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Al Arabiya
10 hours ago
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Yemeni Houthi's response to US attack on Iran ‘only a matter of time,' official says
A Yemeni Houthi official said on Sunday that the Iran-aligned group's response to the US attack on Iran was 'only a matter of time.' Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthi movement's political bureau, told Al Jazeera Mubasher TV that its ceasefire deal with Washington was before the 'war' on Iran. The group has been launching attacks on shipping lanes and Israel in what it says is in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza during the Israeli war. It agreed on a ceasefire deal with the United States in May to stop attacking US ships in exchange for an end to Washington's bombings of the group.
LBCI
4 days ago
- Politics
- LBCI
Houthi official says group will intervene to support Iran against Israel
A member of Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Al Jazeera Mubasher TV on Tuesday that the group will intervene to support Iran against Israel like it did in support of Palestinians in Gaza. Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthi movement's political bureau, also reiterated to Al Jazeera Mubasher TV that the group is coordinating with Tehran during its ongoing military escalation with Israel. The Houthis, which have been launching attacks against Israel in support of Palestinians in Gaza, said on Sunday that they targeted Israel in coordination with Iran, the first time an Iran-aligned group has publicly announced joint cooperation on attacks with Tehran. Reuters
Reuters
5 days ago
- Politics
- Reuters
Houthi official says group will intervene to support Iran against Israel
CAIRO, June 17 (Reuters) - A member of Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Al Jazeera Mubasher TV on Tuesday that the group will intervene to support Iran against Israel like it did in support of Palestinians in Gaza. Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthi movement's political bureau, also reiterated to Al Jazeera Mubasher TV that the group is coordinating with Tehran during its ongoing military escalation with Israel. The Houthis, which have been launching attacks against Israel in support of Palestinians in Gaza, said on Sunday that they targeted Israel in coordination with Iran, the first time an Iran-aligned group has publicly announced joint cooperation on attacks with Tehran.
Times
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
Israeli jets bomb Yemen capital, ‘destroying Houthi airport'
Israeli jets bombed Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa on Tuesday, 'fully disabling the airport', in the latest retaliation for a Houthi missile that landed near Tel Aviv's main airport. 'Flight runways, aircraft and infrastructure at the airport were struck,' the Israel Defence Forces said, adding that 'the airport served as a central hub for the Houthi terrorist regime to transfer weapons and operatives'. The two days of strikes were in response to the Iran-backed group's repeated missile and drone attacks on Israel, including a missile that landed close to Ben Gurion airport on Sunday, the IDF added. The Israeli military said the airport had been a central hub for the Houthi terrorist regime to transfer weapons and operatives. Israel Katz, the country's defence minister, warned that Iran would also face consequences. 'It is also a warning to the Iranian head of the octopus,' he said on Tuesday. 'You bear direct responsibility for any attack by the Houthi tentacle against the state of Israel, and you will also bear the full consequences.' In turn, Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthi political bureau, told the pro-Iran Al-Mayadeen broadcaster that the movement would hit back. 'Our military operation in support of Gaza will continue and will not stop,' he said. 'Wait for the Yemeni response.' Residents had been warned to evacuate the area around Sanaa airport before a large explosion was filmed, visible from across the city. Airstrikes are said to have crippled the main Houthi sea port of Hodeidah on Monday. Houthi media said 15 people were injured in the airport attack. Britain, which had recently joined the US in a fresh campaign of airstrikes against the rebel group, said it had not been involved, according to Sky News. 'The US will continue to lead the strikes, but there had to be a retaliation for yesterday,' an Israeli official told The Times on Monday, referring to Sunday's ballistic missile attack near Tel Aviv, which injured four people and forced the temporary closure of Ben Gurion airport. The attack on Hodeidah port was said to be 'devastating… in terms of taking the port completely out of action', the official said. • Mark Urban: the Houthis have the upper hand. This is why The latest strikes may have left the rebels cut off, with no supply line to their Iranian sponsors by sea or air. Hodeidah receives ships directly from Iran, much like the port of Ras Isa, which the US targeted last month. Last week Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of defence, accused Iran of supporting the Houthis and said the US would retaliate as part of a campaign of strikes first started last year after the rebels disrupted Red Sea shipping lanes with attacks in support of Hamas in Gaza. Trump has promised to 'annihilate the Houthis' and US operations against the Yemeni group have cost more than $7 billion over the past 15 months. On Sunday, Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, said the retaliation for the attack on Ben Gurion would not 'happen in one bang, but there will be many bangs'. The Houthis said in a statement they used a 'hypersonic ballistic missile'. Yahya Saree, the Houthi military spokesman, said Israel's main airport was 'no longer safe for air travel'. British Airways announced on Sunday that it was suspending all flights to and from Tel Aviv until May 7. 'We continually monitor operating conditions and have made the decision to suspend all our flights,' it said. The attack by the Houthis will raise questions about the effectiveness of the US and British aerial campaign, which started on March 15. Unlike previous airstrikes conducted under Joe Biden's administration, the new allied campaign, named Rough Riders, has targeted Houthi commanders and more of the group's infrastructure, but the attacks by the Houthis have persisted. Last week a missile attack on a US carrier in the Red Sea forced the ship to make a hard turn as a F/A-18 combat jet was being towed on deck, causing the $70 million aircraft to fall over the side. Iran has refused to discuss its support for the Houthis and other militias in the region in its negotiations with the US on curbing its nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief.
