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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), Yemeni crisis, and attacks on the United States 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 4 days) Location Red Sea, Gulf of Aden (esp ...
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.
CENTCOM claims that its forces destroyed one Houthi USV and one Houthi drone launched into the Red Sea, and also claims to have destroyed 2 Houthi patrol boats. CENTCOM also claims that the Houthis launched three anti-ship ballistic missiles, with the first two of them missing their targets, and the third hitting Verbena (in addition to the two ...
According to Saudi Arabia the missiles are of Iranian origin, with USAF Lt. General Jeffrey L. Harrigian, Commander, Air Force's Central Command in Qatar, agreeing. [ 5 ] [ 9 ] Jane's Intelligence Review has assessed that it would be difficult to ship entire ballistic missiles to Yemen, suggesting the Burkan-2 is a Scud modified in Yemen for ...
Shortly after the beginning of the Israel–Hamas war, the Hamas-allied group began to launch missiles and drones at Israel. Houthi militants have also fired on various countries' merchant vessels in the Red Sea, and particularly in the Bab-el-Mandeb—the southern maritime gateway to the Suez Canal of Egypt and therefore a chokepoint of the ...
[10] [11] The Houthi insurgency denied launching the attack on the warship. [12] The United States Naval Institute reported that Mason fired two SM-2 Standard missiles and one RIM-162 ESSM missile to intercept the two missiles, and deployed her Nulka missile decoy. One of two U.S. defense officials cited anonymously added that it was not clear ...
Houthi attacks on international shipping vessels in the Red Sea were deemed by some as international piracy, [17] [18] drawing a military response from a number of countries. In January 2024, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2722 , condemning the Houthi attacks and affirming freedom of navigation . [ 19 ]