Tag: Yemen
Iranian terror axis begins challenging US in Mideast
A U.S. Navy warship intercepted projectiles off the coast of Yemen likely fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis, CNN reported on Thursday, after a series of drone attacks launched by Iranian-backed militias on American military positions in...
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...
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...
Houthi general: Missiles, drones can ‘reach Tel Aviv and Eilat Port’
Yemeni Brig. Gen. Abdallah Al-Jafari announced that Houthi missiles and drones are able to reach Israel.
According to a Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) report, Jafari said in an interview on Iran’s Al-Alam TV on Jan....
Bennett calls UAE crown prince after Abu Dhabi attack, offers Israel’s support
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Thursday to discuss the deadly Jan. 17 drone attack by Houthis in Yemen on...
Houthi’s long-range drone attack on Emirates is wake-up call for Israel
The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen struck the United Arab Emirates on Monday with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and possibly ballistic missiles. Uzi Rubin of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS), and founder...
Saudi rift with Lebanon growing amid discontent over Hezbollah’s dominance
If Lebanon, mired in a financial and political crisis, didn’t have enough problems, it has angered Saudi Arabia, an important economic patron. The Saudis have taken umbrage at comments made by Lebanon’s information minister....