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1 month ago | almendron.com | Farea al-Muslimi |Thomas Juneau

US strikes against the Houthis in Yemen on 15 March were the heaviest since joint US/UK air operations began in January 2024. They were also the first under the new administration of President Donald Trump. Sending a clear message to Tehran, the president said afterwards that ‘every shot fired by the Houthis will be looked upon…as being a shot fired from the weapons and leadership of Iran’. The attacks, and Trump’s explicit association of the Houthis with Iran, were not surprising.

2 months ago | newlinesmag.com | Farea al-Muslimi

Since the war in Gaza began in October 2023, potent images of Yemen’s Houthis firing rockets at Israel and targeting shipping in the Gulf of Aden have catapulted the movement onto a new, global stage. Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the spiritual, social and political leader of the eponymous group, has vowed to continue his attacks on ships heading toward Israel despite the ceasefire that came into effect on Jan. 19. His statement was a reminder that conflict in Yemen continues.

Sep 2, 2024 | sipri.org | Farea al-Muslimi |Frederic Gateretse-Ngoga |Lisa Boström |Veera Tuomala

In recent months, the Red Sea has drawn global attention, particularly due to Houthi attacks on shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, as well as the deal between Ethiopia and the self-declared Republic of Somaliland on access to the Gulf of Aden, which sparked a dispute with Somalia. The rising tensions and increasing military responses risk worsening conflicts in a highly volatile region.

Aug 8, 2024 | almendron.com | Farea al-Muslimi

At the end of May 2024 the armed Houthi group in Yemen (also known as Ansar Allah) conducted a new round of raids across the capital Sana’a, forcibly disappearing dozens of Yemenis including activists, researchers, INGO workers and diplomatic staff. Following the arrests, the Houthis publicly denounced targets inside and outside the country on television.

May 23, 2024 | newlinesmag.com | Farea al-Muslimi

In 2012, one of the first major decisions of the government that came to power in Yemen after the 2011 revolution, which was controlled by the Islah party, Yemen’s Muslim Brotherhood affiliate, was to build a giant memorial for the Turkish soldiers who invaded and occupied the country twice, in 1538 and 1849. The memorial stayed there in Sanaa until the Houthis decided to bomb it in early 2023. The memorial upset nationalist Yemenis because it was seen as honoring an invader.