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Since 12 January 2024, the United States of America and the United Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, [13] have launched a series of cruise missile and airstrikes, codenamed Operation Poseidon Archer, against the Houthi movement (Ansar Allah) in Yemen in response to Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea. [14]
Red Sea crisis Part of the Iran–Israel proxy conflict, the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present), and the Yemeni crisis Map of Houthi activity near the Yemeni coast: Houthi-controlled Yemen (SPC) Government of Yemen (PLC) Houthi attacks (red) and hijackings (blue) Date 19 October 2023 – present (1 year, 2 months and 5 days) Location Red Sea, Gulf of Aden (esp. Bab-el-Mandeb), Arabian Sea ...
On 30 May 2024, the United States and United Kingdom conducted a joint set of airstrikes in Sanaa and Hodeidah, Yemen, killing 16 people and injuring 42. [4] [5] The United States and United Kingdom claimed that the strikes were targeting members of the Houthi rebel group; however, the Houthis claimed all those killed or injured in the strikes were civilians.
The abandoned Rubymar that was struck by a Houthi anti-ship missile sinks. [16] The Italian Navy destroyer Caio Duilio shoots down a Houthi drone in self-defence while in the Red Sea. [17] 6 March – The Barbados flagged bulk carrier M/V True Confidence is hit by a Houthi ballistic missile in the Red Sea, killing two crewmen and wounding six ...
The missile was reportedly aimed at King Khalid International Airport. [7] A December 2017 report in The New York Times casts doubt on the official Saudi claim that this missile was successfully shot down. [18] The article cites a team of experts who allege that the missile's warhead was not intercepted and actually detonated near the airport.
On 21 April, Houthi fighters captured the al-Jufra base from Saudi led coalition forces. [7] Later Houthi forces concentrated their forces attacking the Mass military base and Wadi Mass. [30] The same day Houthi media displayed a 15 min video of the capture of an AQAP base in the Khasaf region in Al-Jawf. The footage showed a prison, explosive ...
The UAEAF also bombed the position from which the missile was believed to have been fired. [6] The United Arab Emirates declared a three-day period of mourning with the UAE flag flying at half-mast in honor of the soldiers killed in Yemen, [7] the deadliest episode in UAE army history. [1]
The Houthi rebels couldn't have amassed their dangerous arsenal of weapons without extensive help from Iran and its proxy forces in the Middle East, according to a new report for the United Nations.