This is Beirut, 24/04 20:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will sit for an interview with the reporter who uncovered a major security lapse after being inadvertently added to a group chat in which top US officials shared secret military strike plans. The Atlantic magazine editor Jeffrey Goldberg was propelled to global fame -- and roundly attacked by Trump and ...
This is Beirut, 18/04 22:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 80 people, Houthis said Friday, in the deadliest attack of Washington's 15-month campaign against the Iran-backed group. Thursday's strikes on Ras Issa aimed to cut off supplies and funds for the Houthis that control large swathes of the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country, the US military ...
This is Beirut, 18/04 17:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 74 people, Houthis said Friday, in the deadliest attack of Washington's 15-month campaign against the Iran-backed group. The strikes on Ras Issa aimed at cutting off supplies and funds for the Houthis that control large swathes of the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country, the United States ...
This is Beirut, 02/04 05:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United States announced on Tuesday the deployment of a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East amid heightened tensions with Yemen’s Houthis, who have been disrupting navigation in the Red Sea. The aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman, already in the region, will be joined by the Carl Vinson, currently in the Indo-Pacific, "to ...
This is Beirut, 30/03 14:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen on Sunday after it activated air raid sirens across multiple areas of the country. "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted by the IAF (air force) prior to crossing into Israeli ...
Michel Touma, 24/03 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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This is referred to as "playing with fire." Or, in more academic terms, an act of unfathomable recklessness—one marked by reprehensible indifference and a cynical disregard for third-party populations, who are manipulated and sacrificed to serve entirely foreign interests. Imam Khamenei might want to review the significant reference work by ...
This is Beirut, 19/03 09:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Houthis claimed on Wednesday to have carried out a fourth attack in 72 hours on an American fleet in the Red Sea, as the US military said its campaign against the Iran-backed rebels was ongoing. The Houthis' military spokesperson said cruise missiles and drones targeted the USS Harry S. Truman carrier group in an attack that was "the fourth ...
This is Beirut, 15/03 22:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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U.S. airstrikes on Saturday killed several Houthi leaders in Yemen, the White House reported on Sunday. The strikes also served as a warning to Iran, urging the country to stop supporting the Houthi rebel group and its attacks on Red Sea shipping. National Security Advisor Michael Waltz confirmed that the airstrikes specifically targeted and ...
This is Beirut, 07/03 21:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis will resume attacks on Israeli shipping if aid supplies to Gaza do not resume in four days, the movement’s leader said on Friday. "If the Israeli enemy continues after the first four days to prevent the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip... then we will resume our naval operations against the Israeli enemy," Abdulmalik ...
Marie de La Roche Saint-André, 06/03 18:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Since Hamas’s attack on October 7, the Houthis have carried out multiple operations in the Red Sea against Israeli and Western ships and have also launched missiles and drones into Israel. This is a way for them to show support for the people of Gaza, but it has also raised fears of a regional escalation of the conflict. Culture of ...
Soumia Benmerzoug, 06/03 18:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The Houthis’ involvement in the Gaza war is not merely an act of solidarity with Hamas. Behind their attacks on ships in the Red Sea and their declarations of support for the Palestinian cause lies a far more ambitious strategy: strengthening their position amid regional chaos and asserting their influence on the Middle East’s geopolitical ...
Soumia Benmerzoug, 06/03 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
For decades, Yemen’s economy has been a key driver of the conflicts that have ravaged the country. Plagued by widespread poverty, heavily dependent on natural resources and hindered by inefficient governance, Yemen’s economy has been exploited by various factions, deepening internal divisions and attracting external ...