Operation Prosperity Guardian

Maritime Protection of Taiwan’s Energy Vulnerability

Houthis Attack U.S. Fighter Jet and Drone

In a close call indicating the tenuous stability of the Red Sea, the Houthis fired surface-to-air missiles at a U.S. F-16 and MQ-9 Reaper drone on February 19 but missed them both, according to reports...

Trump administration re-designates Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing his administration to re-designate the Houthis in Yemen as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. The move reverses a decision by the Biden administration...

Critical and opportune: Time to take out the Houthis

Addressing the threat may provide a critical opportunity to secure strategic alliances that could dramatically alter the future of the region.

UN Representative Blames Houthis for Ongoing Destabilization in Yemen

The United Nations (UN) Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg urged the Houthis in Yemen to cease their attacks on international shipping on October 15, warning that the terrorist...

Maersk Reports Houthi Attacks Cause 66 Percent Drop in Suez Canal Traffic

Danish shipping giant A.P Moller-Maersk (Maersk) announced on September 5 that traffic through the Suez Canal has decreased 66 percent since companies began diverting ships away...

Houthis escalate attacks against global maritime order

The recent attack on the Sounion is an example of how the Houthis have expanded their attacks.

Red Sea Environmental Crisis Brewing After Houthi Attack

A Greek-flagged oil tanker remains ablaze in the Red Sea days after coming under attack by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the European Union (EU) Red Sea naval mission said on August...

Top Shipping Company Warns of Global Impact of Houthi Attacks on Vessels in Red Sea

Latest Developments Danish shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) said on July 17 that the consequences of diverting ships away from the Red Sea to avoid attacks launched by Iranian-backed Houthi...

Did a boat full of smuggled arms for the Houthis ‘disappear’ off Yemen coast?

Houthi militias lost contact with a large transport boat that was on a smuggling mission via a regular sea route from the Horn of Africa countries.

Reported US-Iran Talks Explain Saudi Sitting Out Red Sea Operations

Wafic Safa, a top Hezbollah official, is on an unprecedented visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a country that classifies the Iran-backed Lebanese militia as a terrorist organization. The...

U.S., UK Sanction Iranian Deputy Commander and Houthi Member

The United States and the United Kingdom jointly sanctioned an Iranian military official and a member of the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist group on February 28. In a statement, the...

EU Announces Mission to Protect Red Sea Shipping Against Houthis

The European Union (EU) announced on January 31 that it is inaugurating a mission in the Red Sea to defend commercial vessels from attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels....

10 Things to Know About the Houthis

The Houthis are an Iran-backed, Shiite Islamist movement that seized control of Yemen’s capital in 2014 and instigated civil war. Driven by an explicitly antisemitic and anti-American ethos, the Houthis...

Houthis attack U.S. warship, strike British tanker

The Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen continue to launch strikes against U.S. warships and commercial vessels in the Red Sea, Bab Al Mandeb Strait, and the Gulf of Aden despite American and British efforts...

U.S., UK Forces Bomb Houthis’ Advanced Weapons

U.S. and UK forces on January 22 carried out airstrikes against targets in Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen. The strikes aimed to degrade the Iran-backed group’s ability to...

U.S. and United Kingdom forces jointly strike 8 Houthi targets in attempt to halt ship attacks

The United States and the United Kingdom, backed by four other countries, struck eight Houthi targets as part of an effort to “degrade Houthi capability” to attack ships in the Red Sea, Bab Al Mandeb...

US, allies’ strikes on Houthis show West means business in Red Sea

What this means is that the strikes against Yemen, of which there have been several over the past month, have now entered a new phase.

Will Houthis cross the line US has drawn in Red Sea

There will be many questions in coming days about whether these strikes were successful and whether the Houthis will be deterred.

Iran Seizes Oil Tanker Off Coast of Oman

The Iranian navy announced on January 11 that it seized the St. Nikolas oil tanker near the Omani port of Sohar. Iran claims its actions are in retaliation for the American seizure...