Events

Houthi official: We are monitoring the movements of U.S. and Britain in the Red Sea and the region, and we will target their interests

US State Department: Blinken welcomed increased cooperation with India to defend freedom of navigation in the region

Iranian Foreign Minister: Leaders in Yemen have always stressed that they do not target the security of international navigation in the Red Sea

Iranian Foreign Minister: Yemen is an important part of the reality of regional security in the Middle East

Houthi official: If America and Britain carry out air strikes on Yemen, the response will not be delayed at all

A Pentagon official told Sky News Arabia: U.S. missile defense systems in the Middle East region have been placed on alert.

Iraqi factions loyal to Iran: If Yemen is attacked, we will strike American military bases with full force

Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority: Ship traffic declined 30% from the beginning of January to January 11

US Fifth Fleet: Iran is currently holding 5 ships and more than 90 hostages on board

US Fifth Fleet: Iran's actions contradict international law and threaten maritime security and stability

Financial Times: Two British warships in the Red Sea will participate in strikes against the Houthis

US envoy to the United Nations: Threats against freedom of navigation in the Red Sea require a global response

The Times: The British Prime Minister informed his government about the imminent military intervention against the Houthis this evening

"Britain expected to join US in carrying airstrikes on Houthi military positions in Yemen tonight- via The Times' @Steven_Swinford

"The Houthis are funded, trained, equipped by Iran to a large degree. And so we know that Iran has a role to play in terms of helping to cease this reckless, dangerous and illegal activity" per @PentagonPresSec, - "We would call on Iran to do that

BBC: Sunak will speak with the Leader of the Opposition and the Speaker of the House of Commons about the situation in the Red Sea

PM Rishi Sunak has spoken to Egyptian president al-Sisi tonight about Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. He told him that Britain will 'continue to take action to defend freedom of navigation and protect lives at sea'

Iranian Foreign Minister: Houthis actions support Palestine and they confirm the interception of ships participating in expanding the war

Iranian Foreign Minister: The scope of the war in the region will expand if the killing of civilians continues in Gaza and the West Bank

The Pentagon: We are discussing with allies options for responding to Houthi attacks

US Army: The Houthis fired an anti-ship ballistic missile at international shipping lanes in the Gulf of Aden today

The White House: We will do what is necessary to deter Houthi attacks in the Red Sea

Rishi Sunak is holding a full cabinet call at 7.45 this evening. Ministers believe it’s about UK and US military strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. Move has been heavily telegraphed by Grant Shapps and by senior figures in the US. It is thought UK aircraft and Navy ships could take part

Leader of Yemen’s Houthis: Any US attack will not be without a response. Such a response would be bigger than the recent one that was carried out with drones and missiles

US State Department: We imposed new sanctions on individuals and entities linked to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea

The @WhiteHouse National SEcurity Council Spokesman John Kriby on Yemen: We have got a review of that designation (Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization FTO) that we are still conducting, the goal here is not to contain the Houthis, just to be clear, we don't want to see these attacks on the commercial shipping and we are going to do to counter and defend against those attacks. the Houthis they have made certain decisions up to this time, they have to make certain decisions going forward and we will see what decisions they make they will bear the consequences for those decisions going forward

John Kirby: The Houthis target all commercial ships that pass through the Red Sea, even those that have no connection to Israel. The United States established a coalition to protect international navigation, and forty countries warned the Houthis of the consequences of the threat to maritime navigation. We will not get ahead of things, and it is best for the Houthis to stop.

The White House: The draft resolution that will be put to a vote in the Security Council calls for stopping Houthi attacks

Blinken threatens Al-Houthi with "consequences of continued disruption of international shipping traffic"

Italian Defense Minister: Red Sea security must be achieved without a new war

German Foreign Ministry: The recent Houthi attacks in the Red Sea show a clear escalation

British Defense Minister: The situation in the Red Sea cannot continue

The Houthis: We targeted an American ship "that was providing support to Israel" with ballistic missiles and drones

Britain confirms that the recent Houthi attack in the Red Sea was the "largest" since the start of the Gaza war

British Defense Minister: One of our warships succeeded, along with American ships, in repelling the largest Houthi attack in the Red Sea

Iran-backed Houthis launch "complex attack" vs southern RedSea Per @CENTCOM, the January 9 nighttime attack included: -18 1-way attack drones -2 cruise missiles -1 ballistic missile US ships, F/A-18s & a UK ship shot them down This is the 26th Houthi attack since Nov