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Strained Saudi-US ties will likely bring Gulf kingdom closer to Israel

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American-Saudi ties have been growing increasingly strained in recent months—a development that will likely see the Sunni power draw even closer to Jerusalem, Israeli observers have told JNS. Professor Eyal Zisser, vice rector of Tel...
A Yemenite Jewish family in the multifunction room of their home, which would be used for sleeping, eating and entertaining. Photo from a 2018 exhibit in New York City. Credit: Shiryn Solny/JNS.

Houthis expel Yemen’s few remaining Jewish families

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Yemen’s millennia-old Jewish population has come down to only four elderly men, after the last few remaining Jewish families were expelled this week by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reports. According to the...
Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Through its Yemen maneuver, the Biden administration is giving a free pass to Iran

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The Biden administration removed the Houthi rebels (Ansar Allah) in Yemen from the U.S. list of terrorist organizations on Feb. 16 after they were added to the list by the previous administration in January, shortly before...
The Iranian nuclear program's heavy water reactor near Arak. Credit: Nanking 2012 via Wikimedia Commons.

Saudi foreign minister: Iranian nuclear program threatens entire region

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A nuclear Iran is a threat to the entire Middle East, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al Saud told an emergency meeting of the Arab League in Cairo on Monday. “The development of...
An Iranian “Shahed 129” unmanned aerial vehicle at the Eqtedar 40 defense exhibition in Tehran, Jan. 30, 2019. Credit: Fars News via Wikimedia Commons.

Iran positions ‘suicide drones’ in Yemen, within range of Israel

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As tensions escalate in the Red Sea region, Iran has sent several Shahed-136 loitering munitions, known as “suicide drones,” to its proxies in Yemen, Newsweek reported on Thursday. According to the report, satellite footage from Dec. 25...
Iranian “Ambassador” Hassan Irlu eulogizes his former colleague, Gen. Qassem Soleimani at a memorial service in the Houthi “capital” of Sanaa on Jan. 2, 2021. Source: Islamic Republic News Agency.

Iran’s man in Yemen is a high-ranking IRGC officer

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The American and Israeli alerts against the possibility of retaliatory attacks by Iran and its offshoots over the assassination of Qassem Soleimani continue, and the Iranians are pleased with U.S. President Donald Trump’s imbroglio after the...
Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

US to designate Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen as terrorist entity

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The United States intends to designate the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen as a terrorist entity, announced U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday in a statement. By designating the Houthis as a Specially...
Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Yemeni official warns against ‘any stupid action by Zionist regime,’ reports Iranian media

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Iranian media on Sunday quoted an official at the Foreign Ministry of the Yemeni National Salvation Government as threatening Israel. The official was referring to Israel’s reported monitoring of the situation in Yemen, where Tehran...
Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Trump administration weighs designating Houthi rebels in Yemen as terrorists

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The Trump administration is expected to designate the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen as a terrorist organization, reported Foreign Policy on Monday, citing several diplomatic sources. The U.S. Defense Department, career U.S. State Department employees, the United Nations...
U.S. deputy envoy on anti-Semitism Ellie Cohanim. Credit: Screenshot.

Anti-Semitism monitor to women’s group: Advances in Argentina, concern in Yemen

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In an online briefing about anti-Semitism earlier this month, Ellie Cohanim, deputy special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism at the U.S. State Department, discussed the situation in South America and Yemen, where Iran...