Houthi rebels

Who are the Houthis and why hasn't the U.S. retaliated for their attacks on ships in the Middle East?

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

Here’s a look at the Houthis and their increasing attacks, and why the U.S. believes it is more acceptable to bomb some Iranian-linked targets than others.

U.S. sanctions money lending network to Yemen's Houthi rebels, aims to boost maritime protections

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

The White House is encouraging Mideast allies to join the Combined Maritime Forces, a partnership that exists to counter malign action by non-state actors in international waters.

Houthis claim attacks on ships in Red Sea as U.S. Navy destroyer fired in self-defense, officials say

By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Three commercial ships in the Red Sea were struck by ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled Yemen on Sunday and a U.S. warship shot down three drones in self-defense during the hourslong assault, the U.S. military said. Responsibility for the attack…

Yemen's Houthi rebels hijack Israeli-linked ship in the Red Sea, take crew hostage

By Isabel DeBre, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in a crucial Red Sea shipping route on Sunday, officials said, taking over two dozen crew members hostage and raising fears that regional tensions heightened over the Israel-Hamas war were playing out…

Delegation from Yemen's Houthi rebels flies into Saudi Arabia for peace talks

By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

A delegation from Yemen's Houthi rebels has flown into Saudi Arabia for talks with the kingdom on potentially ending the yearslong war tearing at the Arab world's poorest nation.

Arms supplied by UK, U.S. killed civilians in Yemen, report says

By Samy Magdy, Associated Press

A new report has found that weapons supplied by the United Kingdom and the United States and used by a Saudi-led coalition in war-torn Yemen killed at least 87 civilians and wounded 136 others in just over a year.

Yemeni children starve as fears of renewed fighting loom

By Samy Magdy, Anwar Salem, Associated Press

Starvation has threatened Yemen's children for years. Now, as civil war threatens to escalate after months of a tenuous truce, there are fears that things could get worse.

UN envoy says risk of war in Yemen is 'real'

By Samy Magdy, Associated Press

The U.N. envoy for Yemen has warned that the risk of a return to fighting in the country "is real" and urged warring parties to accept a longer extension of the current cease-fire due to expire next month.

U.N. says Yemen's Houthi rebels have agreed to stop using child soldiers

By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

The Houthis signed what the U.N. describes as an "action plan" to end and prevent recruiting or using children in armed conflict, killing or maiming children and attacking schools and hospitals.

Fire breaks out at Jiddah oil depot ahead of F1 race weekend; Houthis claim attacks

By Jerome Pugmire, Joe Gambrell, Associated Press

Online videos show a raging fire at an oil depot in the Saudi city of Jiddah ahead of an F1 race there. Yemen's Houthi rebels have acknowledged attacking the kingdom.