par This Is Beirut, 23/07 15:34 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Finance Houthis United Nations
Yemen's government and the Iran-backed Houthis have agreed to halt tit-for-tat banking sanctions as they wrestle for control of the country's financial institutions, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The Houthis have been fighting a Saudi-led coalition since March 2015, months after they seized the capital Sanaa and most of Yemen's population ...
par Cian ward, 23/07 16:28 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Houthis IRG Red Sea Attacks US
Yemen may be at risk of collapsing back into civil war as the increasingly empowered Houthi regime, hardening western policy and an intensifying economic war pushes the war-ravaged country towards the brink. “This is the tensest period I've seen since the truce, we may even have war next week”, says Mohammed al-Basha, analyst at the US-based ...
par Cian ward, 31/07 17:34 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Hezbollah Houthis Iran Ismail Haniyeh
Following the killing of Haniyeh in Iran on Wednesday, the region may be on the precipice of war, as an Iranian response seems likely, which may pull its entire so-called "axis of resistance" into war. In the early hours of Wednesday, Israel struck a building in Tehran in an attack that killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. [readmore ...
par This Is Beirut, 13/08 16:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United Nations said on Tuesday their human rights offices in Sanaa had been stormed by Yemen's Houthis, with the UN's rights chief demanding they leave immediately and return all seized assets. On August 3, the Iran-backed Houthis sent a delegation to the UN Human Rights Office's premises in Sanaa and forced staff to hand over the keys. They ...
par This Is Beirut, 14/09 20:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
An operation to tow an abandoned tanker struck by Houthis in August, threatening environmental disaster, began on Saturday and is still ongoing, a Greek Defense Ministry source told AFP. The Greek-flagged Sounion is being towed northwards under military escort, the source said. The tanker was hit last month by Iran-backed Houthis off the coast ...
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The Israeli army announced that the Arrow (or Hetz) air defense system intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Yemen towards Tel Aviv and central Israel in the early hours of Friday. Sirens sounded in Tel Aviv, followed by explosions from the interception, with debris falling around the city. Seventeen Israelis were injured while seeking ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/09 21:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli air strikes on Yemen killed four people on Sunday and wounded more than 30, Houthi media reported, after Israel's military said it struck targets in the Houthi territory including Hodeida. Al-Masirah TV said a port worker and three engineers were killed with 33 wounded in an "initial toll", adding ambulance and rescue teams were still ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/10 11:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Britain's Royal Navy Drone Hodeidah Port Houthis red sea Vessel
Two ships were damaged in separate attacks off Yemen on Tuesday, a British maritime agency said, as regional tensions soared during Israel's offensive on Lebanon. One ship was hit by a sea drone, puncturing a ballast tank, and a second vessel was damaged by a missile less than three hours later, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations ...
par This Is Beirut, 03/10 10:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Houthis claimed on Thursday that they had carried out a drone attack on Tel Aviv, though Israeli authorities have not confirmed the incident. In a statement, the group said they "carried out a military operation targeting a vital target in the Jaffa (Tel Aviv) area in occupied Palestine with a number of Jaffa drones". "The operation achieved ...
