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Yemen air strikes LIVE: ‘Major battle erupts in Red Sea’ as UK and US bomb Houthi rebels
Speaking today, Mr Sunak said the UK would “always stand up for freedom of navigation and the free flow of trade”, adding of the Houthi’s behaviour: “This cannot stand.” Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Rishi Sunak explains why RAF strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen was act of ‘self-defence’
The US and UK have launched strikes against the Houthis in Yemen, in the first offensive action taken against the Iran-backed group since the they began attacks in the Red Sea. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »UK and US launch strikes against Houthis in Yemen – and they issue stark response
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the RAF carried out targeted strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen due to their ‘reckless actions risking lives at sea’. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Evergreen, BP latest to pause Red Sea transit following attack on cargo vessels near Yemen
Mounting attacks by the Iran-aligned Yemeni Houthi militant group on ships in the Red Sea are disrupting maritime trade as leading global freight firms reroute around the Cape of Good Hope to avoid the Suez Canal. CBC | World News
Read More »BP pauses Red Sea shipments as another commercial vessel is attacked near Yemen
A Norwegian-owned vessel was attacked in the Red Sea on Monday in a strike that U.S. officials said originated from Yemeni territory controlled by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement. CBC | World News
Read More »Saudis free 200 Houthi rebels as part of peace efforts in Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said Tuesday it has released 200 Houthi rebels to advance a UN-brokered deal aimed at ending the war in the Arab world’s poorest country. CBC | World News
Read More »Yemen rebels claim missile launch toward UAE
Yemen’s Shia rebels on Sunday claimed they had launched a missile toward an under-construction nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates in the first such strike toward the country. CBC | World News
Read More »Saudi Arabia says it will reopen Yemen airports, seaports
Saudi Arabia’s mission to the United Nations says the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shia rebels in Yemen will begin reopening airports and seaports in the Arab world’s poorest country. CBC | World News
Read More »Yemen missile fired at Saudis appears to be made in Iran: U.S. military
The ballistic missile fired by Yemeni rebels that targeted the Saudi capital was from Iran and bore “Iranian markings,” the top U.S. Air Force official in the Mideast said Friday. CBC | World News
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