Aerial footage reveals second RAF Hurricane strikes Yemen navy goal
The US navy has carried out a brand new strike in Yemen within the newest navy motion in opposition to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels over their focusing on of Pink Sea delivery.
Two officers, who spoke on the situation of anonymity, instructed Reuters that the strike focused 4 anti-ship missiles.
This comes as US naval forces have seized the primary batch of Iranian weapons elements certain for Houthi rebels because the militant group started its Pink Sea assaults late final yr.
US Central Command, which oversees the Center East, mentioned US Navy Seals, supported by helicopters and drones, carried out a night-time seizure of a vessel off the coast of Somalia, south of Yemen. They mentioned it had been illegally transporting weapons components to the Houthis.
“Preliminary evaluation signifies these identical weapons have been employed by the Houthis to threaten and assault harmless mariners on worldwide service provider ships transiting within the Pink Sea,” the assertion learn.
It comes because the British navy’s United Kingdom Maritime Commerce Operations (UKMTO) introduced they had been investigating a missile assault on one other industrial vessel within the Pink Sea.
Greek officers have confirmed that the attacked ship is the Malta-flagged Zografia, which had been heading to the Suez Canal when it was struck.
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Who’re Yemen’s Houthis? The Iran-backed rebels attacking ships within the Pink Sea
The Islamist group claims it started hanging a slender strip of sea between Yemen and east Africa, which is a key worldwide commerce route, in a bid to finish Israel’s air and floor offensive in opposition to Hamas.
In retaliation, Britain and the US launched air strikes throughout Yemen in opposition to Houthi forces. President Joe Biden referred to as the strikes a “direct response” to an onslaught of assaults on Pink Sea ships which “jeopardised commerce, and threatened freedom of navigation”.
Rishi Sunak mentioned the motion was “needed and proportionate”.
Maroosha Muzaffar17 January 2024 05:30
ICYMI: Keir Starmer: Labour backs strikes on Houthi rebels to guard UK
Those that search to wreck Britain needs to be in little doubt as to the seriousness of our nation’s resolve in response to their aggression, says Keir Starmer:
Maroosha Muzaffar17 January 2024 05:00
Yemen ask the UK to help Gaza ceasefire
Yemen has referred to as on the UK to vary its Gaza coverage and help an instantaneous ceasefire.
Ahmad bin Mubarak, Yemen’s international minister, conveyed this message throughout a telephone dialog with the UK Center East minister, Lord Ahmad, it was reported.
Each side in Yemen’s civil warfare, the UN-recognised authorities and the Houthi rebels, now endorse an instantaneous Gaza ceasefire.
The UK states that there isn’t any connection between the US-UK strikes on Houthis within the Pink Sea and Gaza however Houthis have claimed that their actions goal to strain Israel into permitting extra humanitarian support into Gaza.
Maroosha Muzaffar17 January 2024 04:30
US nationwide safety adviser says stopping Houthi Pink Sea assaults is an ‘all fingers on deck’ drawback
A senior White Home official mentioned Tuesday that addressing the continuing menace by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on industrial vessels within the Pink Sea is an “all fingers on deck” drawback that the US and allies should tackle collectively to minimise impression on the worldwide financial system.
“How lengthy this goes on and the way dangerous it will get comes down not simply to the selections of the international locations within the coalition that took strikes final week,” White Home nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan mentioned throughout an look on the World Financial Discussion board in Davos, Switzerland.
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Maroosha Muzaffar17 January 2024 04:00
Two Navy SEALs misplaced at sea had been on mission focusing on Houthi weapons cargo, says Pentagon
Two US Navy SEALs had been misplaced at sea on a mission focusing on Iranian weapons deliveries to Houthis in Yemen, the Pentagon mentioned on Tuesday.
The night-time mission ended with the seizure of a small crusing boat that was transporting “superior deadly support” to the Yemeni insurgent group as a part of its “marketing campaign of assaults in opposition to worldwide service provider delivery,” the Pentagon mentioned in an announcement.
The SEALs had been reported lacking within the days following the mission, which passed off on 11 January off the coast of Somalia, however its goal had not been revealed. The 2 SEALs had been nonetheless misplaced at sea as of Tuesday morning.
US officers instructed the Related Press this weekend that the SEALs had been on an interdiction mission, and had been climbing up onto the vessel when one was knocked off by excessive waves. The second SEAL then jumped in after the primary, following protocol.
“We’re conducting an exhaustive seek for our lacking teammates,” mentioned Common Michael Erik Kurilla, USCENTCOM Commander.
Maroosha Muzaffar17 January 2024 03:30
Iran strikes ‘militant bases’ in Pakistan
Iran has reportedly launched airstrikes on Balochistan in Pakistan, focusing on the Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl.
Pakistan’s international ministry condemned the “unlawful” airstrike and claimed that two kids had been killed and three others injured.
Pakistan additionally summoned Tehran’s senior diplomat in Islamabad to protest in opposition to the “unprovoked violation of its airspace”.
Pakistan has change into the third nation after Iraq and Syria to be focused by Iranian assaults previously few days.
These assaults are seen as part of a sequence of reprisals in opposition to Tehran’s perceived enemies, particularly within the wake of a double suicide bombing within the metropolis of Kerman on 3 January, through which greater than 80 Iranians had been killed.
Isis claimed accountability for that assault. Nevertheless, the Guardian reported that it was unclear if Iran believed that Jaish al-Adl was concerned within the Kerman bombing.
The assault by Iran comes amid heightened tensions within the area amid Israel’s warfare with Hamas in Gaza.
Iran has said that it doesn’t wish to become involved within the wider battle however the teams in its “Axis of Resistance” – a community of autonomous militant Islamist teams – have been finishing up assaults on Israel and its allies.
Maroosha Muzaffar17 January 2024 03:05
Iran claims assault on Israeli ‘spy base’ in Iraq as Center East turmoil grows
Iraq has vowed to take Iran to the UN Safety Council over what Tehran has claimed was an assault on an Israeli “espionage headquarters” within the north of the nation – as fears over the unfold of battle throughout the area within the wake of Israel’s warfare on Hamas in Gaza proceed to develop.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) mentioned that it had launched ballistic missiles on the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Area the place it claimed it hit a fancy belonging to Mossad, the Israeli intelligence company. Nevertheless, Iraq’s authorities issued an announcement saying the Iranian assault was “a blatant violation” of its sovereignty and “strongly contradicts the rules of excellent neighbourliness and worldwide regulation, and threatens the safety of the area”. There was no remark from Israel.
The IRGC additionally mentioned it had struck in Syria, in opposition to Isis, as a part of a response to an assault within the Iranian metropolis of Kerman earlier this month that killed greater than 80 individuals. The bombing assault was claimed by an Isis department based mostly in Afghanistan, however Tehran – hostile to Israel for many years – claimed that Israel had one way or the other aided the assault, with out offering any proof.
Maroosha Muzaffar17 January 2024 02:58
Shell suspends delivery by means of Pink Sea, report says
Oil big Shell determined to droop all its shipments by means of the Pink Sea final week after ships passing by means of the realm had been repeatedly focused by Houthi assaults, based on a report.
The Wall Road Journal mentioned Shell declined to substantiate that it might now not be sending ships transporting fossil fuels previous the west Yemini coast the place missiles have been hitting the very important delivery route.
Sources instructed the paper that the choice was taken after the US and UK launched counter assaults on Houthi targets in response to the group’s actions.
Maira Butt17 January 2024 01:51
White Home official: Houthi rebels an ‘all fingers on deck’ drawback
“How lengthy this goes on and the way dangerous it will get comes down not simply to the selections of the international locations within the coalition that took strikes final week,” White Home nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan mentioned throughout an look on the World Financial Discussion board in Davos, Switzerland.
The Houthi group has launched dozens of assaults since November on vessels within the Pink Sea, an important hall for the world’s delivery site visitors, in what they are saying is an effort to help Palestinians within the warfare with Israel.
US and British forces have responded by finishing up dozens of air and sea strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen since Friday. The assaults by the Houthis have continued.
Maira Butt17 January 2024 00:51
US to relist Yemen’s Houthis as specifically designated world terrorists, AP sources say
The Biden administration is anticipated to quickly announce plans to redesignate Houthi rebels in Yemen as specifically designated world terrorists, based on two individuals aware of the White Home resolution and a U.S. official.
The transfer comes because the Houthis have launched dozens of assaults on industrial vessels within the Pink Sea. The group says it has attacked the ships in response to Israel’s navy operations in Gaza within the aftermath of Hamas assaults on Israel on 7 October.
The three individuals aware of the choice weren’t licensed to remark and requested anonymity to debate the matter forward of the anticipated formal announcement.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken delisted the Houthis as each a international terrorist organizations and as specifically designated world terrorists in February 2021 because the administration sought to make it simpler to get humanitarian support into Yemen.
Maira Butt17 January 2024 00:03