Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they downed another US-made MQ-9 Reaper drone

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed Monday that they shot down another American-made MQ-9 Reaper drone, with video circulating online showing what appeared to be a surface-to-air missile strike and flaming wreckage strewn across the ground. The U.S. military did not immediately Read More …

Yemen’s Houthis fire missile at central Israel

Yemen’s Houthis fired at least one ballistic missile, possibly more, on the Tel Aviv and central Israel areas, IDF sources said on Sunday. Nine people were lightly wounded while running to safe rooms following the sirens, Magen David Adom reported, Read More …

Yemen’s Houthi forces claim latest attack against Israeli-linked tanker in Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthi-allied armed forces announced yesterday claimed responsibility for an operation against an Israeli-linked ship ‘Blue Lagoon I’ in the Red Sea in the latest of such attacks in solidarity with Palestine. The operation was conducted by Yemen’s missile, naval Read More …

Israel foils attacks on Mossad, IDF intel bases

Hezbollah has listed 11 bases it said it targeted, but it and the IDF have also implied that it was also hoping to target Mossad headquarters and IDF headquarters. The Jerusalem Post understands that measures were even taken in advance Read More …

Iraq: Five US troops, two contractors hurt in rocket attack targeting the al-Asad airbase

Five U.S. service members and two contractors were injured when two rockets hit a military base in Iraq, U.S. officials said Tuesday, providing a bit more detail about the Monday strike. The officials said five of those injured were being Read More …

Yemen’s Houthis claim first attack on container ship in two weeks

Yemen’s Houthi armed group says it has targeted a Liberian-flagged container ship in the Gulf of Aden, claiming its first attack on shipping since Israel carried out an air strike in the port city of Hodeidah on July 20. Houthi Read More …

Iran: New details about Haniyeh’s assassination in Tehran

The representative of the Palestinian resistance movement in Tehran has revealed new details about the July 31 martyrdom of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital. Speaking to The New Arab daily, Khaled Qaddoumi rejected the narration reported by Read More …

Israel: IDF kills Palestinian Islamic Jihad deputy weapons production head

The IDF killed the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s deputy head of weapons production, Mohammed al-Jabari, in a targeted intelligence-based operation, the Israeli military said on Friday morning. According to the IDF, Al-Jabari was responsible for financing weapon manufacturing infrastructure for the Read More …

Golan Heights attack: The claims and counterclaims on Majdal Shams strike

On Saturday, an explosive slammed into a football pitch in the Golan Heights’ Majdal Shams, killing 12 children. The apparent attack ratcheted up tensions between Israel, which occupies the Golan, and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which began clashing with the Israeli military Read More …

Drone warfare: what threat do Yemen’s Huthis pose to Israel?

After repeatedly threatening to expand their operations, the Huthi rebels claimed a drone attack Friday on Tel Aviv that, according to Israeli authorities, left one person dead. It marked a “new phase” in their operations against Israel, said the Huthis Read More …

Yemen’s Houthis claim they have attacked 166 ships since November

Yemen’s Houthi group said Thursday that it has targeted 166 ships associated with Israel, the US and the UK since last November. In a televised speech, Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said his group carried out 10 drone and missile attacks Read More …

The Indispensable Ingredient for Victory: Defeating Sea Mines

At no time since the end of World War II have so many nations fielded blue water navies that have roamed the globe. Navies from Australia, China, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States have regional and worldwide Read More …

Yemen: Houthis say they attacked MSC SARAH V vessel with ‘newly deployed ballistic missile’

Yemen’s Houthi group said Tuesday that it targeted an Israeli ship in the Arabian Sea with a new ballistic missile. In a recorded briefing, the group’s military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said its forces targeted the MSC SARAH V vessel, “resulting Read More …

Yemen: Suspected Houthi attack targets vessel in waters further away than many previous assaults

A possible attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Monday targeted a ship further away from nearly all of the previous assaults they’ve launched in the Gulf of Aden, officials said, potentially part of a widening escalation by the group. The Read More …

Crimea: Four killed, 153 injured in Ukraine’s attack on Sevastopol

Four people died and 153 sought medical help after Ukraine’s aattack on Sevastopol, Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said, citing the final figures. On June 23, Ukraine attacked civilian infrastructure in Sevastopol using ATACMS tactical missiles equipped with cluster munitions. While Read More …

It’s Time to Learn How to Blow Things Up Again

Western governments’ rapidly growing defense spending sounds like a straightforward equation: More spending equals more weapons. But skilled weapons workers are in short supply, especially explosives experts, and without a sufficiently big bang behind them, even the most sophisticated weaponry Read More …

Yemen: One sailor injured, merchant ship on fire after Houthi missile attack

Two cruise missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have struck a bulk cargo carrier in the Gulf of Aden, severely injuring one of the crew. The M/V Verbena, a Palauan-flagged, Ukrainian-owned, and Polish-operated ship, “reported damage and subsequent fires on Read More …

Yemen’s Houthi rebels launch boat-borne bomb attack against Greek-owned ship in Red Sea

Yemen’s military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree claimed responsibility for the attack, identifying the vessel targeted as the Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned bulk carrier Tutor. He described the attack as using a “drone boat,” as well as drones and ballistic missiles. In Read More …

Yemen: Projectiles strike ships off city of Aden

Projectiles struck two cargo ships off the coast of Yemen on Saturday night without causing any casualties, maritime security agencies said. An Antigua and Barbuda-flagged cargo ship caught fire after being hit by a missile off Yemen on Saturday night, Read More …

Ukraine downs ‘cluster’ Kh-101 missile for the very first time

Ukrainian forces have reportedly downed a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile equipped with a cluster warhead for the first time. This took place on the night of June 7, during which a Tu-95MS bomber launched five Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles. Current evidence Read More …