Houthi
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The UK plans to announce new sanctions targeting Houthi financing in the coming days, Rishi Sunak has said. It came as the PM made a statement to parliament in the wake of last night’s joint UK and US airstrikes on Houthi targets. “We took extensive steps to address this threat to international security before taking…
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MEZIESBLOG has heard from Rishi Sunak today as he defended the joint US-UK airstrikes on the Houthis in Yemen overnight, saying Britain “cannot stand by” in the face of the group’s actions. This line of thinking was disputed by journalist and filmmaker Dr Myriam Francois during The World with Yalda Hakim, a new foreign affairs show…
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday expressed grave concern over the rising tensions in the Red Sea, while calling for an end to the harassment of civilian vessels. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks at a joint press conference after meeting…
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Members of the European Union have given their initial support to create a mission to deter Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, according to diplomats. The naval mission will aim to protect vessels passing through the shipping route. The diplomats said the goal was to establish the mission by 19 February, at the latest. It…
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The US military has carried out a new strike in Yemen, two American officials have told Reuters. The strikes targeted four anti-ship ballistic missiles in a Houthi-controlled part of the country, they said. It marks the latest action against the Iran-backed group over its attacks on shipping vessels in the Red Sea. The US and…
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UK airstrikes on Yemen destroyed 13 Houthi targets, Rishi Sunak has said in his first statement about the attacks to MPs in the Commons. The prime minister said Iran-backed Houthi militants launched over 25 “illegal and unacceptable attacks” on commercial shipping in the Red Sea since 19 November. He said on 9 January “they mounted…
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‘Vessel hit from above’ near Yemen We have more detail now on the “incident” off Yemen reported by the UK Maritime Trade Operations (see 1.39pm post). It says a vessel was hit from above by a missile near the Yemeni city of Aden. We’ll bring you more as we get it. US-owned cargo ship hit,…
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More Houthis attacks in the Red Sea will have “major global economic consequences”, a maritime security analyst has said. Ian Ralby told Sky News that the Yemen-based group’s “taste of global relevance” may inspire them “to be more aggressive and more hostile”. He said the Red Sea accounts for 10% of global energy supply and…
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Yemen’s Houthis have said the group is engaging in Oman-mediated talks with “international parties” over its ongoing “operations” in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea. The Iranian-backed Houthi movement has been attacking vessels it says are affiliated with Israel in response to its attacks on Gaza. Spokesman Mohamed Abdel-Salam reiterated the Houthis will continue…
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Israel has said it will not comment on whether two people shown in an Islamic Jihad hostage video would be released because it would play into their captors’ “psychological warfare”. The group’s armed wing released footage of an elderly woman, Hanna Katzir, and a young boy, Yagil Yaakov, and said it would release them on…
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Israeli defence minister suggests pauses won’t curb offensive More now on the mixed messages surrounding humanitarian pauses in Gaza. If you’re just joining us, the White House said Israel had agreed to new, daily, four-hour humanitarian pauses. But as Sky News correspondent Mark Stone outlined in our 18.48 post, the IDF’s spokesperson offered a slightly different interpretation.…
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The Yemeni Houthi group said Tuesday it fired a large number of drones and missiles toward Israel in response to an Israeli onslaught against the Gaza Strip. “Our armed forces launched a large batch of ballistic and cruise missiles and drones on several targets for the Israeli enemy,” said spokesman Yahya Saree. The group vowed…
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Billions of dollars spent by Saudi Arabia on cutting edge Western military hardware mainly designed to deter high altitude attacks has proved no match for low-cost drones and cruise missiles used in a strike that crippled its giant oil industry. Saturday’s assault on Saudi oil facilities that halved production has exposed how ill-prepared the Gulf…
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Iran-backed Houthi rebels fighting for supremacy in Yemen, have accused Saudi Arabia of fabricating evidence claiming Iran was behind drone attacks on two of its oil facilities on Saturday. The BBC reports that Brig-Gen Yahya Sarea, a spokesperson for the rebels, said the damage to the two oil facilities were downplayed. According to the British broadcaster,…
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A series of Saudi-led coalition air strikes in Yemen have killed at least 136 civilians since 6 December, 2017, a report from Reuters confirms. The United Nations (UN) also verified that a total of 87 civilians were severely injured across the capital Sana’a, Saada and Hudaydah. Image shows scene from a Saudi-led coalition air strike in Sanaa, Yemen…
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