2 weeks ago - On 6 May, the US halted its attacks on the Houthis following a ceasefire agreement where the Houthis would no longer target American shipping. By then, the US conducted strikes on over 1,000 targets in Yemen. Airwars reported that the strikes killed 224 civilians, almost double the total civilian death toll of all previous US operations in Yemen since ...

The drones posed “presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels, U.S. Navy, and coalition ships in the region,” according to Central Command. The attack was reportedly the largest swarm of drones launched since October 2023.

August 31, 2026 - The ship was then sunk and its crew of 14 people detained. Two SEALs were killed in the mission. On 12 January, the US and UK conducted airstrikes against over a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen with the support of multiple other countries, just hours after the group's leader vowed that any American attack on its forces would "not go without a response". The strikes were the first time Houthi targets in Yemen were targeted since ...

2 weeks ago - By March 2024, over 2,000 ships ... voyages, since the first Houthi attack the previous November. Initial Houthi pledges to target any ship with links to Israel were followed by attacks on ships connected to over a dozen nations, as well, stated, in January 2024, as avenging "American-British aggression ...

June 17, 2026 - This is the first significant ... Garcia since 2020, and there was media speculation that it is connected to the US campaign in Yemen. That happened five months after the Biden administration also used B-2s to strike targets in Yemen in hopes of compelling the Houthis to cease their attacks on shipping...

March 18, 2025 - The protests came after Washington launched a fresh campaign of airstrikes on Yemen beginning Saturday, aiming to pressure the Houthis into ending their attacks on Red Sea shipping.

December 16, 2024 - Using various types of weapons, the Houthis have so far conducted over one hundred attacks against commercial ships and warships since November 2023, announcing new shipping restrictions at every stage of their campaign (see The Washington ...

1 week ago - Breaking from previous U.S. policy, President Joe Biden announced an end to U.S. support for Saudi-led offensive operations in Yemen in February 2021 and revoked its designation of the Houthis as a terrorist organization. In January 2024, the ...

November 13, 2024 - “The other operation targeted ... carrying out attacks on Israel-linked shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since November 2023, in what it says is a campaign of solidarity with Palestinians....

March 17, 2025 - The airstrikes, which the Houthi-run health ministry said killed at least 53 people, are the biggest U.S. military operation in the Middle East since President Donald Trump took office in January.

January 12, 2024 - 11: Houthis fired an anti-ship ballistic missile into international shipping lanes in the Gulf of Aden but the attack did not cause injuries nor damage, the U.S. military said. It was the 27th such Houthi attack since Nov. 19, the U.S. said. * Jan.

October 25, 2024 - 17, 2024: U.S. forces struck three ... the first observed Houthi employment of an underwater drone since the attacks began in October 2023....

April 1, 2025 - Yahya Sare’e posts on X that the Houthis shot down another American MQ-9 Reaper, this time with a surface-to-air missile. Sare’e claims it is the 13th Reaper the Houthis downed. Houthi spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Sare’e posts on X that the Houthi attacked M/V Santa Ursula in the Arabian Sea. Maersk lists the ship as part of its fleet.

November 12, 2024 - The Houthis are part of a network of armed groups in the Middle East backed by Iran that includes Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. They have repeatedly targeted commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since November 2023.

July 10, 2024 - U.S.-led airstrikes have targeted the Houthis since January, with a series of strikes on May 30 killing at least 16 people and wounding 42 others, the rebels say. The Houthis maintain that their attacks target ships linked to Israel, the United ...

March 17, 2025 - Before this weekend’s targeting of the US carrier group, the Houthis had not claimed attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since January 19, when a ceasefire began in the Gaza Strip.