3 weeks ago - The Houthis began launching missiles and armed drones at Israel in response to the Gaza war, and have seized or attacked dozens of merchant and naval vessels travelling through the Red Sea which they claimed are linked to Israel. These actions provoked a military response from Israel, as well as the United States and the United Kingdom. The crisis is linked to the Middle Eastern crisis, the Iran...

March 18, 2026 - A banner depicting the late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is displayed on a street in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA ... Houthis have paused Red Sea attacks three weeks into the US-Israel war on Iran, surprising analysts given past behaviour ...

April 3, 2026 - Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps ... 25.[5] IRGC personnel reportedly arrived in Yemen days before the first Houthi attack on March 28, and the Houthis explicitly acknowledged that they coordinated the April 1 attack with Iran ...

April 3, 2025 - This Visual Explainer traces how the Houthis’ campaign evolved from strikes on Israel to a maritime offensive disrupting global shipping in the Red Sea.

The United States denied a Houthi claim that they had attacked the M/V Ocean Jazz, a U.S.-flagged bulk carrier. January 23: U.S. forces struck two anti-ship missiles in Yemen as they were prepared for launch at targets in the Red Sea. January 24: Iran reportedly informed Washington via back-channels that it is not seeking a war.

March 25, 2025 - The start of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023 brought a new kind of conflict to prominence, with Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

This article uses the cultural topography method to analyze the culture of the movement and provide alternative motivations for the attacks, such as consolidating domestic support and crafting a strong national appearance. The article concludes that Ansar Allah’s attacks on the Red Sea are more motivated by the belief they will yield pragmatic and material benefits for the movement rather than ideological or cultural overlap with Palestine or Iran.

March 26, 2026 - “Any development in the battle ... Reuters that the group, whose attacks on the Red Sea caused international shipping and trade chaos during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, stood ready to strike the key waterway again in solidarity ...

3 weeks ago - Maersk Line resumed shipping through the Red Sea in January 2026, with successive successful trans-Suez crossings by Maersk Sebarok and Maersk Denver. Warning shots were fired on 17 February as a vessel transiting southwest of Aden was approached by a skiff according to the UKMTO, which advised vessels in the area to exercise caution. After the Houthis resumed their attacks on Israel amidst the 2026 Iran ...

March 5, 2026 - The Houthis halted their attacks on international shipping and on Israel after the Gaza peace plan went into effect on 10 October 2025. Some major shipping corporations, such as Maersk, have since resumed their Red Sea routes, while others have held off due to the volatile situation. On 28 February 2026, in response to the 2026 Iran war...

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July 8, 2025 - Since the U.S.-Houthi truce, the group had continued to target Israel with long-range ballistic missiles, including during the recent Israel-Iran war, but had not, until now, resumed any attacks on Red Sea shipping.

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September 6, 2024 - ... In October 2023, the Houthis threatened to intervene on behalf of the Palestinians against Israel, and in November the Houthis announced that they would attack Israeli ships in the Red Sea and downed a U.S.

March 28, 2026 - But the Houthis appear to have weathered that. The question now is how far the movement is prepared to go. When it carried out attacks in support of Hamas and the Palestinians, it received some domestic and regional approbation. Doing so for Iran may be a different matter. There is also the issue of Yemen itself, which has been relatively calm for some time after years of turbulence and war.

By default, the map displays events recorded by the YCM since 19 October 2023, the date of the first Houthi attack on Israel. The interactive map is updated on a weekly basis, with new events being uploaded on Tuesdays.

The Houthis “have been waging what amounts to an information campaign,” Alexandra Stark, a researcher at the RAND Corporation, told The Iran Primer. “While the attacks of course have material consequences, from the Houthis’ perspective, what likely matters most is getting their message across, efforts that have largely been successful.” · Professor Thomas Juneau at the University Ottawa noted that the Houthis, despite their dominant military position in Yemen, were “vulnerable politically” at home, in part because of their economic mismanagement before October 2023.

March 28, 2026 - Such a move would further disrupt markets and energy prices that have been shaken by the closure of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of the world’s oil normally travels. The rebels also have the capability of striking oil facilities in the Persian Gulf, as they did previously during the Yemen civil war. The Houthis said they won’t allow the US and Israel to use the Red Sea for attacks on Iran.

3 weeks ago - Yemen's civil war continues. From 2023 the Houthis began attacking ships and Israel. What is the situation and what has been the UK and international response? UK and international response to Houthis in the Red Sea 2024/25 (685KB PDF)