Tag: Houthis
Herzog: ‘Houthis have crossed a red line in the Red Sea’
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen "have crossed a red line in the Red Sea," Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Wednesday.
"The U.S.-led international activities against the Houthi terror-pirates must be bolstered and strengthened...
US asks Israel not to respond to Houthi attacks
The United States has asked Israel not to respond to attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen lest it spark a wider regional conflict, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
The United States told Israel to let...
Israel’s Arrow system intercepts Houthi missile from Yemen
Israel's Arrow air-defense system has intercepted a surface-to-surface missile launched at the Jewish state from the “Red Sea area,” the military said on Tuesday.
A spokesperson for Yemen’s Houthi rebels confirmed the Iranian-backed terror group...
Redesignate Yemen’s Houthis as terrorists, says women’s rights group on DC tour
At the same time that U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to the Middle East in July, a group of Yemeni women set off to Washington, D.C., to encourage the reinstatement of the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO)...
ADL task force calls on administration to keep IRGC on foreign terror list
As talks for the United States and Iran to rejoin the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) appear to be stalled due to lingering differences, information that American negotiators may remove the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO)...
US transfers ‘significant number’ of Patriot missiles in Mideast to Saudi Arabia
The United States has transferred a “significant number” of Patriot interception missiles to Saudi Arabia this month in line with an urgent request by Riyadh amid “sharp tensions in the relationship,” The Wall Street Journal reported...
Bipartisan lawmakers urge Biden to redesignate Houthis as terror organization
A group of 17 bipartisan lawmakers is calling on the Biden administration to redesignate the Houthis as a terrorist organization.
The letter, spearheaded by Reps. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) and Mike Waltz (F-Fla.), who are both veterans...
Houthis and Hezbollah are learning warfighting techniques from one another
Hezbollah operatives are present in Yemen, assisting the Houthis by giving them military knowledge and training, while in turn learning lessons from the “Yemen war lab” that they can in future apply against Israel,...
Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades launch campaign to finance Houthi drones
The Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades have raised 1 billion Iraqi dinars ($685,000) as part of a campaign to support Yemen’s Houthi militia, also known as Ansar Allah, according to Iraqi media reports.
The campaign is called...
Small Gaza protest points to bigger ramifications for Hamas
A relatively small event—a Jan. 22 protest by the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip in support of another Iranian-proxy, the Houthis—revealed a burgeoning problem for Hamas as the march unleashed a...