Yemen Houthis

Yemen Houthis

Houthi-mobilized fighters ride atop a car in Sanaa, Yemen September 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

Who are Yemen's Houthis and why are they attacking Red Sea shipping?

Part of an “axis of resistance” against Israel and the West, the group has gained international prominence since October 2023 for its persistent attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and...

Houthi-mobilized fighters ride atop a car in Sanaa, Yemen September 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

Houthis threaten US ships if Washington joins strikes on Iran

A nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier, the Theodore Roosevelt, arriving in the South Korean port city of Busan earlier this month to take part in joint military exercises with the host nation and Japan/File Photo

Yemeni Houthis claim strike at US aircraft carrier in Red Sea

Flames and smoke rise from Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion on the Red Sea, in this handout picture released August 29, 2024. Photo: Houthi Military Media/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Yemen's Houthis will keep blockade on Israeli vessels after asset sale reports

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Missile fired from Yemen intercepted, Israeli military says

Plumes of smoke rise from what is thought to be the site of an airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen June 7, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Abdulrahman al-Ansi

US and British airstrikes hit Yemen, Houthis say

Houthi fighters approach the Galaxy Leader in the Red Sea on 20 November. Photo: Handout/Getty Images

Yemen's Houthis strike cargo ship bound for Iran, causing minor damage

Houthi military helicopter flies over a cargo ship in the Red Sea in this photo released November 20, 2023. Houthi Military Media/Handout via REUTERS

US re-designates Yemen's Huthis as 'terrorist' entity in response to Red Sea attacks

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gives a televised address at a memorial ceremony to mark one week since the killing of Wissam Tawil, a commander of Hezbollah's elite Radwan forces, in Khirbet Silem, southern Lebanon, 14 January, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Taher

Hezbollah says security of all shipping harmed after US strikes on Yemen

US President Joe Biden answers questions from the press at Nowhere Coffee Co. in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, U.S., January 12, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

Explainer: Did Biden break the law by ordering Yemen airstrikes?

CMA CGM Louis Bleriot and a Maersk Line container ship pass through the Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt July 7, 2021. Picture taken July 7, 2021. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

US sinks 3 ships, kills 10 after Houthi Red Sea attack

Houthi fighters approach the Galaxy Leader in the Red Sea on 20 November. Photo: Handout/Getty Images

What Houthi Red Sea attacks mean for global trade

File Photo: A ship is docked at the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, Yemen, March 23, 2017. -REUTERS

How will global trade be impacted by Red Sea avoidance?