SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Yemen’s Houthi group has termed US attacks against its targets as “ineffective,” vowing an “open battle” against Washington. “We tell the Americans that your aggression against Yemen will fail,” Ali al-Qahoum, a member of the Houthi Political Bureau, told the media. “We will confront the US aggression with all might, and [&...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iran urged Monday the United States and Britain to “stop the war against Yemen” following their recent strikes on targets of the Tehran-backed Houthis. US and British forces have hit scores of targets in Yemen after weeks of Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, who say they are acting […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli strikes pounded southern Gaza on Sunday, the 100th day of its war on the Palestinian enclave. The war has created a dire humanitarian crisis for the 2.4 million people in Gaza, the United Nations and aid groups warn, and reduced much of the coastal strip to rubble. The government media […]
ANKARA (AA) – The US has sanctioned two more companies for financially supporting Yemen’s Houthis, a State Department spokesman has said. “Iran’s financial support to the Houthis has fueled their unrelenting attacks on global commerce in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden,” Matthew Miller said in a statement. “The United States is today [&...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanon has expressed deep concern about military strikes by US-led allied forces in the Red Sea and Yemen, warning that if the international community fails to act immediately to halt armed actions in the region, Israel’s war on Gaza could spread throughout the Middle East. The country’s Foreign Ministry in a statement [&h...
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 ...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain will not participate in international missions to protect Red Sea shipping vessels from Houthi attacks, Defense Minister Margarita Robles has said. “Spain’s position, out of a sense of responsibility and commitment to peace, is not to intervene in the Red Sea,” she told the media. Robles added that Spain’s naval [&he...
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...
