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U.S. and Britain strike Houthi rebel targets in Yemen after surge in shipping attacks

1:26am May 31, 2024

by The Associated Press

American and British fighter jets and U.S. ships hit a wide range of Houthi targets in Yemen in response to a recent surge in attacks on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, U.S. officials said.

Azzam, 12, hugs a sheep, the only source of his family's livelihood in rural Damascus on Feb 21, 2022. Azzam and his family have experienced firsthand the harrowing impact of the conflict. In 2015, when Azzam was five years old, a shell fell on the building where he was sitting with his family.

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Can a picture make you happy? We asked photographers and here's what they sent us

5:17pm March 19, 2024

by Laurel Dalrymple

For International Day of Happiness, photographers sent us pictures of a Syrian boy who finds joy caring for farm animals, Ukrainian girls on a trampoline, music lovers grooving to the blues and more.

This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)

Yemen's rebels target Singapore-flagged ship as U.S. and allies down Houthi drones

4:07am March 09, 2024

by The Associated Press

An attack by Houthi rebels set off explosions ahead of a Singapore-flagged vessel in the Gulf of Aden, the latest in a campaign of assaults by the Iranian-backed group over Israel's war on Hamas.

This photograph shared by the Indian Navy on the X platform shows a firefighting team from Indian Navy vessel INS Kolkata responding to a fire on Liberian-flagged Merchant ship MSC Sky II caused due to a suspected drone/missile attack in the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday.

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Houthi missile attack kills 3 crew members in rebels' first fatal assault on shipping

6:01pm March 06, 2024

by The Associated Press

An attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden killed three of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel. Four crew members were injured, officials said.

Houthi fighters march during a rally of support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and against the U.S. strikes on Yemen, outside Sanaa, on Jan. 22.

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China is mostly quiet on Houthi attacks in the Red Sea

10:44am February 23, 2024

by Jackie Northam

China's charting its own course, distancing itself from the U.S. in the Middle East, refusing to condemn the Houthis and looking to capitalize on ties with regional players to help solve the crisis.

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A view of the oil tanker Marlin Luanda on fire after an attack in the Gulf of Aden.

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Crew extinguishes fire on oil tanker hit by Houthi missile off Yemen coast

12:02pm January 27, 2024

by The Associated Press

The tanker carried Russian-produced naphtha, a flammable oil, drawing Moscow further into a conflict that so far it had blamed on the U.S.

A Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 takes off to carry out air strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen, from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024.

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U.S. hits Iraq militia sites and anti-ship missiles in Yemen

3:24am January 24, 2024

by The Associated Press

The U.S. military struck facilities in Iraq and Yemen operated by Iranian-backed militias that are said to be involved in attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria.

Houthi fighters and tribesmen stage a rally against U.S. and U.K. strikes on Houthi-run military sites near Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024.

U.S. military launches another barrage of missiles against Houthi sites in Yemen

8:33pm January 17, 2024

by The Associated Press

The strikes were launched from the Red Sea and hit more than a dozen sites. They follow an announcement that the U.S. has put the Houthis back on its list of specially designated global terrorists.

Image taken from the bridge of HMS Diamond, seen here firing Sea Viper missiles in the Red Sea on Oct. 1. The HMS Diamond along with U.S. warships successfully repelled a large attack from the Iranian-backed Houthis in the Red Sea.

U.S. and U.K. strike Houthi targets in Yemen

11:12am January 12, 2024

by Tom Bowman

The airstrikes on multiple Houthi targets in Yemen follow more than two months of attacks by the Iran-backed militants against cargo ships and U.S. warships in the Red Sea.

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U.S. Navy ships travel through the Bab al-Mandeb strait, which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, in August.

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Yemen's Houthis launch their largest Red Sea aerial attack, but no damage is reported

12:52pm January 10, 2024

by The Associated Press

Drones and missiles targeted shipping in the sea, but ships from the U.S. and British navies shot down the projectiles. No damage was reported. The rebels say they aim to stop Israel's war on Hamas.