After Yemen’s Houthis declared a maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia on July 20, the Iran-backed terror group has attacked Saudi Arabia directly and claimed attacks on eight Saudi-linked...
The Yemeni militant group is poised to disrupt another key chokepoint in the global energy supply.
The Gulf of Aden and other waters around the Horn of Africa are seeing an increase in maritime attacks. Since late April, Somali pirates have been attacking and seizing vessels at a rate not...
The western section of the Indian Ocean, with its key trade routes and its maritime chokepoints, has faced no shortage of crises between disruptions caused by the Houthis in Yemen and their backers in...
After mostly sitting out the campaign that was launched by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28, Houthi leader Abdulmalik al Houthi reiterated the Yemeni terrorist group’s...
REVIEW: ‘Kicking the Hornet’s Nest: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East from Truman to Trump’ by Daniel E. Zoughbie
Tehran and its regional proxies are escalating threats against the United States and Israel as Washington moves additional naval forces into the Middle East. The US military buildup follows US President...
In the last few months, Riyadh has turned away from US-aligned partners in the Middle East.
Aligning EU measures with trans-Atlantic partners would strengthen sanctions enforcement
Regions in Africa are collapsing. Across most of the continent’s 54 countries, governments are tyrannical, Islamist, or both. Many have ceased to function as states, splintering into warring ethnic and...
Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces captured the city of Seiyun and other important civilian and military sites in Hadramawt Valley on December 3 after limited clashes with Yemeni Army...
Abdulmalik al Houthi, the leader of the Iran-backed terror group that rules northern Yemen, indicated cautious acceptance of the ceasefire that Israel and Hamas agreed to on October...
In the U.S. government’s back-and-forth over designating the Houthis as a terrorist organization, the group’s head, Abdulmalik al-Houthi, fell through the cracks. Abdulmalik has led the group through...
Secular forces in Sudan are calling for Sudan’s Islamist movement to be classified as a terrorist group. This is happening as Congress considers legislation to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist...
Israel is reportedly seeking to build a coalition of U.S. and partner forces to launch renewed strikes against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen after the terrorist organization’s attacks intensified in recent weeks.
The Houthis “say they will not be blowing up ships anymore,” U.S. President Donald Trump declared when he announced the U.S.-Houthi ceasefire on May 6. Yet the agreement has lasted only two months. On...
On May 6, US President Donald Trump announced an end to Operation Rough Rider, the US offensive against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, saying the Houthis and the US had reached an agreement....
The Israeli military confirmed that it carried out airstrikes on May 5 against Houthi targets in Yemen, a day after a ballistic missile launched by the Iran-backed group struck the grounds of...
The Trump administration has targeted Houthi military and political leaders since it initiated its campaign against the Iranian-backed militia in Yemen in mid-March. This effort is a departure from the...