WASHINGTON (AA) – The US and the UK have imposed sanctions on four military officials from Yemen’s Houthi group for attacks on Israel-bound vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in retaliation to the ongoing Israeli onslaught on Gaza. “The Houthis’ ‘terrorist’ attacks on merchant vessels and their civilian c...
LONDON (AA) – In a joint statement, 24 countries have condemned the targeting of ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthis. “In response to continued illegal and reckless Houthi attacks against vessels transiting the Red Sea and surrounding waterways, the armed forces of the United States and the United Kingdom, with support from Aus...
MOSCOW (AA) – A Russian diplomat has said that strikes by the US and the UK on Yemen, launched in response to Houthi attacks on Israel-bound vessels in the Red Sea, may cross out two years of settlement efforts in the war-torn Arab country. Speaking in an interview with Russian state news agency TASS, Russian […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iraq will consider US air strikes on the headquarters of the pro-government Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) “acts of aggression,” a military spokesman said on Wednesday. “In a clear determination to harm security and stability in Iraq, the United States has resumed carrying out airstrikes a...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US rejected on Tuesday Israel’s plans to establish a “buffer zone” within the Gaza Strip, saying such a proposal is at odds with the Biden administration’s stated policy. “We do not want to see the territory of Gaza reduced in any way. We won’t support that,” National Securi...
ANKARA (AA) — Yemen’s Houthis vowed on Tuesday to retaliate against several overnight strikes conducted by the US and UK against the group. In a statement, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said US and UK warplanes carried out 18 strikes late on Monday, 12 in the capital Sanaa, three in the western province of Hodeidah, […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US on Saturday destroyed a Houthi anti-ship missile that was aimed at the Gulf of Aden, according to the American military. “U.S. CENTCOM Destroys Houthi Terrorists’ Anti-Ship Missile as part of ongoing efforts to protect freedom of navigation and prevent attacks on maritime vessels, on Jan. 20 at approximatel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Yemeni government has expressed “satisfaction” with a recent decision by the US to re-designate the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, as a “global terrorist” group. In an official statement published by the country’s official news agency SABA, it emphasized that the US decision is...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States on Wednesday condemned recent Iranian strikes in Pakistan, Iraq and Syria, which Tehran has claimed were carried out against “anti-Iranian terrorist groups.” “So we do condemn those strikes. We’ve seen Iran violate the sovereign borders of three of its neighbors in...
Baghdad, Iraq – AFP Iraq summoned Iran’s envoy in Baghdad and recalled its ambassador from Tehran on Tuesday in a sharp rebuke to its ally over deadly missile strikes on its autonomous Kurdish region. Iraq challenged Iran’s claim that the strikes targeted Israel’s intelligence services in response to recent Israeli assa...
