Tel Aviv, Israel – AFP US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Friday Yemen’s Houthi rebels are a “threat to freedom of navigation to commercial shipping”, after the Iran-backed group claimed a series of attacks. “The United States is working with the international community, with partners from the region ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A ballistic missile was fired Thursday from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen toward the international shipping lane north of the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, the US military said. “There were no injuries or damage. Following the missile launch, the M/V Maersk Gibraltar was hai...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday called for forming an international coalition against Houthi rebels in Yemen. “The Houthis have crossed a red line in the Red Sea,” Herzog said on social media platform X. “The US-led international activities against the Houthi terror-pirates must be bolstered and strengthened, in th...
ANKARA (AA) – The Yemeni Houthi group has claimed responsibility for attacking a Norwegian-flagged oil tanker off Yemen that it said was heading to Israel. “The navy forces of the Yemeni armed forces carried out a qualitative military operation against the STRINDA ship of Norway which was loaded with fuel and heading towards the Israeli ...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The World Health Organization’s executive board on Sunday adopted a resolution on tackling the worsening health situation in the Gaza Strip, calling for immediate and unimpeded humanitarian access. After the UN Security Council declined Friday to demand a cease-fire in Gaza, the 34 countries on the WHOR...
Sanaa, Yemen – AFP/AA Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Sunday said they had attacked two ships off the Yemeni coast, adding the “Israeli” vessels were targeted over the war in Gaza. In a statement posted on social media, the Houthis said they carried out an “operation against two Israeli ships in the Bab al-Ma...
Palestinian Territories – AFP A tanker linked to an Israel-affiliated company was seized off Yemen on Sunday by armed individuals, US defence officials said, following a series of incidents on the same shipping route. American and coalition forces responded to the emergency and the crew of the M/V Central Park was safe, one of the offici...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Philippines has said that 17 Filipino seafarers were taken prisoner as Houthi rebels seized an Israel-linked ship in the Red Sea. Houthi rebels seized Galaxy Leader, holding 25 people, including 17 Filipinos, said Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega, Manila-based daily Phil Star reported. De Vega expressed concer...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has officially denied involvement in the seizure of a cargo ship by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the southern Red Sea amid soaring tensions over the War on the Gaza Strip. In his weekly news briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani termed as “false” the Israeli accusations of Iran’s involvement in […]...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli media said Tuesday that a projectile had been intercepted over the Red Sea before infiltrating Israeli territory. The projectile was possibly launched from Yemen, triggering air-raid sirens to sound in the coastal city of Eilat, public broadcaster KAN said. The Israeli army confirmed that it had identified an “aerial t...
