Yemen’s Houthi Rebels

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Ship attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels sinks in the Red Sea, 6 of 25 aboard rescued

A Liberian-flagged cargo ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels sank Wednesday in the Red Sea, with a European naval force in the Mideast saying that only six of 25 people who were on board have been rescued. The attack, which also killed at least three of the crew, marks one of the most serious assaults in the region’s vital maritime trade route. Read More.

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Israeli airstrikes hit Yemeni capital, but no casualties reported

CAIRO (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on Thursday rocked the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, which is under the control of the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, the Houthis and the Israeli military said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

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Israeli airstrikes on Yemen kill at least 35, Houthi officials say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel launched another round of heavy airstrikes in Yemen on Wednesday, killing dozens just days after Houthi rebels carried out a drone attack that struck an Israeli airport.

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Drone fired by Yemen’s Houthis wounds 22 in southern Israel, in a rare breach of missile defenses

JERUSALEM (AP) — A drone launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels wounded 22 people in the southern Israeli city of Eilat on Wednesday, according to medics. It was a rare breach of Israel’s sophisticated missile defenses, which have greatly limited casualties from such attacks.

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels detain 9 more UN staff as part of a crackdown

CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have detained nine employees of the United Nations as part of a long-running crackdown on the organization, the U.N. said.

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels signal that they’ve stopped attacks on Israel and Red Sea shipping In an undated letter to Hamas’ Qassam Brigades published online by the group, the Houthis offered their clearest signal that their attacks have halted. Read more.

Why this matters: “We are closely monitoring developments and declare that if the enemy resumes its aggression against Gaza, we will return to our military operations deep inside the Zionist entity, and we will reinstate the ban on Israeli navigation in the Red and Arabian Seas,” the letter read.   The Houthis gained international prominence during the Israel-Hamas war with their attacks on shipping and on Israel, which they said were aimed at forcing Israel to stop fighting. The Houthi campaign has killed at least nine mariners and seen four ships sunk. It upended shipping in the Red Sea, through which about $1 trillion of goods passed each year before the war.

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