Yemen / Houthis

The point of Operation Prosperity Guardian is not really clear, with vessels from multiple nations already operating in the Red Sea.

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 Houthi information minister claimed that the UAE has been pursuing a new strategy against the Yemeni people ever since Israel's prime minister visited there.

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Human Rights Watch has been informed that the Houthis forced al-Hammadi to sign a document while she was blindfolded during an interrogation session.

"This order is part of our ongoing efforts to eliminate vulnerabilities that radical Islamist terrorists can and will exploit for destructive ends."

The death is expected to have a major impact on the Iranian-Saudi proxy war taking place in Yemen, the poorest nation in the Arab world.

The Yemeni military later intercepted and destroyed an armed drone near Aden’s presidential Maasheeq palace as well.

Rocket fire aimed at Israel has also continued from across Israel's northern and southern border from the early morning hours and throughout the day.

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.

The guided-missile cruiser “USS Monterey” found assault weapons, machine guns and sniper rifles on the stateless ship in the Arabian Sea.

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

“Israel will continue to act determinedly and in a variety of ways to defend itself from these threats."

The missile was intercepted in the Red Sea area.

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.

Pence warned "the Iranian regime openly advocates another Holocaust" in the Middle East. He added that the Islamic Republic the "greatest threat to peace and security" in the region.

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

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

The Houthis vowed in early December to target any ship sailing to or from Israel in the Red Sea, regardless of its ownership.

"The revocations are intended to ensure that relevant US policies do not impede assistance to those already suffering . . . the world’s worst humanitarian crisis."

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

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

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A U.S. State Department spokesman reportedly stated that the Biden administration has been helping the country “strengthen air defenses in response to a rising number of aerial attacks from Yemen.”

The Houthi leader also threatened ships escorting vessels en route to Israel.

The Houthis’ political views are vague and contradictory, and their slogans often contradict their actions.

Yemen has no diplomatic relations with the State of Israel, and never has. Yemen is a designated "enemy state" under Israeli law.

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