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  • Saudi Arabia Sends $250 Million to Prop Up Yemeni Government

    Saudi Arabia said Sunday it had disbursed $250 million in aid to the internationally recognized government in Yemen, which the Gulf kingdom has backed in a war against Houthi rebels. The money follows an initial payment of the same amount announced in August, when Riyadh committed to provide $1.2 billion to ease the government's budget deficit and pay civil servants salaries. "The second batch of the grant to support addressing the budget deficit for the Yemeni government was transferred to the Central Bank of Yemen in Aden, amounting to $250 million to support salaries, wages and expenses," Mohammed al-Jaber, the Saudi ambassador to Yemen, said on social media.

  • Houthi negotiator says Red Sea attacks won’t deter Yemeni peace, praises Saudi ‘brothers’

    Mohammed Abdulsalam, chief negotiator and spokesperson of the Houthis, says that the recent meeting of the Sanaa delegation with Saudi Arabia officials has “resulted in overcoming the most important obstacles facing the roadmap” to peace. These solutions were in line with those championed by the UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said Abdulsalam in a wide-ranging interview with Asharq Al-Awsat on Thursday. Abdulsalam had previously called Saudi Arabia officials his “brothers” in a statement to Asharq Al-Awsat in January. He did so again on Thursday, and answered questions about peace initiatives, attacks in the Red Sea and regional and international relations.

  • 2 US-flagged ships with cargo for US Defense Department come under attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

    Two American-flagged ships carrying cargo for the U.S. Defense and State departments came under attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Wednesday, officials said, with the U.S. Navy intercepting some of the incoming fire.

    The attacks on the container ships Maersk Detroit and Maersk Chesapeake further raise the stakes of the group's ongoing attacks on shipping through the vital Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The U.S. and the United Kingdom have launched multiple rounds of airstrikes seeking to stop the attacks.

  • U.S. hits Iraq militia sites and anti-ship missiles in Yemen

    The U.S. military struck three facilities in Iraq and two anti-ship missiles in Yemen operated by Iranian-backed militias that have continued to instigate attacks on U.S. personnel and ships in the region as the U.S. continues to try to keep the Israel-Hamas war from spilling over into a wider conflict. Both the strikes in Iraq and Yemen targeted sites that the U.S. has said are involved in the attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria and were threatening U.S. military and commercial vessels in the Red Sea

  • US military strikes two Houthi anti-ship missiles in Yemen

    The U.S. military carried out more strikes in Yemen early on Wednesday, destroying two Houthi anti-ship missiles that were aimed at the Red Sea and were preparing to launch, the U.S. military said in a statement.
    The U.S. strikes, which took place at roughly 2:30 a.m. (2330 GMT), are the latest against the Iran-backed group over its targeting of Red Sea shipping, and followed a larger round of strikes a day earlier.

  • Iran’s Revolutionary Guard deployed in Yemen

    The IRGC has stationed missile and drone trainers and operators in Yemen, as well as personnel providing tactical intelligence support to the Houthis, U.S. and Middle East officials told Semafor. The IRGC, through its overseas Qods Force, has also overseen the transfer to the Houthis of the attack drones, cruise missiles, and medium-range ballistic missiles used in a string of strikes on Red Sea and Israeli targets in recent weeks, these officials said.

  • Saudi Eurofighter Sale Could Reinforce Riyadh’s Air Defenses After Depleting Yemen Campaign

    Germany’s recent decision to lift its years-long ban on a British sale of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets and supply IRIS-T medium-range air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia is undoubtedly welcomed by Riyadh.

    Aside from bolstering the kingdom’s modern air force, the sale will reinforce Saudi capabilities against armed drones coming from Yemen. However, one shouldn’t expect Riyadh to engage in anything other than defensive actions against the Houthis there.

  • Saudi Eurofighter Sale Could Reinforce Riyadh’s Air Defenses After Depleting Yemen Campaign

    Germany’s recent decision to lift its years-long ban on a British sale of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets and supply IRIS-T medium-range air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia is undoubtedly welcomed by Riyadh.

    Aside from bolstering the kingdom’s modern air force, the sale will reinforce Saudi capabilities against armed drones coming from Yemen. However, one shouldn’t expect Riyadh to engage in anything other than defensive actions against the Houthis there.

  • US Red Sea coalition weak because regional powerhouses abstained-Yemen VP

    The U.S.-led coalition meant to safeguard commercial traffic in the Red Sea against attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis is weak because regional powerhouses Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt did not take part, Yemen's vice president said on Tuesday.

    The Houthis have been attacking shipping in the Red Sea to protest against Israel's bombardment of Gaza, a war that threatens to spread across the Middle East.

  • Yemen’s Houthis threaten to hit US ships as more tankers steer clear

    Yemen's Houthi movement will expand its targets in the Red Sea region to include U.S. ships, an official from the Iran-allied group said on Monday, as it vowed to keep up attacks after U.S. and British strikes on its sites in Yemen. Attacks by the Houthis on ships in area since November have impacted companies and alarmed major powers in an escalation of Israel's more than three-month war with Hamas militants in Gaza. The group says it is acting in solidarity with Palestinians.