Tag: Yemen
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...
Former Iraqi premier: US, Israel, Arab states plotted the fall of Assad in Syria
The Syrian Civil War was the result of a plot by Israel, certain Arab states and the United States, according to former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Speaking with Iran’s Al-Alam television on Dec. 24, Maliki, who...
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...
US files civil forfeiture actions over seized Iranian missiles
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Thursday the filing of two complaints to forfeit two shipments of Iranian missiles that the U.S. Navy seized in transit from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)...
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...
US general: Soleimani killing has had ‘significant effect’ in deterrence against Iran
The elimination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani by the United States earlier this year has had “significant effect” in deterring the Iranian threat, though the Islamic Republic remains the greatest threat in the...
Bible Lands Museum exhibits age-old Yemenite culture and heritage, and their contemporary connections to...
An exhibition at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem shows that the ancient people living in the southern Arabia region (present-day Yemen) were largely connected to the land of Israel, despite being largely isolated...
Netanyahu: Iranian precision-guided missiles in Yemen can reach Israel
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran on Monday of deploying precision-guided missiles in Yemen for use against Israel, adding that Iran is already using Iraq, Syria and Lebanon for this purpose.
Speaking at a...
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Saudi role in Yemen more brutal than Khashoggi murder
The cold-blooded killing of the journalist Khashoggi, however gruesome, pales compared to the brutality and gross human rights violations Saudi Arabia is committing in Yemen. The Saudis are deliberately preventing food and medicine from...