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September 23, 2024 | Edmund Fitton-Brown |

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...

November 22, 2023 | Bradley Bowman, Ryan Brobst

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 ...

October 26, 2021 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Ryan Brobst

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...

June 10, 2021 | Tzvi Kahn |

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...

May 21, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Taliban and Al-Qaeda Are Closing In on Afghanistan’s Provincial Capitals

Plus, the Biden administration designates Iranian-backed Houthi leaders as terrorists.

May 23, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Treasury sanctions al Qaeda, Islamic State ‘financiers and facilitators’

The US Treasury Department announced terror designations for six jihadists yesterday. Five of them a...

December 26, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

November 8, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

October 22, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

October 22, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

October 18, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

October 4, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

September 5, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

6 ‘Islamist Militants’ Killed in US Drone Strike in Yemen

US drones struck yet again in Yemen's eastern province of Hadramout today, killing six "Islamist militants" in a strike on a compound. Today's strike is the fourth in Yemen in eight day...

September 4, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drone Strike Kills AQAP Operative Involved in Limburg Tanker Attack

A wanted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operative who was involved in the 2002 bombing of a French oil tanker was killed in a drone strike on Friday. And today, the US launched another strike...

August 29, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drone Strike Kills Saudi ‘Militant’ in Yemen

The US killed two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a drone strike in Yemen yesterday. The strike, which reportedly killed a Saudi jihadist, is the first in Yemen more than three week...

August 6, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drone Strike Kills 5 AQAP Fighters in Eastern Yemen

The US killed five al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a drone airstrike in eastern Yemen. The strike is the first in Yemen in more than a month. The unmanned Predators or Reap...

July 3, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

4 AQAP Fighters Killed in Drone Strike in Southern Yemen

The US killed four people, including two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters, in a drone airstrike in southern Yemen. The unmanned Predators or Reapers fired missiles at a vehicle...

June 26, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drones Kill AQAP Commander, 2 Fighters in Southern Yemen

US drones killed an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander and two fighters in an airstrike near the southern port city of Aden today. The remotely piloted Predators or the more hea...

June 13, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drone Strike Kills 9 AQAP Fighters in Yemen

The US launched an airstrike against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters who have fled the two major strongholds in southern Yemen. The unmanned Predators or Reapers fired missile...

May 16, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Drone Strikes Kill 7 AQAP Fighters, 8 Civilians in Yemen

The US launched two drone strikes today in a city in southern Yemen that is currently under the control of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Seven AQAP fighters and eight civilians are reported...