Tag: Houthis
Strained Saudi-US ties will likely bring Gulf kingdom closer to Israel
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...
Houthis expel Yemen’s few remaining Jewish families
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...
Through its Yemen maneuver, the Biden administration is giving a free pass to Iran
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...
Saudi foreign minister: Iranian nuclear program threatens entire region
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...
Iran positions ‘suicide drones’ in Yemen, within range of Israel
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...
Iran’s man in Yemen is a high-ranking IRGC officer
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...
US to designate Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen as terrorist entity
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...
Yemeni official warns against ‘any stupid action by Zionist regime,’ reports Iranian media
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...
Trump administration weighs designating Houthi rebels in Yemen as terrorists
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...
Anti-Semitism monitor to women’s group: Advances in Argentina, concern in Yemen
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...