The Houthis join Iran’s attacks on Israel
The Houthis are the only Iranian proxy to openly attack Israel in solidarity with Iran during the latter two countries’ most recent conflict. The Yemeni terrorist group has fired ballistic missiles at...
Marib
Key targets hit by ongoing US airstrikes against the Houthis
US Central Command (CENTCOM) has conducted consistent airstrikes against the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, since March 15. The operation is in response to the Yemeni...
Op-eds
US continues operations against the Houthis
US Central Command (CENTCOM) has continued its large-scale operation against the Houthis in Yemen, initially launched on March 15. ...
Op-eds
‘Your Time is Up’: U.S. Conducts Broad Airstrikes on Houthis, Sends Message to Iran
Latest Developments U.S. Strikes Will Continue Until Houthi Attacks Stop: The United States carried out large-scale strikes on targets controlled by the Houthi rebels in Yemen on March 15, announcing...
Flash Briefs
Houthis ramp up domestic attacks in Marib
The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, have gained global attention this month after renewed threats against Israel and the US State Department’s re-designation of the group...
Op-eds
The Houthis have challenged the Rules-Based International System and must be defeated
In my first analysis and opinion piece on the so-called Axis of Resistance, I set the scene by describing Iran’s 45-year trajectory from the Khomeini revolution to its current challenge to...
Op-eds
Tehran’s terror proxy in Yemen targets Israel and international shipping
Footage of Houthi forces hijacking the ship Galaxy Leader in the Red Sea yesterday. pic.twitter.com/PSFLpV4FLA— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) November 20, 2023 ...
Op-eds
US House’s one-sided approach to Yemen will only encourage violence, empower Iran
The House of Representatives narrowly approved two amendments on September 23 that if included in the final version of the annual defense authorization bill, would prohibit US logistical support, including...
Op-eds
Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early June
Policy Tracker
In Response to Houthi Arms Transfers, Canada Must Designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as Terror Group
They lay in neat, organized rows, a colorful medley of matériel on the deck of the USS Monterey. Some 3,000 Chinese Type 56 assault rifles. Hundreds of heavy machine guns and sniper rifles. Several hundred...
Insights
Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late May
Policy Tracker
The Taliban and Al-Qaeda Are Closing In on Afghanistan’s Provincial Capitals
Plus, the Biden administration designates Iranian-backed Houthi leaders as terrorists.
Op-eds
U.S. targets AQAP 8 times in past 3 months
Op-eds
Treasury sanctions al Qaeda, Islamic State ‘financiers and facilitators’
The US Treasury Department announced terror designations for six jihadists yesterday. Five of them a...
Op-eds
US Drone Strikes Kill Jordanian, Yemeni AQAP Operatives
The US targeted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in the first reported drone strikes in Yemen in seven weeks. In the first stirke, a Yemeni and a Jordanian AQAP operative are s...
Op-eds
US Drone Strike Near Yemeni Capital Kills AQAP Commander, 2 Fighters
In a strike near the Yemeni capital of Sana'a last night, US drones killed an al Qaeda commander involved in the attack on the US Embassy in Sana'a in 2008, along with two fighters. The...
Op-eds
AQAP’s Top Sharia Official Killed in Recent Drone Strike
The US killed al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's senior sharia, or Islamic law, official in a drone strike in early October, according to a Yemeni journalist who is closely connected to the...
Op-eds
US Drones Kill 4 AQAP Fighters in Yemen
US drones killed four al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a strike in southern Yemen, in the second such attack in the country in four days. The unmanned Predators or Reapers f...
Op-eds
AQAP Leader, 8 Fighters Killed in US Drone Strike in Yemen
US drones conducted their first strike against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in southern Yemen in two weeks, killing nine members, including one described by the Yemeni military as a "dangero...
Op-eds
US Drone Strike Kills 4 al Qaeda ‘Militants’ in Southern Yemen
US drones conducted their first strike against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in southern Yemen in nearly a month, killing four "militants." The unmanned Predators or Reapers fired se...