Yemen

On Thursday the destroyer USS Nitze fired several Tomahawk cruise missiles to knock out radar sites in areas of Yemen controlled by Houthi rebels to send a message that attacks against U.S. ships would not be tolerated. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class J. Alexander Delgado/Released)

Beltway Confidential

Biden launches an unauthorized war in Yemen

Timothy P. Carney · January 12, 2024 10:16 am

Houthis seized the ship in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen after threatening to seize all vessels owned by Israeli companies.

Have the Houthis made this Somaliland’s moment?

Michael Rubin · January 11, 2024 10:55 pm

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Tiana Lowe Doescher · January 11, 2024 10:00 pm

US and UK plan limited retaliation against Iran-backed Houthi Red Sea attacks

Joel Gehrke · January 11, 2024 6:15 pm

Biden has a Houthi problem

Jay Caruso · January 4, 2024 7:07 pm

Houthis conduct attack on commercial vessel following international warning

Mike Brest · January 4, 2024 12:17 pm

This photo released by the Houthi Media Center shows a Houthi forces helicopter approaching the cargo ship Galaxy Leader on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. Yemen's Houthis have seized the ship in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen after threatening to seize all vessels owned by Israeli companies.

‘The situation’s gotten worse’: Esper warns US Houthi response ‘very insufficient’

Mike Brest · January 4, 2024 3:00 am

FILE - Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road near Agula, north of Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 8, 2021.

Three hot spots to watch where war may break out in 2024

Brady Knox · January 2, 2024 6:00 am

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Iran is providing Houthis key ‘tactical intelligence’ for Red Sea attacks, US says

Mike Brest · December 28, 2023 6:29 pm

This photo released by the Houthi Media Center shows a Houthi forces helicopter approaching the cargo ship Galaxy Leader on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. Yemen's Houthis have seized the ship in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen after threatening to seize all vessels owned by Israeli companies.

Yemen would be a war too far

Dan Hannan · December 25, 2023 1:05 am

A tribesman loyal to Yemen's Shiite Houthi rebels, right, chants slogans during a gathering aimed at mobilizing more fighters into battlefronts to fight pro-government forces in several Yemeni cities.

Beltway Confidential

New force movements suggest US and UK strikes against Houthis increasingly likely

Tom Rogan · December 19, 2023 10:19 pm

Beltway Confidential

US shouldn’t protect Chinese shipping in the Red Sea

Tom Rogan · December 19, 2023 8:42 pm