Huthi rebels
24 Mar
A Chinese-owned oil tanker was attacked off Yemen Saturday by ballistic missiles fired by Huthi rebels, who have intensified strikes on Red Sea shipping, the US military said.
2 Mar
US forces struck and destroyed a Huthi surface-to-air missile in Yemen on Friday after deciding it posed an "imminent threat" to American aircraft, the US Central Command in the Middle East announced.
12 Feb
A vessel reported coming under a missile attack off Yemen's southern coast on Monday while transiting the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, security agencies said.
26 Jan
A US Navy warship shot down a missile Friday that was fired at it by Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels, who have carried out two months of attacks on international shipping, the military said.
19 Jan
China called for an end to "harassment" of civilian vessels in the Red Sea on Friday after attacks on ships by Huthi rebels in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
12 Jan
Heavy air strikes pounded airports and military facilities in Yemen early on Friday, the Huthi rebels' official media and AFP correspondents said.
5 Jan
Shipping giant Maersk said Friday that it would divert all vessels around Africa instead of using the Red Sea and Suez Canal for the "foreseeable future" after Yemeni rebels attacked its merchant ships.
1 Jan
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said Monday that Britain is "willing to take direct action" against Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen who have repeatedly attacked vessels in the Red Sea.
18 Dec
British energy giant BP on Monday said it had joined other companies in suspending transits through the Red Sea, after Yemen's Huthi rebels targeted Israel with missiles.
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