Yemen’s Houthi Rebels

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Houthi rebel attack sets cargo ship ablaze, forces Israel to intercept another attack near Eilat

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched attacks Thursday on both Israel and a ship traveling through the Gulf of Aden, setting the vessel ablaze and again demonstrating their ability to launch assaults despite facing U.S.-led airstrikes targeting their forces.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-yemen-houthi-hamas-war-gaza-strip-216c0bde5f79ed857f1f5ef7f157a66b?

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3 Red Sea data cables cut as Houthis launch more attacks in the vital waterway

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Three cables under the Red Sea that provide global internet and telecommunications have been cut as the waterway remains a target of Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said Monday. Meanwhile, a Houthi missile attack set a ship ablaze in the Gulf of Aden, but caused no injuries.

https://apnews.com/article/red-sea-undersea-cables-yemen-houthi-rebels-attacks-b53051f61a41bd6b357860bbf0b0860a?

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Houthi missile attack kills three crew members in Yemen rebels’ first fatal assault on shipping

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday killed three of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel, the U.S. military said. It was the first fatal strike in a campaign of assaults by the Iranian-backed group over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthi-attacks-us-israel-palestinians-gaza-89c5440d9943216a787b39912bd969e0?

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Attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targets a ship in the Red Sea, though its crew is reportedly safe

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a tanker in the Red Sea early Friday but the ship’s crew was unharmed, authorities said. It was the latest in the rebels’ campaign against shipping over Israel’s ongoing war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthi-missile-ship-israel-hamas-war-de4870b543d62130df611017ce8ac0ef?

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US fighter jets strike three underground storage facilities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen

US fighter jets from the USS Dwight D Eisenhower aircraft carrier struck three underground storage facilities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen late Friday, according to a US official.

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3378347123194-us-fighter-jets-strike-three-underground-storage-facilities-in-houthi-controlled-areas-of-yemen?

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels detain 11 UN staffers as well as aid workers in sudden crackdown

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Eleven Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies have been detained by Yemen’s Houthi rebels under unclear circumstances, authorities said Friday, as the rebels face increasing financial pressure and airstrikes from a U.S.-led coalition. Others working for aid groups also have been taken.

https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthi-rebels-un-detentions-israel-hamas-war-966dce0c3d7cd96679b3c3562ee57068?

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US Navy faces its most intense combat since World War II against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels

ABOARD THE USS LABOON IN THE RED SEA (AP) — The U.S. Navy prepared for decades to potentially fight the Soviet Union, then later Russia and China, on the world’s waterways. But instead of a global power, the Navy finds itself locked in combat with a shadowy, Iran-backed rebel group based in Yemen.

https://apnews.com/article/us-navy-yemen-houthis-israel-war-7a9997f9d84ac669fae69ecf819913fb?

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A US aircraft carrier and its crew have fought Houthi attacks for months. How long can it last?

ABOARD THE USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER IN THE RED SEA (AP) — The combat markings emblazoned on the F/A-18 fighter jet tell the story: 15 missiles and six drones, painted in black just below the cockpit windshield.

https://apnews.com/article/american-aircraft-carrier-houthi-attacks-red-sea-87e18d297b24e173da01b0ae1182ab6c?

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US launches airstrikes by fighter jets and ships on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military struck more than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen on Friday, going after weapons systems, bases and other equipment belonging to the Iranian-backed rebels, U.S. officials confirmed.

https://apnews.com/article/houthis-yemen-us-strikes-weapons-752dd1e5dd6c284a7909878f89c73149?

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The US has carried out airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen, targeting five underground weapons storage facilities. It's the first time the US has used B-2 stealth bombers to attack the Iran-backed militant group since tensions spiked in the Middle East a year ago. "This was a unique demonstration of the United States' ability to target facilities that our adversaries seek to keep out of reach, no matter how deeply buried underground, hardened, or fortified," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. The facilities attacked were holding weapons used to target US vessels in the Middle East. Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis are all part of an Iran-led alliance spanning Yemen, Syria, Gaza and Iraq that has attacked Israel and its allies since the war began. The militants vowed to continue their strikes until a ceasefire is reached in Gaza.

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U.S. forces defeat attack on U.S. Navy and U.S.-flagged ships in Gulf of Aden

JERUSALEM- U.S. Navy destroyers USS Stockdale (DDG 106) and the USS O’Kane (DDG 77) successfully defeated a range of Iranian-backed Houthi rebel-launched weapons while transiting the Gulf of Aden on Saturday on Sunday, according to a statement from the U.S. Central Command.

https://stjosephpost.com/posts/b51ee98b-43a4-459f-8da3-4759420fff21

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Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s rebel-held capital and port city after Houthi attack targets Israel

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A series of intense Israeli airstrikes shook Yemen’s rebel-held capital and a port city early Thursday and killed at least nine people, officials said, shortly after a Houthi missile targeted central Israel.

https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthi-rebels-airstrikes-sanaa-israel-hamas-war-8f73755ccc47a34261cc041658403b4d?

Israel strikes Houthi rebels in Yemen’s capital while the WHO chief says he was meters away

JERUSALEM (AP) — A new round of Israeli airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital and multiple ports, while the World Health Organization’s director-general said the bombardment occurred nearby as he prepared to board a flight in Sanaa, with a crew member injured.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-lebanon-hezbollah-iran-news-12-26-2024-2e8c33648410c2da94ae7d0d73c0b1a1?

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2 US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent ‘friendly fire’ incident, US military says

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, the U.S military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in over a year of America targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

https://apnews.com/article/mideast-wars-yemen-us-navy-pilots-houthi-95a792daae3b0120186bfc6c66e1b6fe?

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Israel struggles to deter escalating attacks from Yemen’s Houthi rebels The rockets from Gaza have mostly fallen silent. A ceasefire with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon has taken hold. But repeated fire from Yemen’s Houthi rebels, a faraway foe, is proving a stubborn threat for Israel. Read more.

Why this matters: The Iran-backed Houthis are stepping up their missile attacks, sending hundreds of thousands of Israelis scrambling for shelter in the middle of the night, scaring away foreign airlines and keeping up what could be the last major front in the Middle East wars. In recent weeks, missiles and drones from Yemen have struck nearly every day, including early Friday morning, setting off air raid sirens in broad swaths of Israel.   Because most missiles are intercepted and because the fire is usually a single missile at a time, the strikes have not caused major physical damage, although a few attacks have been fatal during the 15-month war in Gaza as the Houthis attack in solidarity with Hamas.   The Houthis’ hideouts, weapons and infrastructure are less known to Israel, making its counterstrikes somewhat less effective. Israel has repeatedly bombarded ports, oil infrastructure and the airport in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa, some 1,200 miles away and Israeli leaders have threatened to kill central Houthi figures and have tried to galvanize the world against the threat.

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Middle East latest: Israel launches new strikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebels

Israel’s military says it carried out new airstrikes in Yemen against what it said were Houthi rebel targets. Its statement Friday said fighter jets struck “on the western coast and inland Yemen,” a day after the Houthis launched three drones at Israel. The U.S. military bombed Yemen earlier this week.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-syria-lebanon-news-01-10-2025-15cd5844bdd3d041618ef4ccb16ee025?

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels release crew of commercial vessel seized in Red Sea in November 2023

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier seized in November 2023 at the start of their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war.

https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthi-rebels-galaxy-leader-crew-3638ab8e31c9c97b2ef5f9079dfbb6c0?

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Dozens reported killed after Trump orders ‘decisive’ strikes against Yemen’s Houthis

Dozens of people have been reported killed after US President Donald Trump ordered “decisive” military action against Houthi rebels in Yemen, opening a new salvo against the Iran-backed group that has targeted shipping lanes in the Red Sea.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/15/politics/trump-houthis-military-action/index.html?

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US and Iran-backed Houthis both vow escalation after US airstrikes target rebels in Yemen

CAIRO (AP) — The United States and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are both vowing escalation after the U.S. launched airstrikes to deter the rebels from attacking military and commercial vessels on one of the world’s busiest shipping corridors.

https://apnews.com/article/us-strikes-yemen-houthis-iran-trump-4d98d7b0441a018f8f2ddbe4484f7712?

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New US airstrike campaign targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels more intense than last, AP review finds

A new American airstrike campaign against Yemen’s Houthi rebels appears more intense and more extensive, as the U.S. moves from solely targeting launch sites to firing at ranking personnel as well as dropping bombs in city neighborhoods, an Associated Press review of the operation shows. Read More.

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels fire a missile at northern Israel, the first time for the group to reach there

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a missile early Wednesday toward northern Israel, the first such attack by the group to reach the area as a monthlong intense U.S. airstrike campaign continues to target them. The Houthis separately claimed shooting down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen.

https://apnews.com/article/yemen-us-airstrikes-iran-houthis-04-23-2025-edcdc10675178db11dc488b6f11d14db?

ps:So I got the impression from all the trump talk and all the bombing of the Houthi rebels that they weren't going to be a problem?? I guess not!!!!!

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Yemen’s Houthis claim dozens killed in alleged US airstrike on prison holding African migrants

Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Monday alleged a US airstrike hit a prison holding African migrants, killing at least 68 people and wounding 47 others. The US military had no immediate comment.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/28/middleeast/yemen-houthis-us-airstrike-african-migrants-intl-hnk/index.html?

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UK military launches airstrikes with US targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The British military launched airstrikes with the United States targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said early Wednesday, their first attack in Washington’s new intense campaign targeting the Iran-backed group.

https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthis-us-uk-airstrikes-israel-hamas-war-9ab021aac8f01694fa98619e3ffe92ba?

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Israel strikes targets in Yemen for the first time in months, a day after Houthis attack Tel Aviv airport

Israel struck targets in Yemen on Monday night, the Israeli military said, one day after the Iranian backed Houthis fired a ballistic missile that hit Israel’s main airport.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/05/middleeast/israel-strikes-houthi-yemen-telaviv-airport-intl-latam/?

Israel launches airstrikes on Yemen a day after Houthi rebels strike Israeli airport

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military targeted Houthi rebels in Yemen’s Red Sea province of Hodeida on Monday with a punishing round of airstrikes, killing at least one person and wounding 35. The strikes came a day after the Iranian-backed rebels launched a missile that hit Israel’s main airport.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-airstrikes-houthi-rebels-airport-ea0ea0ca695a3a07c71c18bedc987c3e?

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Israel attacked Houthi targets in Yemen, launching strikes on ports and a power plant around midnight local time on Sunday night into Monday morning. The Israel Defense Forces also attacked the Galaxy Leader, a cargo ship seized by the Houthis in November 2023. According to the IDF, the strikes were in retaliation for at least three Houthi ballistic missiles that were launched at Israel. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the strikes. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with President Trump in Washington, DC, later today.

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Ship attacked in the Red Sea after a bulk carrier sinking claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels

A Liberian-flagged cargo ship came under fire Monday in the Red Sea, with two security guards on board reportedly hurt and two others missing in an assault that followed Yemen's Houthi rebels purportedly sinking another vessel in a similar attack. Read More.