Yemen
Updated 2024-08-29
2024-08-27 British Telegraph: The Houthis have defeated the US Navy Operation “Guardian of Prosperity” was launched in December 2023 in response to Houthi attacks on commercial ships passing through the southern parts of the Red Sea. The goal of the operation was to create a unified international bloc to deter the Houthis from further attacks and influence shipping companies, which had begun rerouting vessels around the Cape of Good Hope due to the risk and increased insurance costs.
However, the problem is that this did not happen, and the Houthis were not deterred but continued to attack everyone and everything, reports the British Telegraph. With relatively little effort and money, they almost immediately achieved their desired goal of “improving local influence” and “posing a challenge to international transport,” and their narrative that they would stop attacks only if a ceasefire in Gaza occurred convinced only a small number of people.
This led in January 2024 to the initiation of Operation “Poseidon’s Archer,” when the US and the UK began targeting Houthi objectives. Still, according to the British newspaper, Saudi Arabia had proven multiple times between 2015 and 2023 that attempts to disable the Houthis through direct strikes were like “striking smoke,” and this was once again confirmed.
The situation was not helped by the EU forming its own “breakaway” coalition named “Aspides” to avoid being associated with the US stance on Israel. The inability of the West to agree on how to carry out a relatively simple task did not go unnoticed by potential adversaries, and certainly by the shipping companies that needed to be reassured about maritime safety. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/british-telegraph-the-houthis-have-defeated-the-us-navy/ar-AA1pxtWL?
2024-08-19 Israeli strikes on Yemen port ‘possible war crime’: HRW n Israeli air raid last month on a key Yemeni rebel-held port was a “possible war crime” that has threatened food and aid supply for millions, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
The July 20 attack on the western port city of Hodeida, controlled by Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthis, came a day after the rebels claimed responsibility for a drone attack on Israel’s commercial hub of Tel Aviv. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israeli-strikes-on-yemen-port-possible-war-crime-hrw/ar-AA1p2HrW?
2024-07-21 Israel Bombs Yemen After Houthis Claim Responsibility for Tel Aviv Drone Attack Houthi-run media say Israeli air strikes Saturday targeted oil storage facilities in the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah and that there are an unspecified number of fatalities and injuries. The attack came a day after the Houthis claimed responsibility for a drone attack on Tel Aviv that killed one person and struck just yards from a U.S. Embassy branch office.
Israel’s air strikes will not stop the Houthi’s military operations in support of the Palestinian people, Houthi political bureau member Mohammed al-Bukhaiti said in a post on X, warning they will instead increase until the war in Gaza ends. “The Zionist entity will pay the price for targeting civilian facilities, and we will meet escalation with escalation,” al-Bukhaiti wrote. https://truthout.org/articles/israel-bombs-yemen-after-houthis-claim-responsibility-for-tel-aviv-drone-attack/
2024-02-04 ‘Houthis Our Brothers’: Gaza Militants Come Out In Support Of Yemeni, Iraqi Resistance Against U.S. Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad blasted U.S. and UK strikes on Iran-linked groups in Iraq, Syria and Yemen and accused the western nations of supporting ‘Israeli crimes’ against Palestinians in Gaza by striking anti-Israel militants in neighbouring countries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JHpaqATrZU
2024-02-02 Red Sea underwater cables under threat from Houthis? | The West Asia Post Amid rising tensions across the Red Sea corridor, Yemen’s Houthis could potentially target the critical undersea cable network next. What are the ramifications of these reports? Should the west be worried? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg4L1dQBlVo
2024-01-14 Navy SEALs lost at sea were searching for Yemen-bound weapons shipment The Navy SEALs lost at sea after a ship-boarding operation went awry near Somalia last week were dispatched to look for suspected Iranian weapons bound for militants in Yemen, which has become a staging ground for repeated attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea, two U.S. officials familiar with the incident said Sunday. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/navy-seals-lost-at-sea-were-searching-for-yemen-bound-weapons-shipment/ar-AA1mYd2T
2024-01-12 He should be arrested’: Internet fumes as Joe Biden orders Yemen airstrikes without congressional approval Several Democrats on Capitol Hill voiced their disapproval of President Joe Biden’s airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Thursday, January 11. The lawmakers argued that the military action was unconstitutional and called for adherence to the War Powers Act.
Rep Ro Khanna from California took to X, stating, “The President needs to come to Congress before launching a strike against the Houthis in Yemen and involving us in another Middle East conflict. That is Article I of the Constitution. I will stand up for that regardless of whether a Democrat or Republican is in the White House.””Section 2C of the War Powers Act is clear: POTUS may only introduce the US into hostilities after Congressional authorization or in a national emergency when the U.S. is under imminent attack,” he added. “Reporting is not a substitute. This is a retaliatory, offensive strike.”
Echoing Khanna’s sentiments, Rep Val Hoyle of Oregon tweeted, “These airstrikes have NOT been authorized by Congress. The Constitution is clear: Congress has the sole authority to authorize military involvement in overseas conflicts. Every president must first come to Congress and ask for military authorization, regardless of party.”
Rep Pramila Jayapal, the head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, labeled the US- and UK-led bombing campaign as “an unacceptable violation of the Constitution,” stressing that Article 1 mandates “military action to be authorized by Congress.”
Rep Mark Pocan expressed concerns about the risk of the US getting entangled in another prolonged conflict without congressional authorization. “The White House must work with Congress before continuing these airstrikes in Yemen,” he insisted.
Rep Cori Bush, a member of the far-left “Squad,” went further, calling the airstrikes “illegal” and imploring President Biden to “stop the bombing and do better by us.” She tweeted, “The people do not want more of our taxpayer dollars going to endless war and the killing of civilians.”
Rep Rashida Tlaib, who has previously accused Biden of supporting “genocide” against Palestinians, condemned the Yemen offensive, stating, “The American people are tired of endless war,” and describing the airstrikes as unconstitutional.
Regardless, the president faced backlash on social media, with users calling for his arrest, prosecution, and even impeachment over the airstrikes launched without congressional approval. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/he-should-be-arrested-internet-fumes-as-joe-biden-orders-yemen-airstrikes-without-congressional-approval/ar-AA1mRAcz
2024-01-12 FM calls for parliament recall over Yemen strikes Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf has called for the UK parliament to be recalled over the air strikes in Yemen. The UK and US strikes against Houthi rebel sites have been described by Rishi Sunak as “necessary and proportionate” to protect the global shipping in the Red Sea.
He told BBC Radio’s Good Morning Scotland programme: “Let there be no equivocation that the SNP align ourselves with the UN security resolution, which is essentially calling for the Houthi rebels to stop their attacks in the Red Sea.
“But of course the UK’s record on military intervention, particularly in the Middle East, is not a good one. “Before action was taken, the correct and appropriate thing to have done would have been to have recalled parliament, who have given serious detail about any proposed military action.” He added: “There are significant questions around the action taken. What is the end goal? What will be deemed as a success?” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/fm-calls-for-parliament-recall-over-yemen-strikes/ar-AA1mRq3g
2023-12-22 Biden Urged to Reject Military Attack on Yemen as Red Sea Tensions Soar “A full-blown open-ended regional war would be horrific and undoubtedly entail significant casualties to U.S. forces and civilian populations across the region,” anti-war groups write in a new letter.
“While these attacks are concerning, expanding the war into Yemen will not resolve them and instead may dramatically worsen the threats to commercial shipping both in the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and other regional waterways,” the 31 advocacy groups wrote in a letter to Biden, whose administration has reportedly been “actively weighing options to strike back at Houthis in Yemen.”
The groups added that “with the horrific civilian toll in Gaza, the entire region is on a knife’s edge,” and warned a U.S. attack on Yemen “would undoubtedly upend this tentative balance and invite more direct attacks on U.S. forces and interests throughout the region.” https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden-attack-yemen
2023-12-19 How powerful are Yemen’s Houthi rebels? Yemen’s Houthi rebels have stepped up attacks in the Red Sea. But who are they, and why are they attacking vessels along one of the world’s most important shipping routes? CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio and Center for Strategic and International Studies senior adviser Mark Cancian explain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbav8P4NHtc
2023-12-19 Are The Iran-Backed Houthi Rebels Outsmarting The U.S. With DRONES? Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels are using drones in an attempt to shock the global economy. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks. “Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels are stepping up their strikes on ships in the Red Sea, which they say are revenge against Israel for its military campaign in Gaza. The attacks have forced some of the world’s biggest shipping and oil companies to suspend transit through one of the world’s most important maritime trade routes, which could potentially cause a shock to the global economy.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWT8ghUe_0c
2023-12-05 Biden admin downplays Ansarallah threat: US Officials Some US officials are criticizing the Biden administration for deliberately downplaying the threat from Yemen’s Ansarallah on US naval forces, Politico reported on 5 December. The criticism follows an Ansarallah attack on Sunday on several commercial vessels in the Red Sea, which forced a US Navy warship to scramble to respond. The Yemeni resistance movement launched missiles and drones against three separate commercial vessels. The USS Carney fired back, taking down three unmanned aerial drones.It is unclear whether the US Navy ship was also a target of the attack or was simply coming to the aid of the commercial vessels.
Ansarallah has made clear it is targeting commercial ships with ties to Israel, and has launched missiles toward the Israeli port city of Eilat in support of the Palestinians. “People are thinking this is an Israel thing, and because they are heavy-handed in Gaza no one is saying anything,” the official said. “The world should be condemning this.”
A second US official acknowledged that the US has deliberately avoided acknowledging its warships are a target because they are “trying to avoid unnecessary escalation.” But the official also pointed out that the administration has not said definitively that its warship was not targeted. https://new.thecradle.co/articles/biden-admin-downplays-ansarallah-threat-us-officials
2023-11-22 Israel-Hamas war updates: Houthi vessel seizure in Red Sea ups the stakes Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in the Red Sea and took two dozen crew members hostage, raising fears of escalation in Israel’s war on Gaza. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/11/19/israel-hamas-war-live-israel-attacked-two-schools-killing-dozens
2023-11-20 Video Shows Yemen’s Houthi Militia Hijacking Ship in the Red Sea Yemen’s Houthi militia released a video on Monday showing its forces hijacking the ship Galaxy Leader in the Red Sea. The whereabouts of the Galaxy Leader has been unknown since Saturday, when its last received location signal showed it between Saudi Arabia and Sudan. The new video contains clues about when and where the vessel was hijacked. A clock on the bridge shows a time of just after 1 p.m. and the navigational computer display shows the ship had traveled almost three quarters of the way down Yemen’s coast.
Yemen’s Houthi militia released a video on Monday showing the hijacking of the ship Galaxy Leader in the Red Sea as a show of support for the Palestinian people. The video, verified by The New York Times, shows armed men jumping out of a military helicopter onto the ship’s deck and seizing control of the bridge. Small boats, known to be used by Houthi rebels, were seen moving around and alongside the hijacked ship, displaying Yemeni and Palestinian flags. https://onenews.com/summary/?category=News&aid=84dd9edd53c5facd878ac4ab90656deb&native=ob&type=0_1023_102_1075_108_231030 2023-11-02 Yemen’s Houthis Declare WAR On Israel! In response to the Israeli military bombing campaign and incursion into Gaza — and all the civilian deaths that have resulted — the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen have declared war against Israel. So far none of the rockets sent from Yemen have struck sensitive targets inside Israel, but the larger concern is that this move from the Houthi may presage a wider war roping in Hezbollah, Iran and possibly other countries. Jimmy, along with The Convo Couch host Craig Jardula and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger, discusses what Houthi entry into the conflict may mean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laXLDiuWBcQ&t=33s
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