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Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

US asks Israel not to respond to Houthi attacks

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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...
Israelis crowd a beach near Eilat in southern Israel, on Aug. 9, 2023. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Israel’s Arrow system intercepts Houthi missile from Yemen

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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...
View of flags placed by Hezbollah in front of an Israel Defense Forces post on the border on with Lebanon on Aug. 9, 2023. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.

Iranian terror axis begins challenging US in Mideast

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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...
Wesam Basindawa, founding president of the Yemeni Coalition of Independent Women and the leader of the 8th March Yemeni Union Women. Photo by Dmitriy Shapiro.

Redesignate Yemen’s Houthis as terrorists, says women’s rights group on DC tour

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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)...
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commandos participate in Iran's “Great Prophet IX” military exercise in the Strait of Hormuz. Credit: Sayyed Shahab Odin Vajedi/Wikimedia Commons.

ADL task force calls on administration to keep IRGC on foreign terror list

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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)...
A Patriot missile intercepting battery stationed in northern Israel, on Aug. 2, 2018. Photo by Basel Awidat/Flash90.

US transfers ‘significant number’ of Patriot missiles in Mideast to Saudi Arabia

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 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...
The flags of the allied groups with Iran, the flags of Hamas, Hezbollah, Yemen, Iraq, Fatimids, the popular uprising and the Islamic Republic of Iran together. Iran Tehran, Jan 7, 2020. Credit: saeediex/Shutterstock.

Houthis and Hezbollah are learning warfighting techniques from one another

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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

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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’

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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....
Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, May 14, 2008. Photo: Imre Solt via Wikimedia Commons.

Bennett calls UAE crown prince after Abu Dhabi attack, offers Israel’s support

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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...