Yemen

Aidarous al Zubiaidi, leader of Yemen's Southern Transitional Council, did not board the plane that was supposed to take him to Riyadh and instead fled to an unknown destination. The Saudi-backed coalition said this on Wednesday. The remarks were made amid efforts to stop fighting between the STC - backed by United Arab Emirates - and Yemen's internationally recognised Saudi government. This has caused a major dispute between the Gulf allies. Zubaidi had planned to visit Saudi Arabia just days after the Yemeni government claimed it asked Riyadh for a forum to discuss southern issues. Turki Al-Maliki, spokesperson for the...

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, met with the President of Somaliland Tuesday. This was 10 days after Israel officially recognised the breakaway region of?the Horn of Africa' as a sovereign and independent state. Somalia has protested the move, saying that it is a threat to its sovereignty. A Somaliland source and regional diplomat have said other countries are preparing to follow their lead and'recognise Somaliland. U.S. U.S. Why is the location of Somaliland strategic? Somaliland is located at the intersection of the Indian Ocean, Red Sea and the Arabian Sea. Its Berbera Port provides access to the busiest shipping routes...

A senior U.S. official stated on Tuesday that Yemen's Iran aligned Houthi group will be a persistent issue for the U.S. even after Washington reached an agreement with the Houthis last month, ending a U.S. aerial campaign against the group. Air Force Lieutenant-General Alexus Grynkewich told lawmakers that the Houthis will likely be a persistent issue... with which we'll have to deal in the future. Grynkewich was nominated as the new commander of U.S. Military's European Command. Last month, Donald Trump announced that the U.S. was ceasing to bomb the Houthis who were firing on U.S. warships, as well as...

Yemen's Iran aligned Houthis announced on Sunday that they were targeting Israel in coordination and coordination with Iran. This is the first time a group with an Iran alignment has publicly announced a joint attack with Tehran. In a recent televised speech, Yehya Saarea, the military spokesperson said that the Yemeni group had targeted central Israel's Jaffa in the past 24 hours with a number of ballistic missiles. He added: "This operation was coordinated along with the Iranian army's operations against the criminal Israeli enemies." Earlier, the Israeli military said that sirens had been activated in various areas of the...

His press secretary warned reporters Friday, ahead of Saturday's talks between U.S.-Iran delegations. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that Trump's "ultimate goal is to ensure that Iran cannot obtain a nuclear weapons" and that Trump believed in diplomacy. However, she added that "all options" are available if diplomatic attempts fail. "He's made it clear to the Iranians and his team of national security will do the same, that all options were on the table and Iran had a choice. The president believes that if you don't agree with President Trump's demands, there will be hell to pay. Leavitt...

Israel ought to not be allowed to attack countries in the Iranaligned Axis of Resistance one after the other, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday. Israel stated it had bombed Houthi targets in Yemen on Sunday, broadening its confrontation with Iran's allies in the area after killing the Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday in an intensifying dispute in Lebanon Pezeshkian, in remarks carried by state media, stated Lebanon. need to be supported. Lebanese fighters need to not be left alone in this fight so that the Zionist routine (Israel) does not assault Axis of Resistance nations one...

Yemen's Houthis said on Tuesday they targeted the MSC Orion container ship in a drone attack in the Indian Ocean as part of their ongoing project versus international shipping in solidarity with Palestinians versus Israel's military actions in Gaza. MSC Orion was cruising in between the ports in Sines, Portugal and Salalah, Oman, according to LSEG data. discovered clashing details about the signed up owner of the MSC Orion. According to LSEG and other information suppliers, the ship is owned by Zodiac Maritime, which is partly owned by Israeli businessman Eyal Ofer. A spokesman for the public relations firm representing...

The U.S. Central Command ( CENTCOM) said the Iranianbacked Houthi militants fired one antiship ballistic missile from Yemen into the Gulf of Aden, however it caused no damage to any vessels. The rocket did not impact any vessels and there were no injuries or damage reported, CENTCOM added in a statement early on Thursday. United States Central Command then effectively engaged and damaged 4 unmanned aerial systems (UAVs) and one surface-to-air rocket in Houthi-controlled locations of Yemen, it stated, including it was figured out these weapons presented an imminent danger to merchant vessels and U.S. Navy ships in the area....

One of two antiship ballistic rockets fired by Yemen's Houthis at the container vessel M/V MSC SKY II in the Gulf of Aden struck the ship and caused damage, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) stated on Tuesday. Preliminary reports suggested no injuries and the Liberian-flagged, Swiss-owned container vessel did not demand help and continued on its method, CENTCOM stated in a. declaration. A military representative for the Iran-aligned Houthis said on. Monday that they targeted the vessel with a number of ideal. naval missiles. Houthis are targeting Red Sea shipping lanes in. assistance of Palestinians in the Israel-Hamas war in...

On Saturday, a crude oil tanker with the Panamanian flag caught fire after it was struck by a projectile unidentified off Yemen. This is the latest attack against commercial shipping in Red Sea. Ambrey, a British maritime security company, said that the incident occurred 23 nautical miles north of al-Mukha port on the Red Sea. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency (UKMTO), which also reported the incident said that the crew extinguished the fire. "Vessel reported safe. UKMTO also added that the vessel will continue to its next port-of-call in an advisory. Ambrey stated that the tanker had been...

Yemen's Houthis targeted a fuel tanker, MADO, in the Red Sea with marine rocket and Israel's. Eilat port and resort area with winged rockets, the group's. military representative Yahya Sarea stated on Tuesday. MADO is a Marshall-Islands flagged liquefied petroleum gas. ( LPG) tanker heading to Singapore from Saudi Arabia, maritime. delivering trackers revealed. The Houthis described it as American,. Equasis's shipping database shows that it is owned by. Naftomar Shipping & & Trading Co Ltd of Greece. Naftomar did not. right away react to a request for remark. Iran-aligned Houthi militants have actually consistently launched. drones and rockets at...

Houthi forces in Yemen stated on Sunday they had actually launched rockets and drones at British, U.S. and Israeli ships, the newest in a campaign of attacks on shipping in support of Palestinians in the Gaza war. The Iran-aligned group stated it had actually targeted a British ship and a number of U.S. frigates in the Red Sea, while in the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean it had assaulted two Israeli vessels heading to Israeli ports. The operations took place during the last 72 hours, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a telecasted statement, without offering further details of...

U.S. forces performed selfdefense strikes against 3 Houthi underground weapons storage facilities in Houthicontrolled areas of Yemen, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Friday. The strikes targeted abilities utilized by the Houthis to threaten and attack naval and merchant vessels in the area, it published in a declaration on X. CENTCOM also said its forces had damaged 4 unmanned aerial lorries (UAVs) in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen in self-defense. Attacks by Yemen's Houthis in the Red Sea region, which the Iran-aligned militants say are in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, have actually disrupted international shipping, requiring firms to take longer...