Israeli fighter jets struck Houthi military targets near Yemen’s Hodeidah port on Saturday (20 July), killing at least three people and wounding 87, a day after a drone launched by the Iranian-backed group hit Israeli economic hub Tel Aviv.
Britain’s defence ministry on Friday (12 April) said it would install lasers on warships designed to cheaply shoot down drones from 2027, five years earlier than previously expected, under reforms designed to speed up the deployment of new technology.
The United States carried out an additional strike against Yemen’s Houthi forces on Friday (12 January), after President Joe Biden’s administration vowed to protect shipping in the Red Sea.
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken was due in Israel on Monday (8 January) for difficult talks on the war in Gaza as fears grow that the conflict could engulf the wider region.
Three commercial vessels came under attack in international waters in the southern Red Sea, the US military said Sunday (3 December), as Yemen’s Houthi group claimed drone and missile attacks on two Israeli vessels in the area.
A US Navy warship responded to a distress call from a commercial tanker in the Gulf of Aden that had been seized by armed individuals and the vessel is now safe, US officials said on Sunday (26 November).
The United States is reviewing “potential terrorist designations” for Yemen’s Houthi rebel group in response to its seizure of a cargo ship, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said on Tuesday (21 November).
Israel said on Sunday (19 November) that Yemen’s Houthis had seized a British-owned and Japanese-operated cargo ship in the southern Red Sea, describing the incident as an “Iranian act of terrorism” with consequences for international maritime security.
