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The US and UK’s strikes on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis rebels, aimed at stopping their attacks on Red Sea shipping, were designed to send a “very strong message” to Tehran, says Melanie Garson, Associate Professor in International Conflict Resolution at University College London. “In the absence of having been det...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Voicing concern over rising tensions in the Red Sea, China has called on “all relevant parties” to avoid a further escalation of conflicts in the region. Beijing said the parties should “remain calm and exercise restraint,” daily Global Times reported. The US and UK carried out airstrikes on multiple targets inside Yemen ...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has strongly condemned the airstrikes by the US and UK on Yemen’s Houthis. Russia’s concerns, voiced during discussion earlier this week of a US-sponsored UN Security Council resolution against Houthi attacks on ships, that the document will be “misinterpreted” and used to justify “illegal act...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Australia was part of the joint strikes targeting multiple Houthi targets inside Yemen, Defense Minister Richard Marles has confirmed. “Australia’s support of these actions came in the form of personnel in the operational headquarters,” Marles told reporters in Geelong, Victoria. The action taken was about “maintaining fr...
ANKARA (AA) – Electric carmaker Tesla has said it will halt production at its facility in Germany for two weeks, citing supply chain disruptions due to the Red Sea shipping attacks. “Due to a lack of components, we are therefore forced to suspend vehicle production at GigaBerlin for the period between January 29 and February [&hell...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden said Friday that he believes that the Yemen-based Houthis are a “terrorist” group. “I think they are,” Biden said when asked if he is willing to call the Houthis a terror group. “We will make sure that we respond to the Houthis if they continue this outrageous behavior […]...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria described the US-British airstrikes in Yemen on Friday as a “dangerous escalation” that will undermine UN “efforts to find a solution to the conflict” in the country. The Foreign Ministry expressed in a statement the “deep concern and regret” about the airstrikes “that targete...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN Security Council said Friday that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip cannot be forcibly displaced and must be able to return to their homes. Amar Bendjama, permanent representative of Algeria to the UN, said what is happening in Gaza will remain a “disgrace.” “A disgrace on the conscience of humanity,R...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US conducted a strike Saturday against a Houthi radar site in Yemen, according to the American military. “At 3:45 a.m. (Sana’a time) on Jan 13., U.S. forces conducted a strike against a Houthi radar site in Yemen. “This strike was conducted by the USS Carney (DDG 64) using Tomahawk Land Attack […]...
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran reacted strongly to US and UK missile strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, saying the attacks violated Yemen’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The bombings constitute a “clear violation” of the Arab country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity as well as a “violation of internatio...
