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UK ‘reserves right to respond’ after oil tanker set alight off Yemen

US military confirms Houthi attack on Marlin Luanda in Gulf of Aden

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2024

Yemen's Huthis Claim Attack On British Oil Tanker

Yemen's Huthis claimed Friday a missile strike on a British oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden that set the vessel on fire, the latest attack on international shipping by the Iran-backed rebels.

International Business Times · Jan 26, 2024

Houthis say US-UK airstrikes will not go unpunished or unanswered

Houthi leaders reiterate commitment to targeting Israel-linked ships in Red Sea after attacks they say targeted Yemeni capital

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2024

Houthi rebels claim missile strike on US-owned ship off Yemen

Yemen's Houthi rebels hit a US-owned cargo vessel with a missile on Monday, the US military said, heightening fears for the volatile region after repeated attacks on shipping triggered American and British strikes.

France 24 · Jan 15, 2024

Socotra archipelago: why the Emiratis have set their sights on the Arab world's Garden of Eden

Days into COP28 in Dubai, one little-known archipelago has come into sharp relief: Socotra. Composed of four small Yemeni islands, Socotra has been in the sights of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ever since the civil war in Yemen erupted in September 2014. The UAE has been part of the…

The Conversation · Dec 5, 2023

Militants in latest ship attack near Yemen were likely Somali, not Houthi rebels, Pentagon says

The Pentagon says a group of five militants who seized another commercial ship near Yemen were likely Somali and not Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and were captured by U.S. forces after fleeing the MV Central Park in the Gulf of Aden

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023

US Navy thwarts seizure of Israel-linked cargo ship

The destroyer USS Mason responded to a distress call from an Israel-linked commercial tanker in the Gulf of Aden.

Al Jazeera · Nov 27, 2023

Attackers seize an Israel-linked tanker off Yemen in a third such assault during Israel-Hamas war

Attackers have seized a tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Aden, Yemen

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2023

There's a glimmer of hope on Yemen's war front. Yet children are still dying of hunger

In a hospital in the frontline city of Taiz, a woman tries to revive her malnourished baby with protein paste. The war-torn country is suffering through one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

WEKU · Sep 14, 2023

UN body condemns U.S., others for treatment of Guantanamo inmate

The United States and several other countries have committed human rights violations against a Saudi man held in the Guantanamo prison and accused of organising the bombing of the USS Cole in the port of Aden in 2000, a U.N. report said.

Reuters · Jun 5, 2023