The stakes are high: not only for the nations directly involved in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, but for the entire global geoeconomic balance. And if the "Mare Nostrum" counted less, the first to lose would be us Italians by Paolo Giordani - President of the International Diplomatic Institute Six months after the start of the conflict in Gaza, [...]
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The Houthis in Yemen also recently announced the possession of hypersonic missiles (probably transferred from Iran) to conduct their maritime interdiction actions in the Red Sea. The range of the Fatah hypersonic missile is compatible with the distances separating Israel from Iran. by Pasquale Preziosa Iran is successfully engaging in […]
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by Editorial Staff The Yemeni Houthi rebel group yesterday attacked the American tanker Torm Thor which was sailing in the Gulf of Aden, where some Stars and Stripes warships were also present. The news was reported by the newspaper Al-Masirah, controlled by the Shiite group. By now we were almost used to attacks by cargo ships, [...]
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by Editorial Staff In the Red Sea, a ship flying the Greek flag but owned by Americans raised the alarm following a missile attack off the coast of Yemen. Military intervention was necessary. This was reported by the maritime safety company Ambrey, specifying that the crew remained unharmed. The Houthis had just claimed to have hit another British cargo ship in [...]
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by Editorial Staff The European Aspides mission will be launched by the Foreign Affairs Council on February 19th, in the meantime the frigate of the Italian Navy "Martinengo" is about to take command, as flag unit, of the EU anti-piracy mission "Atalanta". Italy will assume tactical command of the anti-Houthi Aspides mission: in these hours at [...]
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by Editorial Staff The United States recently conducted new attacks against Houthi targets in Yemen, CNN reported. The operation, as stated by the New York Times, would have targeted a radar facility in the country, aiming to limit the Houthis' ability to attack ships transiting the Red Sea. The USS Carney […]
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by Massimiliano D'Elia The humanitarian consequences of the decade-long conflict in Yemen, aggravated by the situation in the Red Sea, are of unimaginable proportions, with millions of people affected by hunger, lack of medical care and forced displacement. The crisis in the Red Sea in recent days will probably shine a light on a country that has been living for […]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The aim was the constitution of a well-trained group of "mercenaries" to be recruited preferably from newly retired military and policemen. Target? Fighting in Yemen on behalf of Saudi Arabia. The judicial and police authorities, with the collaboration of the intelligence services, managed to tighten the circle and put [...]
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The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia's main allies in the war in Yemen, are withdrawing their troops from the country. According to the New York Times, the war is too expensive and difficult to solve for the Abu Dhabi government. The conflict in Yemen broke out in 2015 and sees Saudi Arabia and its [...]
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According to two separate investigations, the weapons provided by the United States and other Western nations to the Saudi and Emirati governments end up in the hands of Al Qaeda-linked Sunni militias in Yemen. The weapons are supplied to the armed forces of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates by the West, with the understanding that they will be used in the war [...]
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According to reports to the international press by Yemeni military sources, at least six soldiers of the Yemeni Army, loyal to President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, were killed and twelve other people, including officers and local officials, to sustain important injuries in the course of an attack carried out with the use of drones during a military parade in [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Since the US primacy in the world, as a global police force, is fading or is no longer what it once was, the international order is today more than ever in chaos. World leaders are increasingly tempted to test the limits of international law to strengthen their influence and [...]
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Amal Hussain died of hunger, the little girl who, despite herself, became a symbol of the suffering inflicted by the war on the people of Yemen. The little girl was reduced to skin and bones in her country ravaged by conflict. The New York Times had published his photo last week, to try to break the silence and indifference [...]
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On the west coast of Yemen, Mohammed al-Hosami receives support from the people of his village of al Mahwit to pay for the treatment of his mother with cancer in a clinic in the nearby city of Hodeidah. “It is very difficult to find medicines and, if you find them on the market, they are too expensive and citizens cannot afford them. [...]
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Yemeni militias backed by Saudi Arabia, the United States and the UAE would be paying al-Qaeda's allied factions to refrain from fighting and recruiting al-Qaeda members to fight Shia rebels. Since 2015, when the civil war broke out in Yemen, the United States, together with its Arab allies, the Emirates [...]
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On June 13, the Yemeni government army launched the “Golden Victory” operation against the Houthi militias in al Hodeida. The Houthis are suffering heavy losses in the ongoing clashes in the al Hodeida area in the west of the country. According to reports from the television broadcaster "Sky News Arabia", government forces have arrived at the airport, while the city center is [...]
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The Saudi-Emirati-led coalition launched the final attack on the port city of Hodeidah, the Red Sea stronghold of the pro-Iranian Houthi resistance in Yemen. After the 48h ultimatum launched last Monday from Abu Dhabi, at the first light of dawn intense bombardments from land and sea started against the Shiite positions, which respond [...]
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The Iranian foreign ministry praised the Russian veto on a resolution drafted by Britain accusing Iran of violating the UN arms embargo on Yemeni rebels, calling it a "defeat" for the United States. The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Bahram Qasemi, said in a statement that the resolution proposed by [...]
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According to the Nova Agency, the Saudi government cabinet has expressed satisfaction with King Salman's directives to deposit $ 2 billion in the Central Bank of Yemen, bringing Riyadh's total deposits to $ 3 billion. This was reported by the Saudi newspaper "Arab News". In a meeting that took place [...]
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The Houthi movement of Yemen announced that it had fired a ballistic missile at a regional airport in the province of Jizan, Saudi Arabia, according to the Saba agency. Houthi said the missile is short-range, without giving further details. However, the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV channel reported that [...]
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The Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia reported that a jet crashed "due to a breakdown" during an action in Yemen, and that the two pilots were rescued. The Houthi rebels, on the other hand, claimed responsibility for the downing of the aircraft in the northern province of Saada, on the border with Saudi Arabia. In a statement from the leading coalition [...]
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1.000 days of war in Yemen and violence continues against children and their families who continue to be killed in attacks and bombings. For over 1.000 days, families have been forced to leave their homes due to brutal violence. 1.000 days without sufficient food and drinking water. 1.000 days during [...]
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(by Emanuela Ricci) It was a discovery of hot water. If the bombs are manufactured then they must be sold. Bombs, repugnant weapons from an ethical point of view, are certainly not confetti. It is unfortunate to know how they are used and how they kill civilians but unfortunately the war does not distinguish, most of the time, the targets. [...]
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Mohammed al-Masuri, a lawyer for the former president of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was assassinated on 4 December in Sanaa, revealed yesterday that those responsible for the murder are members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. This was reported by the broadcaster al-Arabiyaa, to which Masuri promised that he would soon reveal further details on Iran's involvement in the killing of Saleh and on the extent of the presence [...]
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Saudi Arabia and Iran at loggerheads after the launch of a missile from Yemen, which fell south of Riyadh, whose paternity has been claimed by the Shiite Houthi rebels. The missile launched, a rebel spokesman said, is a Burkan-2. The missile was directed towards the Yamama Palace, the royal residence where it was [...]
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Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, announced that after the killing of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, at the hands of the Houthis, Russia is seriously concerned about the development of events in Yemen, as there is the great risk of slipping into military and political chaos accompanied by a humanitarian catastrophe without [...]
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Assassinated the former Yemeni president, Ali Abdala Saleh by the Houthi rebels. Abdalá Saleh, was trying to escape from the capital Sanaa during the clashes between forces loyal to Saleh and the rebels who since 2014, and until a few days ago, were allies in the civil war that is ravaging the country. The Ministry of the Interior, controlled [...]
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UN experts who arrived in Saudi Arabia to verify and study the fragments of a missile fired by Yemen last month have found a probable link with an Iranian contractor. This was revealed by a confidential document that France Presse was able to view. Saudi Arabia and the United States accused Iran of supplying weapons [...]
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According to the Nova Agency, the spokesman for the Yemeni Shiite rebel group Houthi, Mohammed Abdel Salam, has launched new threats against Saudi Arabia by talking about the strength of its ballistic missile arsenal. Commenting on the document issued last November 19 by the Arab League condemning the missile raid by Yemeni rebels on Riyadh, Abdel Salam […]
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French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Saudi Arabia at the end of his trip to the United Arab Emirates for an unscheduled visit to the kingdom to discuss with the heir to the Saudi throne, Mohammed bin Salman, the situation in Lebanon following the resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri and the crisis in Yemen. According to the statement [...]
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The Israeli foreign minister allegedly instructed all Israeli embassies around the world to ask host governments for support for Saudi Arabia against Iranian interference in Lebanon and for Riyadh's war against pro-Iranian Shiite rebels in Yemen. This was revealed by Israeli TV Channel 10, citing a report [...]
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American fighters conducted a raid on two Islamic State training camps in Yemen, killing at least 50 militants. The United States Department of Defense reported that ISIS used those camps to train militants to conduct terrorist attacks using AK-47 rifles, machine guns and grenade launchers. In the press release [...]
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Saudi Arabia, missile fired from Yemen territory hits Jizan region A Qaher-2 ballistic missile was fired from the territory of Yemen and hit the southwest of Saudi Arabia. The missile hit the Jizan region near the border between the two countries. No casualties or damages have yet been reported. Yemen is in [...]
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Video Saudi Arabia: ballistic missile launched from Yemen intercepted The Saudi-led Arab coalition announced that it had intercepted a ballistic missile launched by Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen against the territory of Saudi Arabia last night. The missile was launched in conjunction with the celebrations that took place yesterday in Arabia [...]
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Nobody talks about it, the barbarity in Yemen In Rome they vote against and in Strasbourg they vote in favor of the interruption of Italian military supplies to Saudi Arabia involved in a dirty war with Yemen. The military systems we sell to Saudi Arabia are also used to bomb civilian areas, killing unarmed women and children. An unacceptable duplicity. I [...]
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The Zaydi Houthi rebels in Yemen attacked and hit a Saudi-led coalition military ship anchored in the Red Sea port of al Mokha today. The news agency "Saba" reports, quoting a spokesman for the coalition, Turki al Malki. The action was carried out in the early hours of this morning with the use of a remote-controlled boat loaded with [...]
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