Daily Brief 11 Jan 2024 The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted the US draft resolution condemning the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. Four countries, including Russia, China and Algeria, abstained. Earlier, the UNSC rejected three Russian proposals to amend the text o...
Members of the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday called on Yemen's Houthis to halt their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, saying they are illegal and threaten regional stability, freedom of navigation and global food supplies. Addressing the council's first f...
Sri Lanka's navy is preparing to join a US-led operation to protect merchant vessels sailing in the Red Sea against attacks by Houthis, a Sri Lankan navy spokesman said on Tuesday. The Houthi attacks have targeted commercial shipping vessels transiting through the Bab el-Mandeb Strai...
Two officers of the Yemeni government forces were killed on Saturday in a roadside blast in the southern province of Abyan, a military official told Xinhua. The local military official said that the explosion occurred when a military vehicle carrying the officers and soldiers was passing...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that more than 97,000 African migrants arrived in Yemen during the past year, 2023. The organization said in a recent report that the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) recorded the arrival of 97,210 African migrants to Yemen from J...
The Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) on Thursday warned the Houthi rebel group against continuing its attacks on ships in the Red Sea. In a brief press statement, the PLC, chaired by Rashad Al-Alimi, held the Houthis responsible for any potential consequences stemming from th...
Talks on prisoner swap between the Houthis and the Yemeni government have been indefinitely postponed, a Yemeni government official said on Wednesday. Majid Fadael, spokesperson and negotiator for the government's prisoners, said on X that the planned talks in Jordan this week have b...
The Ansar Allah (Houthi) group in Yemen threatened to turn the Red Sea into a “hell”. This threat came after the American marines killed 10 Houthi fighters on Sunday. On Monday, the Houthi-run Saba News Agency posted an editorial titled “America has opened the door to h...
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis said on Wednesday they had "targeted" a container ship bound for Israel. The Houthis' military spokesman Yahya Sarea said the group had "targeted" the CMA CGM Tage container ship (CMACG.UL) without elaborating. He made no mention of...
Maesrk said on Dec. 31 that it will pause all sailing through the Red Sea for 48 hours. Iranian-backed Houthis attacked a Maersk container vessel with missiles and small boats, prompting the company to pause all sailing through the Red Sea for 48 hours, Maersk said on Sunday. The crew of...
Iran's Alborz warship has entered the Red Sea, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday, at a time of rising tensions on the key shipping route amid the Gaza-Israel war and attacks on vessels by forces allied to Tehran. The agency did not provide details of the Alborz&...
The United Nations said that the shortage of humanitarian aid has exacerbated the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Yemen. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said - in a recent report - that Yemen remains one of the worst humanitarian cris...
Washington says 20 nations signed up for maritime force to protect key shipping strait, but has only named 12. Some states keep distance to avoid being targeted by Yemen's Houthi group. President Joe Biden hoped to present a firm international response to Yemen's Houthi attacks o...
A British maritime authority said that a vessel sailing off the coast of Yemen reported two explosions in the Red Sea on Tuesday shortly after two unmanned aircraft were sighted. The explosions occurred around 5 miles from the vessel in an area of the Red Sea 50 miles from...
Oil climbed more than 2% on Tuesday to its highest level in December, as further attacks on ships in the Red Sea prompted fears of shipping disruptions. Crude oil rose on Tuesday following the latest strike by Yemen's Houthis on a container ship in the Red Sea. Yesterday, crude oil b...
A spokesperson for Yemen's Houthi group said on Sunday that a missile from a U.S. battleship targeting Yemen's naval forces in the Red Sea exploded near a Gabon-owned ship. The Gabon-owned ship was travelling from Russia, Mohammed Abdul-Salam said. He added, "The Red Sea wil...
Maersk, the world's second-largest container line, is preparing to resume shipping through the Red Sea, thanks to a new multi-national maritime task force to protect vessels from attacks by Houthis from Yemen. "We are currently working on plans for the first vessels to make the ...
The American shipping company Flexport Inc. announced on Thursday that nearly 170 ships have been diverted from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea, and 35 ships have been halted, awaiting instructions from their operating companies. According to a statement by the San Francisco-base...
Yemen's Houthi movement chief warned Wednesday that they would strike back if attacked by U.S. forces. Houthi movement leader Abdel-Malek al-Houthis said in a televised speech today, "If the Americans intend to escalate further, get more involved and commit foolishness by target...
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis said Tuesday they would not halt attacks on Red Sea shipping despite the announcement by the United States of a new maritime protection force. Houthi spokesperson Mohammad Abdulsalam said in a statement on X that their attacks aim to support Palestinians a...
