Sep 15 Missile fired from Yemen by Houthi rebels lands in central Israel, triggering air raid sirens By Natalie Melzer, Ohad Zwigenberg, Associated Press A missile fired by Yemen's Iran-backed rebels landed in an open area in central Israel early Sunday and triggered air raid sirens at its international airport, in the latest reverberation from the nearly yearlong war in Gaza. Israel hinted that… Continue reading
Aug 29 Video shows Houthi rebels planted bombs on tanker, putting Red Sea at risk of major oil spill By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Yemen’s Houthi rebels have released footage showing that they boarded and intentionally set explosives aboard a Greek-flagged tanker that was earlier abandoned after they repeatedly attacked it, putting the Red Sea at risk of a major oil spill. Continue reading
Aug 13 Ship in the Red Sea targeted in a third suspected Houthi attack By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The attacks come as the Yemeni rebels' main sponsor, Iran, weighs possible retaliation against Israel over the assassination of Hamas official Ismail Haniyeh in July, which has renewed fears of a wider regional war in the Middle East. Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch 1:49 News Wrap: Secret Service admits it denied past Trump campaign requests for more security In our news wrap Sunday, the Secret Service acknowledged it had turned down requests from Trump’s detail for extra federal resources over the past two years, Israel’s military said it intercepted a missile fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen, and… Continue watching
Jul 21 Israel shoots down a missile fired from Yemen hours after carrying out airstrikes on Houthi rebels By Josef Federman, Michael Wakin, Associated Press The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen early Sunday, hours after Israeli warplanes struck several Houthi targets in the Arabian Peninsula country. Continue reading
Jul 20 Israel responds to Houthi drone attack with airstrikes in Yemen, officials say By Ahmed Al-Haj, Wafaa Shurafa, Jack Jeffery, Associated Press The Israeli army said Saturday it has struck several Houthi targets in western Yemen following a fatal drone attack by the rebel group in Tel Aviv the previous day. The Israeli strikes appeared to be the first on Yemeni soil… Continue reading
Jul 19 Yemen’s Houthis launch drone strike on Israel, killing 1 and wounding at least 10 in Tel Aviv By Melanie Lidman, Sam Metz, Associated Press The Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack, which was their first lethal strike in Israel. Continue reading
Jul 10 Houthi rebels target U.S.-flagged container ship off coast of Yemen By Michael Wakin, Associated Press Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted United States-flagged container ship in the Gulf of Aden. Continue reading
Jun 15 U.S. strikes Houthi radar sites after merchant sailor goes missing in Red Sea attack By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The U.S. military unleashed a wave of attacks targeting radar sites operated by Yemen’s Houthi rebels after one merchant sailor went missing and the vessel he was on caught fire in the latest Houthi strike on shipping in the crucial Red Sea… Continue reading
Jun 14 In conflict with Yemen’s Houthi rebels, U.S. Navy faces most intense combat since World War II By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The fight against the near-daily attacks by the Houthis has been overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war raging in Gaza. Continue reading