U.S. looks to resume sale of precision weapons to Saudi Arabia

The Trump administration is positioning itself to renew sales of precision guided weapon systems to Saudi Arabia, a move originally shelved by the Obama administration. The State Department has left a proposal for the arms sale with the White House for approval. The measure is seen as another form of the Trump administration taking a […]

Two dead after Houthi militant suicide attack against Saudi Arabian ship near Yemen

Saudi Arabia confirmed a Houthi militant attack that killed two Saudi sailors on Monday. “A Saudi frigate on patrol west of the port city of Hodeida was hit by a terrorist attack from three suicide boats belonging to the Houthi militias,” Saudi state media said, according to Reuters. However, the Saudis and Iranian media disagree […]

How Iranian weapons are ending up in Yemen

Weapon shipments intercepted in the Arabian sea by Australian, French and U.S. warships this year contained large quantities of Russian and Iranian weapons, some of which had markings similar to munitions recovered from Houthi fighters in Yemen, according to a new report released by an independent research group Wednesday. In October, U.S. officials claimed to have captured […]

Donald Trump’s forthcoming foreign policy challenges

You may love him. You may hate him. Either way, Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States. The tasks ahead of him are enormous. Most of the early focus has been on what he will do in regard to domestic policy. Abroad, however, he will find the challenges no less daunting. President […]

Air strike kills 17 in Yemen as exiled president rejects peace plan

At least 17 civilians were killed in Yemen’s southwestern province of Taiz on Saturday by a Saudi-led coalition air strike that struck a house, local officials and residents said. The raid targeted a house in the al-Salw district, the sources said, an area of Taiz where Houthi rebels and government forces backed by the coalition […]

Missiles fired at the USS Mason from Houthi rebel-held land in Yemen

The USS Mason was targeted by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels from Yemen just north of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Houthi rebels fired two missiles, which failed to make contact with the ship. The US Navy stated that no sailors were injured in the attack. Reportedly, the Houthi-controlled SABA news agency of Yemen quoted an anonymous army official denying […]

Photos: The aftermath of the Houthi rebels’ attack on the UAE Ship ‘HSV-2 Swift’

Check out the aftermath of the Houthi rebel missile attack on the the UAE auxiliary ship ‘HSV-2 Swift’.   Below is video of the alleged attack. According to Fox News, Houthi rebels fired multiple rockets at the ship. After the incident, the U.S. sent three Navy vessels to assist the UAE. The U.S. Navy dispatched three warships near the […]

Yemen: Houthis claim attack on UAE military vessel

Yemeni fighters say they have hit a vessel operated by the United Arab Emirates military, which is part of an Arab coalition fighting in support of Yemen’s government. The UAE military said on Saturday a boat under its command was involved in an “incident” in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. It said there were no casualties. […]

UN envoy: Yemen truce first step in return to peace

The UN special envoy has called the ceasefire in Yemen “a first step in Yemen’s return to peace”, as the truce in place since Sunday midnight seems to be mostly holding. Forces loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, the Shia Houthi rebels who drove his government out of the capital, and the Arab-led coalition that […]

Weapons seized by Australia may have come from Iran, intended for Houthis

An Australian naval ship has seized a large arms cache that may have come from Iran and headed to Yemen by way of Somalia. The Australian Navy said that one of its ships patrolling the region, the HMAS Darwin, intercepted a small, stateless fishing vessel about 170 nautical miles off the coast of Oman when […]

Saudi Arabia may have used U.S.-made cluster bombs in Yemen

Human Rights Watch released a report Sunday providing new indications that Saudi Arabia has fired American-made cluster munitions, banned by international treaty, in civilian areas of Yemen, and said their use may also violate United States law. The report included photographs from Yemen purporting to show unexploded but potentially lethal remnants of American cluster weapons, suggesting that they had failed legally required […]