This Is Beirut, 21/08 13:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Three projectiles hit a merchant vessel off Yemen's Houthi-held port city of Hodeida on Wednesday, limiting the ship's ability to manoeuvre, British maritime security agency UKMTO said. The ship initially exchanged fire with two small vessels, one with three to five people onboard while the second carried around 10, the United Kingdom Maritime ...
15/08 17:03 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
As negotiations for a potential ceasefire in Gaza resume in Doha, the Middle East remains on edge, awaiting Iran’s response to the assassination of former Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Two camps are clashing in the region, both ideologically and militarily: Israel, backed by American support and regional bases, and the "Axis of ...
09/08 17:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Obstruction of humanitarian aid, lack of sanitary and medical infrastructure... In an interview with This Is Beirut, Ahmed Benchemsi, Advocacy and Communications Director for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) division at Human Rights Watch, discusses the causes and consequences of the cholera epidemic currently affecting ...
23/07 08:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Following a Houthi drone attack on Tel Aviv on Saturday, Israeli fighter jets launched an assault from the Nevatim Airbase (Negev) on oil and electricity facilities in the Yemeni city of Hodeidah. On Sunday, a Houthi official stated, "Israel made a serious mistake. We will retaliate in a strong and appropriate manner." Meanwhile, the American news ...
This Is Beirut, 20/07 14:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A commercial vessel was attacked twice by drones off the coast of Yemen on Saturday but proceeded with its voyage despite sustaining damage, a British maritime security agency said. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, run by the British navy, said the attack happened 64 nautical miles northwest of Mokha, Yemen, near the strategic Bab ...
This Is Beirut, 13/06 22:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The heads of six United Nations agencies and three international NGOs issued a joint call Thursday for the release of their staff detained by the Houthi. They said the detentions were unprecedented and insisted the targeting of aid and development workers in Yemen must stop. "We, the principals of the affected UN entities and international ...
This Is Beirut, 13/06 20:54 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Fighting raged in Gaza Thursday, as Israel rejected a UN independent inquiry report that concluded both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes. Iraq warned of escalation on the Lebanese border as fighting continues. Israeli helicopters struck Gaza's Rafah Thursday, residents said, with Hamas militants reporting street battles in the southern city ...
This Is Beirut, 09/06 17:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Houthis said Sunday they targeted ships off Yemen's coast with missiles and drones, after maritime security firms said two vessels had been hit by projectiles and caught fire. The strikes are the latest in a flurry of attacks by the Houthis who have been harassing ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden since November, in a campaign they say is ...
This Is Beirut, 31/05 09:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Houthis on Friday threatened to escalate attacks on Red Sea shipping after overnight strikes by the United States and Britain killed 16 people, according to Houthi media. The toll reported by the Houthis' Al-Masirah TV, which AFP could not independently verify, would constitute one of the deadliest strikes since the United States and Britain ...
This Is Beirut, 18/05 11:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A crude oil tanker was hit by a missile off the coast of Yemen’s southwestern city of Mokha overlooking the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, maritime security firm Ambrey said on Saturday. “A Panama-flagged crude oil tanker was reportedly attacked” about 10 nautical miles southwest of Mokha, Ambrey said, adding that information “indicated ...
This Is Beirut, 25/04 13:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US and Greek vessels have shot down a number of drones and missiles sent from Houthi-controlled Yemen, in the latest red sea attack. US-led coalition forces shot down four drones and an anti-ship missile launched by Yemen's Houthis, American authorities said Thursday. A Greek vessel deployed in the Gulf of Aden as part of an EU naval coalition ...
This Is Beirut, 16/04 12:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Cholera is spreading in Houthi-controlled Yemen, which is worrying UN authorities whose humanitarian response fund has struggled to attract donors. The United Nations expressed concern on Monday about the uptick in cholera cases in Yemen, especially in areas of the war-ravaged country controlled by the Houthis, where 75 people have died since ...