The 2025 hajj pilgrimage to Mecca is expected to be from June 4 to June 9. In advance of it, the highest figure in Shia Islam, Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, “says it is imperative on Muslim countries to unite and prevent tribulations similar to what is befalling on Gazans and the people of Yemen.” The […]
Israel strikes Yemen airport and ‘civilian infrastructure for terrorist operations’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu watched from Air Force Command Center during an Israeli retaliatory attack on Houthi targets in Yemen. The airport strike in Yemen’s Sana’a airport led “to its complete shutdown.” the IDF said. Power stations, as well a concrete factory used “to build tunnels and military infrastructure,” were also struck, in what IDF […]
Israel vows retaliation against Houthis for missile strike on airport
Several airlines canceled flights to Ben-Gurion Airport for 24 hours following the Houthi missile strike that wounded six people. According to YNet News: When a $20,000 missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels can bring down a US Reaper drone worth over $30 million, the cost of war takes on a new, troubling shape. That imbalance […]
Israel: Houthi missile hits grounds of Ben Gurion Airport after interception fails; 6 injured
The same question can be asked of the Houthis in Yemen as can be asked of their patrons in Iran: what do they have against Israel? They have no competing territorial, political or economic interests. It all goes back to Islam, as the leaders of the various groups arrayed against Israel consistently avow, and yet […]
The Houthis Overestimate Their Ability to Withstand American Attacks
Amine Ayoub argues that the Houthis are counting on this administration’s attention deficit disorder to save them from destruction. But Ayoub believes that they have badly miscalculated: “Why the Houthis Think They Can Beat the US — And Why They’re Wrong,” by Amine Ayoub, Algemeiner, April 22, 2025: Yet the illusion persists — and may […]
The Houthis Have Miscalculated
The Houthis have convinced themselves that they will be able to survive the aerial attacks that the Americans have recently launched on military airbases, ports, and on weapons depots and combatants in northern Yemen; they think the Americans will tire of the fight, and will choose to concentrate their efforts elsewhere, on negotiating with Iran […]
Houthis recruiting Muslim migrants from Africa to offset battlefield losses
Meanwhile, some of the African Muslim migrants who might have joined the Houthis instead went on to Europe with their jihad sentiments very much still in play. What could possibly go wrong? “Outlet Opposing Yemen’s Ansar Allah Movement (Houthis): Group Is Recruiting African Migrants To Offset Battlefield Losses,” MEMRI, April 21, 2025.
Trump vows not to let Houthis flee to Somalia and hide there
He is vowing to obliterate the group altogether. The same vow has been made regarding Hamas. Both, as of this writing, still exist, but of course, the last chapter has not yet been written. However, issuing too many empty threats will just make him look weak. Decisive action must follow. “US won’t let ‘terrorists’ hide […]
In Yemen, the Houthi Reign of Terror is About to End
The qat-chewing, rifle-toting Allahu-akbaring Houthis of Yemen whose attacks on international shipping have forced ships that used to use the Red Sea-Suez Canal route to deliver cargo from Asia to Europe, to instead take a much longer route around the Cape of Good Hope and up the western side of Africa to Europe, are now […]
Yemeni government reportedly preparing 80,000-soldier assault on Houthis in Hodeidah
If what Dr. Abdulaziz Sager, chairman of the Saudi based Gulf Research Center turns out to be true, then kudos to the Yemeni government. The Houthis are one of Iran’s proxies and are supportive of Hamas. The Yemen offensive “would constitute the largest offensive of the civil war and would also set the stage for […]