The U.S. military said its forces destroyed eight aerial drones late Wednesday in areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthi militant group. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement the drones “presented an imminent threat to U.S., coalition, and merchant vessels in the region.” CENTCOM also reported destroying three other Houthi drones early Wednesday, […]
The White House is sidestepping questions concerning efforts by Democrat lawmakers to strengthen congressional oversight over U.S. arms transfers to Israel. “Broadly speaking, we obviously take the oversight responsibilities of Congress very, very seriously,” the National Security Council’s John Kirby said in response to VOA’s question during a White House news briefing Thursday. “We do […]
The military spokesman for Yemen’s Houthis said the U.S.-U.K. airstrikes would “not go unanswered or unpunished.” Yemen’s Houthis vowed Friday to respond to airstrikes carried out hours earlier by U.S. and U.K. forces, calling the Western nations’ bombing campaign an “unjustified and illegitimate” attack. “All American and British interests have become legitimate targets for the Yemeni Armed […]
The U.S. State Department is calling on Houthi rebels in Yemen to vacate a U.S. compound they breached in the capital, Sanaa, this week and release detained Yemeni nationals hired by the United States to guard the facility. The compound had housed the U.S. Embassy until 2015, when the U.S. suspended operations there because of […]