Iran-backed Houthi militias are making more lethal drones in Yemen from Iranian components, according to an independent research report published on Wednesday
Yemen Events
Iran attempting further arms deliveries to Houthis
Tehran holds onto attempts to deliver weapons to Yemen’s Houthi militias, the US military said Wednesday, following a second interception in less than three months of what Washington said were Iranian arms
Weapons shipment from Iran seized in Arabian sea was for Houthis
A U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday that a large shipment of Iranian-made weapons seized last week by the Navy in the Arabian Sea was being transported illegally to Houthi rebels, who have been supported by Tehran in Yemen’s five-year civil war
U.S. Accuses Iran of providing Yemen allies with new missiles
The Pentagon has accused Iran of attempting to provide weapons and equipment to a friendly militia in Yemen after the U.S. Navy seized two arms shipments off the coast of the conflict-ravaged nation
Afghan police official says Iran supplying Taliban with MANPADS
Chief of Police of Uruzgan Province in Afghanistan has said that Afghan intelligence services have evidence Iran is supplying the Taliban with Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS)
Iranian devices found in Houthis missiles used to attack Saudi Arabia
A small instrument inside the drones that targeted the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry and those in the arsenal of Yemen’s Houthi rebels match components recovered in downed Iranian drones in Afghanistan and Iraq, two reports say
Yemen calls international community to classify the Houthis as a terrorist organization
The Yemeni government has renewed its call to the international community to classify the Houthi group, which is loyal to Iran, as a terrorist organization. This came after the group continued to pose a threat to Yemenis, international interests, and neighboring countries
U.S. navy seizes Iranian weapons in Arabian sea
US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Thursday afternoon that the USS Normandy (CG60) boarded a dhow in the Arabian Sea on Sunday and seized a “large cache” of Iranian-made weapons while conducting “maritime security operations
Iran-backed Houthis put aid to Yemen in jeopardy
It has taken the better part of five years but the international community is finally waking up to the fact that the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels are primarily responsible for one of the world’s greatest humanitarian disasters, in Yemen
Iranian smuggling gangs mess in Yemen and Iraq
The mullahs’ regime tries to smuggle anything, like oil to Iraq and missiles to Yemen, and in both countries it serves terrorism
Hezbollah and Iranian experts aiding Houthis killed in Yemen
As the UN and its Security Council’s permanent members have been calling for self-restraint, stop of military operations and return to negotiation table, Iran and its supported militias, the Houthis, appear to be incapable of doing just that
