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16 Injured After Israel Hit by 'Projectile' Launched From Yemen

Israel's military said Saturday it had failed to intercept a "projectile" launched from Yemen that landed in Tel Aviv, with the national medical service reporting that 16 people were lightly injured. A projectile fired from Yemen struck Israel's commercial hub of Tel Aviv early Saturday, wounding 16 people, the military and ...

Yemen: the Houthis Claim Responsibility for Firing on Israel After Strikes Against Their Infrastructure

Yemen's Houthi rebels on Thursday claimed responsibility for firing two missiles and a drone at Israel after Israeli raids on Yemeni ports and energy infrastructure, which left nine people dead according to their leader. The Israeli army announced that it had struck ports and energy infrastructure belonging to the Houthis, more than 1,500 ...

Houthis Claim Missile Attack as Israel Hits Key Yemen Sites

Yemen's Houthi rebels on Thursday claimed a missile attack against Israel that was intercepted and prompted Israeli strikes on key infrastructure in Yemen including ports and energy facilities. The Iran-backed fighters, who control most of Yemen's population centres, have repeatedly launched missile attacks against Israel since the war in Gaza ...

US warships, Merchant Vessels Attacked by Houthis

Two American destroyers defeated a drone and missile attack by the Houthis while escorting three merchant vessels through the Gulf of Aden, the US military said Tuesday, confirming a claim from the Houthis. The Houthis began striking ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in November 2023, part of the region-wide fallout from Israel's devastating ...

Drones in the Spotlight at Euronaval Despite Geopolitical Tensions

Combat drones, sea surveillance drones, seabed drones: used in current conflicts, they'll be all over the stands at next week's Euronaval international defense show near Paris. The biennial exhibition will host 500 exhibitors from November 4 to 7 in Villepinte, north of the French capital, amid a tense geopolitical climate where the industry is ...

US Conducts B-2 Bomber Strikes Against the Houthis

The United States on Wednesday conducted multiple B-2 bomber strikes on weapons storage facilities in areas of Yemen controlled by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, according to the US military and defense department. "US forces targeted several of the Houthis' underground facilities housing various weapons components of types that the Houthis have ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Meets Senior Houthi in Oman

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met in Muscat on Monday with Mohammed Abdelsalam, a senior official from Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement, according to his office. The foreign ministry released pictures of their talks during Araghchi's visit to the Omani capital, the latest in a series of diplomatic trips in the region following ...

Hezb Members in Yemen Isolated by the Houthis?

Hezbollah members in Yemen have reportedly been isolated by the Houthi security apparatus, according to the Yemeni media outlet Al-Jumhuriya. They are allegedly forbidden from meeting with the leaders of the Iran-backed group, according to the media, which cites sources close to the movement. These preventive security measures reportedly include ...

Yemen's Houthis Claim Missile Attack on Israel

Yemen's Houthis said on Wednesday that they had fired cruise missiles “deep inside” Israel, although there was no confirmation from Israeli authorities. The statement by the Houthis' armed forces came after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel late on Tuesday, deepening the conflict in the region. “The missile force of the Yemeni ...

War Monitor Denies Claims Iran Moving Forces Through Golan

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Thursday denied claims that 40,000 Iran-backed militiamen had entered the Golan Heights from the Syrian borders. Israeli army officials had claimed a day earlier that Iran was moving troops into Lebanon, according to a Haaretz report. Some Israeli media outlets reported that around 40,000 fighters ...

How Ten Years of Houthi Rule Have Radically Changed Yemen

Saturday marks the ten-year anniversary of the Houthi capture of Sana'a, Yemen's capital city. A decade of Houthi rule has transformed the country, putting an end to its tentative liberalization, and replacing it with an increasingly radical theocratic police state. Ten years ago, on September 21, 2014, the Houthis declared the capture of ...

Houthis Urge Tel Aviv Residents to Evacuate to South After Missile Strike

The Houthis issued an announcement on Sunday warning the residents of Tel Aviv, in central Israel, that the area had become an active war zone, urging them to evacuate to a "humanitarian zone" in the Negev desert. Earlier in the day, a missile triggered a rush to shelters in central Israel on Sunday, a rare incident that caused no casualties but ...