All news on the topic: Houthis

Andy Burnham has agreed to give military support to Saudi Arabia in its struggle against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Donald Trump declared today that Russia has ’lost control’ of its diesel industry after a Ukrainian blitz, with his own war on Iran driving US diesel to its highest price ever.

Donald Trump has suggested he could "blow up the entire nation" of Iran reports the chaos in the Middle East may descend back to its worst.

On Wednesday, Iran-backed Houthi rebels released video footage which they claimed showed the wreckage of a Saudi F-15 fighter jet shot down over Yemen, as their rapid advance exerts additional pressure on global energy supplies.

Royal Air Force (RAF) refueling planes supported US strikes on Yemen that the Pentagon assessed “more likely than not” resulted in 281 civilian casualties, it has emerged.

The Houthis have been accused of launching a drone towards the holy city of Mecca, while the militant group claims to have shot down a Saudi fighter jet amid escalating conflict across the region.

Satellite imagery showed smoke in the area of a crucial oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia, raising fears of another heavy attack by the Houthis on energy infrastructure.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) called President Trump twice Thursday, urging him to launch strikes against the Houthis as the Iran-backed group closed in on a vital Red Sea chokepoint

The Houthis have seized the strategically important port of Mocha on Yemen’s western coast and are close to controlling the country’s entire Red Sea shoreline, Middle Eastern media report.

Attacks by the Iran-aligned Houthis on a military camp in Yemen and in Saudi Arabia have sparked concerns that the Middle East crisis will continue to spiral.

Yemeni sources say Saudis concentrating forces for what could be attack in central Yemen

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned the sister and “significant other” of Iranian tycoon Babak Zanjani, targeting a network of crypto exchanges and global companies accused of laundering funds for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Iran flew Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders, military advisers and missile- and drone-related equipment into Yemen this month, according to four sources, in a move that suggests Tehran is seeking to strengthen the ability of its Houthi allies to threaten Red Sea shipping.

UK borrowing costs soared yesterday amid a global bond market rout sparked by a surge in the oil price back above $100.

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis will impose a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia, they said on Monday, further throttling a global energy market already greatly restricted by Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Donald Trump’s America First policy, his dismantling of USAID, and his war against Iran have led to the revival of the long-forgotten phenomenon of Somali piracy.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has set up secretive new cells in Iraq to carry out attacks on Gulf countries that host American forces, bypassing established militia networks to avoid detection, eight Iraqi sources told Reuters.

In January 2026, things looked exceedingly grim for the Iranian Government. After a decade of US sanctions, its economy was in a perpetual state of collapse. It had high inflation, high unemployment, and no way to get back on top of the problem.

The Houthis have threatened to obstruct a second major oil shipping route, as a new map reveals the vulnerability of the 18-mile-wide Bab al-Mandeb Strait to a blockade.

A drone launched from Yemen by Houthi rebels hit the arrivals hall at Ramon Airport in southern Israel on Sunday, the Israeli military and the Israel Airports Authority said.

An Israeli airstrike has killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, as stated by the Houthis.

Israel’s warplanes have once again targeted Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in retaliation to the Houthis’ military support for Palestinians in Gaza.

Aid group workers also taken as UN says it is trying to secure access to its personnel and clarify the situation around the detentions