This is Beirut

Pentagon Chief Denies Reports of Sharing Military Details with Wife

This is Beirut, 18:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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 ...

Yemen’s Huthis Say US Strikes on Sanaa Kill at Least 12

This is Beirut, 05:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

United States Yemen Huthis

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 ...

Deadliest US Strike Yet: 80 Killed in Yemen as Washington Targets Houthi Fuel Port

This is Beirut, 18/04 22:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Houthis Yemen United States

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 ...

Deadly US Strikes Hit Yemen Fuel Port Used by Huthis

This is Beirut, 18/04 05:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Yemen United States Conflict Strikes

US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 58 people, Huthi rebels said Friday, in one of the deadliest attacks of Washington's renewed campaign against the Iran-backed group. The strikes also injured more than 100 people, according to a Huthi-run television station that broadcast footage of large blazes lighting up the night sky. The US ...

Israeli Military Says Projectile Fired from Yemen

This is Beirut, 13/04 19:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Israel Yemen Houthi Movement

The Israeli military said a missile had been launched from Yemen on Sunday and was likely intercepted, as AFP journalists heard muffled blasts in Jerusalem. "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, after review, it has been determined that one missile was launched from Yemen," the military ...

US, Saudis Urge Sudan Peace Talks as Top Riyadh Diplomat Visits Washington

This is Beirut, 10/04 04:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

United States Saudi Arabia Sudan Yemen Gaza Diplomacy

Saudi Arabia's top diplomat held talks in Washington on Wednesday, laying the groundwork for a visit by US President Donald Trump, which would be the first foreign trip of his second term. Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the State Department, and the two called on the Sudanese army and ...

Yemen Rebels Say Targeted Israel Army Site, US Warships in Red Sea: Statement

This is Beirut, 08/04 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Israel USA Houthi Palestine Yemen

Yemen's Huthis said they targeted a military site in Israel and attacked two US destroyers in the Red Sea Monday, shortly after Israel's army said it intercepted a drone launched from the east. The Iran-backed group "carried out a military operation targeting an Israeli military target in the occupied area of Yaffa (Tel Aviv) using a 'Yaffa' ...

US Sends a Second Aircraft Carrier in Middle East, New Strikes on Yemen

This is Beirut, 02/04 05:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

United States Yemen Houthis

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 ...

Trump Upbeat after Speaking to Egyptian President on Gaza, Yemen

This is Beirut, 01/04 20:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

United States Donald Trump Egypt Gaza Yemen

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he had a positive conversation with Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on issues including Gaza, where Washington has proposed displacement of the population. "My telephone call with President El-Sisi, of Egypt, went very well," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, using another spelling for ...

Trump Says 'Real Pain is Yet to Come' for Houthis and Iran

This is Beirut, 31/03 22:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Donald Trump United States Houthi Movement Iran Yemen

US President Donald Trump vowed Monday that strikes on Yemen's Houthis will continue until they are no longer a threat to shipping, warning the rebels and their Iranian backers of "real pain" to come. Trump's threat on the Truth Social network comes as his administration battles a scandal over a chat between senior US officials on the Yemen ...

Yemen Rebels Report Multiple US Air Strikes

This is Beirut, 28/03 22:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Houthi United States Yemen

Iran-backed Huthi rebels reported dozens of air strikes in Yemen on Friday they blamed on the United States, including in the capital, Sanaa, saying several people were wounded. The rebels' Al-Masirah TV channel reported "American aggression" south of Sanaa, as well as in Saada and Jawf provinces in the north, which had been targeted earlier in ...

Houthi Media Reports New US Strikes in Capital after Wave of Attacks

This is Beirut, 26/03 22:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Yemen Houthi Movement Yemen

Houthi media said late Wednesday that new US strikes had hit the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, after earlier reporting 19 American raids elsewhere in Yemen. "A series of strikes by the US aggression have hit the south and north of the capital," the Al-Masirah channel said, without providing further details. The station had earlier reported 17 raids by ...

yemen