PENTAGON — The U.S. military said Thursday it struck three radar sites in Yemen in response to missile launches from territory controlled by Houthi rebels that targeted a U.S. Navy destroyer. A Pentagon statement said the destroyer USS Nitze launched Tomahawk cruise missiles at radar sites along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, north of the Bab-el-Mandeb strait. […]
Al-Qaida said Tuesday that Nasir al-Wuhayshi, its deputy chief and the leader of its potent Yemen branch, was killed in a U.S. drone strike last week. In a video statement, the group said Friday’s strike in the southeastern port city of Mukalla killed Wuhayshi and two others. The video also named Qassim al-Rimi as the new […]
Airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition in the Yemeni capital Sunday killed at least 44 people, including civilians, one week before the scheduled start of peace talks between rival political factions. The bombings targeted the headquarters of Yemen’s armed forces in Houthi rebel-held Sana’a. Saudi Arabia launched an air campaign against the Houthi militia in late […]
Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition continued airstrikes against Houthi rebel targets in Yemen Monday, a day before a humanitarian cease-fire is due to go into effect. The jets bombed the Saada region near the Saudi border, as well as Taiz in southwestern Yemen and the oil-producing Marib province in the east. Saudi and U.S. officials […]