DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Despite a month of U.S.-led airstrikes, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels remain capable of launching significant attacks. This week, they seriously damaged a ship in a crucial strait and apparently downed an American drone worth tens of millions of dollars. The continued assaults by the Houthis on shipping through the crucial … Read more
Satellite images captured by Maxar Technologies show the aftermath in Yemen on Friday, January 12, after the United States and allies launched a series of strikes in response to Houthi attacks on shipping lanes. Targets, including in the capital city, Sanaa, were hit by fighter jets from the US Navy, US Air force and Royal … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S.-led airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebels over their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea pulled the world’s focus Friday back on the yearslong war raging in the Arab world’s poorest nation, even as shipping across the wider Mideast remains threatened. As the bombing … Read more
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Debt-ridden Sri Lanka ’s navy is preparing to join a U.S.-led operation to protect merchant vessels sailing in the Red Sea against attacks by Houthi rebels, a Sri Lankan navy spokesman said on Tuesday. The attacks by Houthi rebels have targeted commercial shipping vessels transiting through the critical Bab el-Mandeb Strait … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean chief Kim Jong Un referred to as for his navy to be consistently prepared for fight to thwart its rivals’ plots to invade his nation, state media mentioned Tuesday, because the U.S., South Korea and Japan held a trilateral naval train to take care of North Korea’s evolving nuclear … Read more