Yemen / Houthis

The C-Dome is a ship-mounted version of Israel's acclaimed Iron Dome aerial defense system.

"Iran will bear the consequences for choosing to escalate the situation any further."

Israelis are no longer willing to live with a constant existential threat on its borders.

“We favor a diplomatic solution. We know that there is no military solution,” the State Department’s Yemen envoy said.

A similar incident took place on Sunday evening, except that in that incident, the "aerial target" reached Israel and landed in an open area north of Eilat.

"Experience has shown that when Iranian proxies or Iran themselves try to do harm to us, they will feel the pressure of the IDF."

The Houthis have attacked and harassed ships in the Red Sea as they traverse the Bab el-Mandeb Straits, a narrow maritime chokepoint between the Arabian Peninsula and Africa.

It is interesting to note that Lebanon's Iranian proxy, Hezbollah, was apparently not represented at the meeting.

Washington sanctioned two ship owners and two vessels tied to "an Iran-based, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force-backed Houthi financial facilitator."

The Red Sea attacks by the Houthis have disrupted global shipping, compelling companies to redirect their routes to longer and costlier journeys around southern Africa.

Less than 24 hours prior, US military forces destroyed seven missiles and a missile launcher in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.

The decision to walk that decision back was made on January 17, 2024.

“The president will do what he has to do to protect our troops and our facilities and to look after our national security interests in the region.”

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Iran has been “very directly involved” in the Houthi attacks on commercial shipping interests since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.

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The decision to designate the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) reverses the 2021 revocation of that status by the Biden Administration.

The US strike followed a Houthi missile attack that struck a Greek-owned ship sailing under the flag of Malta in the Red Sea earlier in the day.

QatarEnergy, the world's second largest exporter of liquified natural gas, has thus far stopped at least four tankers from transiting the Red Sea due to the ongoing attacks.

US forces shot down an anti-ship cruise missile fired from the Hodeida area of Yemen at the USS Laboon Navy destroyer in the Red Sea on Sunday.

The attacks are likely aimed at a fresh delivery of ballistic and naval missiles recently transferred to the area by Houthi terrorists with help from Iran and Hezbollah.

The unilateral attack followed an anti-ship ballistic missile attack fired by the Iranian proxy just hours after the US and UK launched a joint attack on the terror group.

"The United States will continue to counter illicit Iranian financial support to the Houthis," the State Department said.

"The United States and our partners will not tolerate attacks on our personnel or allow hostile actors to imperil freedom of navigation in one of the world’s most critical commercial routes."

Earlier this week, US and UK military vessels shot down 21 ballistic missiles and explosive drones fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen at ships transiting the Red Sea.

"The threat to navigational rights and freedoms in the Red Sea is a global challenge that necessitates a global response."

The incident constituted the 26th Houthi attack on commercial shipping lanes in the Red Sea since Nov. 19. There were no injuries or damage reported.

It remains unclear whether the increased tensions in the region will develop into conflict, or whether Washington will make due with minimal defensive measures.

"The Houthis will bear the responsibility of the consequences should they continue to threaten lives, the global economy, and free flow of commerce in the region’s critical waterways."

"The ayatollah regime is the one thing that ties together all the elements of destruction in the Middle East."