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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 569

Yemen civil war

A Yemeni walks over the debris of a destroyed building following US airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, March 24, 2025. (AP)
March 27, 2025, 3:01 pm
New US campaign against Yemen’s Houthis far more intense than under Biden
Review of targets, policy, frequency and intensity shows renewed battle against Iran-backed rebels is completely different under new administration, but critics say problems remain
By Jon Gambrell
This image grab from an AFPTV footage shows smoke plumes rising above buildings following bombardment on Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on March 19, 2025. (AFP)
March 19, 2025, 10:04 pm
Trump vows to ‘annihilate’ Houthis, warns Iran against support, as US strikes Yemen
Tehran must ‘immediately’ stop sending Yemeni rebels weapons supplies, US president says, shortly after American airstrikes hit Houthi targets in Sanaa
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Brigadier Yahya Saree Qasim, the spokesman for Yemen's Houthis, speaks during a rally denouncing Israel and in solidarity with Palestinians in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on January 17, 2025. (Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
February 11, 2025, 12:15 am
UN suspends aid operations in Houthi stronghold after 8 staffers detained
UN pauses humanitarian work in northern Saada province, citing unstable security situation; 19 million projected to need assistance in Yemen this year
By Samy Magdy
A Houthi soldier escorts released prisoners loyal to the Yemeni government after their release, in Sanaa, Yemen, January 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
January 25, 2025, 8:50 pm
Yemen’s Houthis unilaterally release 153 war detainees, Red Cross says
Iran-backed rebels say they released ‘humanitarian’ prisoners, aiming ‘to build trust and establish a new phase’ in peace talks to end decade-long civil war
By Jon Gambrell
Supporters of Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis march in the capital Sana'a on March 15, 2024, in support of Palestinians, during the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. (Mohammed Huwais/ AFP)
January 3, 2025, 10:47 am
Who’s afraid of the Houthis? Iran’s last proxy standing is proving no pushover for Israel
Repeated nighttime missile launches have brought the danger from Yemen to the fore. How did a group of mountain rebels in a faraway country rise to become a global threat?
By Gianluca Pacchiani
A member of the Kurdish Internal Security Force known as Asayesh stands guard during a protest against the Turkish military offensive in northeastern Syria, in the town of Qamishli on October 23, 2019. (Delil Souleiman/AFP)
December 31, 2024, 10:53 pm
As Iran’s network of proxies withers, Israel has an opening to revive its own
Tehran dominated much of the region through loyal armed groups; burned by Lebanon trauma, Israel moved away from that approach, but now leaders talk of alliances with minorities
By Lazar Berman
Yemeni-Swedish activist and journalist Luai Ahmed in Tel Aviv, December 25, 2024. (Gianluca Pacchiani/Times of Israel)
December 27, 2024, 9:57 am
‘Houthis are simply insane’: In Tel Aviv, Yemeni activist explains current conflict
Luai Ahmed fled Yemen for Sweden after rebels rose to power, becoming an activist against Islamic fundamentalism; after Oct. 7, he joined the social media fray against antisemitism
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Yemeni rebels demonstrate in the suburbs of the Houthi-controlled capital Sana'a, on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
December 25, 2024, 8:47 pm
Houthi drone crashes in south as terror group said to brace for major Israeli attack
Aircraft falls in open area near Ashkelon; Saudi news site says Houthis moving assets, troops to ‘combat readiness’ as Israeli leaders threaten increased strikes on Yemen
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Houthi supporters raise a poster of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a rally marking one year since the Gaza war was sparked when Hamas attacked Israel, October 7, 2024. (AP/Osamah Abdulrahman)
December 25, 2024, 11:02 am
Israel shifts focus to Houthis, but it needs partners to defeat distant foe
After hundreds of missiles fired at Israel, PM says Yemeni rebels will meet same fate as Hamas and Hezbollah; so far, Saudi and US campaigns haven’t deterred Iran-backed force
By Lazar Berman
Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman meets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, not pictured, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 20, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)
August 19, 2024, 11:19 am
Former Saudi official alleges MBS forged king’s signature on Yemen war decree
Exiled intelligence official claims Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman took advantage of father’s deteriorating mental capacity to authorize ground intervention against Houthis
By Jon Gambrell
File: Graduate students take part in a parade in support of the Houthi rebel group in Sanaa, Yemen, June 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
June 10, 2024, 10:31 pm
Yemen’s Houthis claim to nab US-Israeli spy network using aid agencies as cover
Iran-backed rebels say CIA-linked ring carried out espionage activities for years, a week after they announced arrest of 11 UN staff as part of crackdown on non-government bodies
By Agencies
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)
May 26, 2024, 5:11 pm
US set to lift ban on offensive weapons sales to Saudi Arabia – report
Move widely seen as part of a larger set of agreements on nuclear energy, security and defense cooperation, tied to long-sought Israel-Saudi normalization deal
By Reuters and ToI Staff
This satellite photo captured by Planet Labs PBC shows the construction of an airstrip on Abd al-Kuri Island, Yemen, March 26, 2024. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
March 28, 2024, 11:12 am
Airstrip being built on Yemeni island near shipping route; ‘I LOVE UAE’ spelled in dirt
No country publicly claims construction on Abd al-Kuri Island, near strategic Gulf of Aden — maritime battleground of Houthis attacking Red Sea shipping
By AP and ToI Staff
This photo provided by Rewards for Justice, US Department of State, shows Khalid al-Batarf (Rewards For Justice, US Department of State, via AP)
March 11, 2024, 9:15 am
Yemen’s al-Qaeda branch says leader dead, in unclear circumstances
Khalid al-Batarfi had a $5 million bounty on his head from the US, led most dangerous arm of terror group since 2020
By AP
File: Yemeni Jewish Rabbi Yahia Yussef Mussa (C), sporting a chequered Keffiya, poses for a picture with unidentified young relatives outside his apartment in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on January 18, 2010. (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP)
March 8, 2024, 9:54 am
How an Arab country helped Israel rescue Yemen’s last Jews, and settle them in Cairo
In 2021, nearly 100 Yemenite Jews were evacuated from a secure compound in Sana’a amid civil war. But one of them, Salem Levi Marhabi, was forced to stay; he is still held in a Houthi prison
By Shalom Yerushalmi
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