Houthis escalate Red Sea ship attacks: Iran-backed Houthi rebels have released footage of a major attack and sinking of a merchant vessel over the weekend, even as they killed three people in an ...

A Comoros-flagged livestock ship was attacked off Yemen’s Red Sea coast near Mocha by unidentified gunmen in a small boat. The vessel was en route from Somalia to Saudi Arabia when it came under ...

Three of the 25 individuals onboard during the attack were killed, and sources believe that the Houthis—now designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the United States—have ...

Houthi rebels in Yemen have launched a violent new wave of attacks on ships in the Red Sea, sinking two vessels and killing crew members. The assaults beginning over the weekend mark an escalation ...

Here's what to know about the Houthis, Yemen and their ongoing attacks. Rebels involved in years of fighting The Houthis are members of Islam’s minority Shiite Zaydi sect, which ruled Yemen for ...

The Houthis, however, have experience doing helicopter-borne assaults and likely could overwhelm a private security detail, which often is just a three-member team aboard a commercial vessel.

The Houthis also have seen their regional profile raise as they have attacked Israel, as many in the Arab world remain incensed by the suffering Palestinians in the Gaza Strip face. Houthis attack ...