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Yemen's Houthi rebels launch drones and missiles at US warships near the Red Sea but do no damage
WASHINGTON (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted two U.S. Navy warships with multiple drones and missiles as they were traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, but the attacks were not successful, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon press...
Soldier with Yemen's exiled government opens fire, killing 2 Saudi troops and wounding another
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A soldier for Yemen’s exiled government opened fire on Saudi troops as they exercised in eastern Yemen, killing two of them and wounding another in a rare insider attack during the kingdom's nearly decadelong war there, officials said Saturday. ...
Yemen's Houthi rebels shoot down what they say was a US drone as American military investigates
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels shot down what they described as an American drone early Friday, potentially the latest downing of a U.S. spy drone as the militants continue their attacks on the Red Sea corridor. The U.S. military acknowledged the videos...
In Cyprus, officials from Algeria to Iraq train to keep WMD from crossing their borders
LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — From as far as Algeria, Iraq and Georgia, an assortment of senior government officials converge on this small facility for training by top U.S. experts to prevent the kinds of materials used to build weapons of mass destruction from crossing their borders. In...
Iran’s help has transformed Yemen's Houthi rebels into a potent military force, UN experts say
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have been transformed from a local armed group with limited capabilities to a powerful military organization with support from Iran, Iraqi armed groups, Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants and others, U.N. experts said in a new report. The...
Israel fights a seemingly endless war in Gaza's most devastated region
JERUSALEM (AP) — More than a year into a war that has ricocheted across the Middle East, Israeli troops are still battling Hamas in the most heavily destroyed and isolated part of the Gaza Strip. In northern Gaza, Hamas militants carry out hit-and-run attacks from bombed-out...
Yemen's Houthi rebels target ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off Red Sea
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted a ship traveling through the narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the Red Sea on Monday, though it escaped undamaged, authorities said. The attack ended an 18-day lull in reported assaults attributed to the Houthis, who...
US long-range B-2 stealth bombers target underground bunkers of Yemen's Houthi rebels
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military unleashed B-2 stealth bombers to target underground bunkers used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels early Thursday, a major escalation in the American response to the rebels' attacks on Mideast shipping lanes that appeared to be a warning to Iran as...
UN says Yemen risks being dragged into Mideast conflict that could spiral out of control
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Yemen risks being dragged further into the military escalation in the Middle East that keeps intensifying and could spiral out of control, the U.N. special envoy for the Arab world’s poorest nation said Tuesday. Hans Grundberg told the U.N. Security Council...
The drownings of 2 Navy SEALs were preventable, military investigation finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. Navy SEALs drowned as they tried to climb aboard a ship carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen because of glaring training failures and a lack of understanding about what to do after falling into deep, turbulent waters, according to a military investigation into...
