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Fresh Yemen clashes kill more than 60: military, medical sources

September 5, 2026 admin

Fighting between Yemen’s Saudi-backed government forces and the country’s Houthi rebels killed more than 60 people on Saturday (September 5, 2026), including civilians, medical and military sources told AFP. According to three Yemeni military sources, 26 government troops were killed during several hours of fighting in the country’s southwest, while medical and military sources from…

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels release crew of commercial vessel seized in Red Sea in November 2023

January 23, 2025 admin

This image released by the state-run Oman News Agency show the crew of the Galaxy Leader arriving in Muscat, Oman, after being released by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on January 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday (January 22, 2025) released the crew of the Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier seized in…

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Trump Redesignates Iran-Backed Houthi Rebels As Foreign Terrorist Organization

January 22, 2025 admin

Former president Joe Biden had lifted that label when he took over the White House from Trump in 2021 Washington: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to once again designate Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels a “foreign terrorist organization,” the White House announced Wednesday. Former president Joe Biden had lifted that label when he…

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Israel struggles to deter escalating attacks from Yemen’s Houthi rebels as other fronts calm

January 4, 2025 admin

The rockets from Gaza have mostly fallen silent. A ceasefire with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon has taken hold. But repeated fire from Yemen’s Houthi rebels, a faraway foe, is proving a stubborn threat for Israel. The Iran-backed Houthis are stepping up their missile attacks, sending hundreds of thousands of Israelis scrambling for shelter in the…

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Israel hits Yemen’s ports, tells Houthis ‘will reach you’

December 19, 2024 admin

Emergency services personnel work near a damaged site after a projectile fired from Yemen was intercepted, in Ramat Gan, Israel December 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Israel said on Thursday (December 19, 2024) that it struck ports and energy infrastructure used by Houthi rebels in Yemen after intercepting a missile fired from the country,…

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Top 10 key developments since the October 7 attacks on Israel

October 4, 2024 admin

(Clockwise from top left): People, who fled their villages in southern Lebanon, take refuge at a school turned temporary shelter in the capital Beirut; Smoke billows over southern Lebanon as pictured from Marjayoun, near the border with Israel; Firefighters work to extinguish a fire after a rocket, fired from Lebanon, hit a local municipality storage…

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Yemen’s Houthis Conduct Drone Attacks On Israel’s Tel Aviv: “Goals Achieved”

October 3, 2024 admin

Yemen’s Houthi rebels conducted drone strikes in Israel’s Tel Aviv early this morning, backing the Palestinian and Lebanese wars against Israel. The operation achieved its goals as the drones successfully reached their targets, the Houthis said in a statement. “The Drone Air Force of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a military operation targeting a…

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Salvagers abandon effort to tow burning oil tanker in the Red Sea targeted by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

September 4, 2024 admin

This satellite picture from Planet Labs PBC shows the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion burning in the Red Sea after being attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Salvagers abandoned an initial effort to tow away a burning oil tanker in the Red Sea targeted by as it “was…

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Salvagers abandon effort to tow burning oil tanker in the Red Sea targeted by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

September 4, 2024 admin

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Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Vow “Military Response” To Israel Escalation

August 1, 2024 admin

There has to be a military response to these crimes, a Houthi leader said amid middle east tensions. Sanaa: The leader of Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels vowed a “military response” Thursday to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in an attack blamed on Israel. “There has to be a military response to…

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