30 December 2024
@CENTCOM confirms strikes targeted 14 Iran-backed Houthi missiles on launch rails in Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen. "These missiles presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels and U.S. Navy ships in the region and could have been fired at any time"
11 month ago
Saada: Airstrikes targeted Jabal al-Sama’, west of the city of Saada, and the Takhiya area in Majz District
Reuters: The United States carried out another round of strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Wednesday
11 month ago
Airstrikes targets areas in Dhamar, Al-Hudaydah, Saada, Taiz, and Al-Bayda
Airstrikes reported at Dhamar town
11 month ago
CENTCOM:At approximately 8:30 pm (Sanaa time) Jan. 17, an assessed one-way attack UAS was launched from Houthi controlled areas in Yemen and struck M/V Genco Picardy in the Gulf of Aden. M/V Genco Picardy is a Marshall Islands flagged, U.S. owned and operated bulk carrier ship. There were no injuries and some damage reported. M/V Genco Picardy is seaworthy and continuing underway
Houthis carried out a targeting operation against the American ship (GENCO Picardy) in the Gulf of Aden with a several of adequate naval missiles, leaving direct hits, - group statement
.@DeptofDefense assesses its airstrikes vs Houthi targets in Yemen last week "had impact" per @PentagonPresSec But he does not elaborate
11 month ago
British Maritime Trade Operations Authority: A drone targeted a ship 60 nautical miles southeast of Aden in Yemen
Member of the Houthi Political Bureau: We are open to peace in the region
Member of the Houthi Political Bureau: The U.S. classification has no significant impact
Houthi spokesman Muhammad Abdul Salam: The American classification has no value and will not deter us from our positions with Palestine
US State Department: If the Houthis stop their attacks in the Red Sea, Washington will consider lifting this classification
U.S. official: We are committed to supporting the efforts of Saudi Arabia, Oman, and the United Nations to reach a permanent ceasefire in Yemen
11 month ago
Secretary Blinken: At the WEF24, I spoke with UK Foreign Secretary @David_Cameron to discuss efforts to support Ukraine and promote a more secure, stable, and peaceful future for the Middle East region
U.S. official: Houthi attacks on U.S. forces and ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden "a literal definition of terrorism."
Senior US administration official: Washington classifies the Houthis in Yemen as "global terrorists"
U.S. official: Classifying the Houthis as a terrorist group will affect Iran
The US designates the Yemen's Houthis as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" group amid Red Sea attacks. Stops short of FTO label, as some in Congress has advocated but which aid groups said would hinder their work
Presidential Command Council in Yemen: What Britain and America are doing against the Houthis is "required"
Reuters: Aramco CEO says it is possible to deal with attacks in the Red Sea in the short term
11 month ago
Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority: We will continue our efforts to communicate with all customers and shipping lines to serve the global trade movement
The White House: We want the attacks in the Red Sea to stop
The White House: United States do not seek war with the Houthi group
11 month ago
Saudi Foreign Minister: Houthi attacks in the Red Sea are linked to the Gaza war
After U.S. forces conducted a preemptive strike on Houthi missiles early today, the militants fired an anti-ship ballistic missile against another commercial ship in the southern Red Sea, per 2 U.S. officials. Missile hit but did not sink the ship, no casualties
The U.S. military carried out preemptive strikes in Yemen on Tuesday, targeting four anti-ship ballistic missiles that the Houthis were preparing to launch, according to two U.S. officials
A U.S. official confirms that the U.S. has conducted another airstrike against Houthi targets in Yemen. Tomahawk missiles were used to strike a site where anti-ship missile cruise missiles were located
11 month ago
Reuters, according to U.S. officials: Today we carried out an attack on platforms for launching Houthi anti-ship missiles
11 month ago
Wall Street Journal: Shell believes that the risks in the Red Sea threaten the safety of ships