of it. The Houthi-run Saba news agency published footage of the detained men, describing them as "spies recruited to collect information and monitor sites operated by the Yemeni (Houthi) armed forces ...

Missile Attack Damages Vessel Off Yemen

par This Is Beirut, 28/05 21:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A merchant vessel was "taking on water" off the Yemeni port of Hodeidah on Tuesday after it was damaged in a missile attack, maritime security firm Ambrey said. The ship was "targeted with three missiles," Ambrey said, adding that a distress call said it "had sustained damage to the cargo hold and was taking on water." The distress call also ...

Houthis Arrest Aid Workers Accused of Being 'US-Israeli' Spies

par This Is Beirut, 10/06 22:49 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Yemen's Houthis on Monday said they had arrested a "spy network" operating under the cover of humanitarian organizations, after aid workers, including 11 UN staff, were held last week. The Iran-backed group claimed the network was linked to the CIA and had been carrying out "espionage" activities in Yemen for years, initially through the United ...

Israel Strike Houthi Military Targets in Yemen For First Time

par This Is Beirut, 20/07 20:08 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israeli warplanes killed three people in the Houthi-controlled Yemeni port of Hodeida, the Houthi's said Sunday after the group's deadly drone attack in Tel Aviv. The strikes on the vital port, which triggered a raging fire and plumes of black smoke, are the first claimed by Israel in the Arabian peninsula's poorest country, about 2,000 ...

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