Red Sea

Houthis Say they Targeted Israel with Missile

The Houthis said they fired a missile at central Israel on Sunday, as Israeli forces announced they had intercepted a "projectile". The Iran-backed rebels "carried out a targeting operation against a vital target" in the Tel Aviv area using a "hypersonic missile", a Houthi statement said. An Israeli armed forces ...

US Strikes Houthi Arms Sites Amid Red Sea Tensions

US warplanes staged multiple strikes Saturday night on Iran-backed Houthi advanced weapons storage facilities in Yemen, the Pentagon said. The facilities contained various weapons used to target military and civilian vessels navigating international waters throughout the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, according to information provided to AFP by the ...

Russia Helped Houthis Attack Boats in Red Sea

Russia earlier this year provided satellite data to help Yemen's Huthi rebels strike ships in the Red Sea, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The US daily -- citing "a person familiar with the matter" and two anonymous European defense officials -- reported that the data was transmitted by Iranian intermediaries and used to ...

US Strikes Target Houthis, Destroy Underwater Drone and Missiles

US forces said that they destroyed an underwater drone and nearly 20 ballistic missiles in a series of strikes against Yemen's Houthis, who threatened on Tuesday to step up their attacks in the Red Sea during Ramadan. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement on Monday night that the strikes were carried out after the Houthis fired two ...

US and UK Sanction IRGC Deputy and Houthi Member

The United States and Britain declared new sanctions on Tuesday, targeting a deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and a member of the Houthi movement. The United States and Britain announced fresh sanctions on Tuesday against an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) deputy commander, alongside a Houthi ...

US Warning Over Iranian Involvement in Sudan

The United States expressed apprehension on Wednesday, regarding purported arms deliveries from Iran to Sudan's military. Sudan's army is currently engaged in a lethal conflict with paramilitary groups purportedly backed by the United Arab Emirates and Russia. The United States voiced concern Wednesday at reported arms shipments by adversary Iran ...