Marc Saikali, 08/05 08:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Amid the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East, patterns emerge that we pretend to understand, only for them to slip through our fingers. The latest example: repeated missile launches by Yemen’s Houthis targeting Israel. In this absurd drama, the Houthis have spent the past several months directing their attacks at Israel. Why? To support Gaza, ...
This is Beirut, 07/05 10:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's attack on the airport in Yemen's Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa destroyed terminal buildings and caused $500 million in damage, its director told Huthi media on Wednesday. He said earlier in a statement on X that the airport was suspending all flights until further notice after sustaining "severe damage" in the Israeli strikes. The ...
This is Beirut, 06/05 22:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The United States and Yemen's Houthis have reached a ceasefire agreement, mediator Oman announced Tuesday, saying the deal would ensure "freedom of navigation" in the Red Sea, where the Iran-backed group has attacked shipping, although the Houthis added that the ceasefire would not exclude future attacks on Israel. It comes after ...
This is Beirut, 06/05 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On Tuesday, the Israeli army carried out a series of strikes on Sanaa's Houthi-held international airport, in retaliation for the latter's firing of a missile against Tel Aviv two days earlier. Those raids targeted civilian aircraft, the passenger terminal, and the take-off and landing runways, according to Israeli medias. The al-Doulaimi ...
This is Beirut, 05/05 22:14 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israel struck Yemen on Monday in what the Houthis said was a joint raid with the United States, a day after the Iran-backed Houthis claimed missile fire at Israel's main airport. The Houthi-run Al-Masirah television said six airstrikes hit the port of Hodeida, on Yemen's western coast, and reported an attack on Bajil district in the same ...
This is Beirut, 05/05 10:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran on Monday denied supporting Yemen's Huthi attack on Israel's main international airport after the rebels claimed a missile strike the day. "The Yemeni action in support of the Palestinian people was an independent decision taken in solidarity" with them, said Iran's foreign ministry in a statement. A missile fired from Yemen on Sunday ...
This is Beirut, 05/05 05:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Yemen's Huthi rebels on Monday blamed Washington for around 10 strikes in and around the capital Sanaa after a missile fired by the Iran-backed group struck the area of Israel's main airport. The Huthi-run Saba news agency said the strikes included two targeting Arbaeen street in the capital as well as one on the airport road, blaming ...
This is Beirut, 04/05 19:57 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday threatened to respond to the Houthi missile strike from Yemen on Tel Aviv’s airport by retaliating against Iran "in due time," during an emergency meeting of the war cabinet. "The Houthi attacks emanate from Iran. Israel will respond to the Houthi attack on our main airport AND, at a time and ...
Makram Haddad, 30/04 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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With one eye on the Asian Cup and the other on the World Cup, Lebanon is wasting no time. After thrashing Brunei (5-0) in the opening match of the qualifiers, Miodrag Radulović’s men top their group, ahead of Yemen and Bhutan, who played to a goalless draw (0-0). The stage is set: on June 10, the Cedars will face the Yemenis in what already ...
This is Beirut, 24/04 10:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
As America's escalated bombing campaign and economic sanctions hit Yemen hard, the Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Washington's crosshairs are trying to mine the situation for propaganda and recruitment, analysts said. On Monday, four days after 80 people were killed in US strikes on a fuel port, the Huthis released a slick promotional video showing ...
This is Beirut, 21/04 18:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday dismissed new allegations that he shared information about military strikes in Yemen via a Signal chat group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer. The Pentagon chief reportedly included details on the strikes in the private chat -- the second time he has been accused of sharing sensitive ...
This is Beirut, 21/04 05:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Huthi rebels' health ministry said early Monday that new US air strikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa killed at least 12 people and wounded 30. The Huthi-run Saba news agency cited the ministry as saying the dead and injured had come from overnight strikes "by the American enemy" on a market and a residential zone in Sanaa's ...