In the early morning of December 31, 2023, the commercial freighter Maersk Hangzhou came under attack by Houthi fighters from Yemen who were attempting to board it. US Navy helicopters responding to its distress calls were fired upon by the small Houthi boats, according to the US Central Command, and “returned fire in self-defence,” sinking three of the four boats and killing their crews
Smashing the Iran Myth: From Houthi to Hezbollah
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President Joe Biden wants to sign a security agreement with Saudi Arabia despite its history of human rights abuses and, in recent actions, its reported shooting and killing of Ethiopian migrants.
U.S. Allowing Weapons Customers to Commit Crimes Against Humanity on the Saudi‐Yemen Border
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US Knew Saudis Were Slaughtering African Migrants at Border But Kept Quiet
The Biden administration was told last fall about the mass killings of migrants at Saudi Arabia’s border with Yemen
US Knew Saudis Were Slaughtering African Migrants at Border But Kept Quiet
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A potential component of Saudi-Israeli normalization would allow the U.S. to help Saudi Arabia develop a nuclear program. In contrast, U.S. hostility to Iranian nuclear capabilities shows a dangerous double standard.
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The UAE-backed National Assembly of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) called on its forces to secure a military takeover and annexation of the entirety of Yemen’s southern territory during a meeting on Monday, the Arab Weekly reported. The STC is intensifying its push for secession, seeking a partition corresponding with the borders of the former states of North Yemen and South Yemen, which existed prior to the country’s 1990 unification.
As Biden Eyes More War, South Yemen Intensifies Push for Secession
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Peace is breaking out in the Middle East and the U.S. is pushed aside by more friendly actors.
China Brings Peace To Yemen, Syria And … Palestine?
The exchange and pending ceasefire deal could presage an end to the country’s 8-year-war and humanitarian crisis.
Yemeni government, Houthis celebrate major prisoner swap
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Until Biden fulfills his promise to end arm sales to the Saudis, the US and its largest defense contractors are complicit in war crimes
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Friday’s announcement that Iran and Saudi Arabia had restored bilateral ties for the first time in seven years marks a major geopolitical development in the Persian Gulf.
Will Regime-Change Now Come to Riyadh?
A US media report says the détente between Iran and Saudi Arabia has dealt a heavy blow to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had sought a fearmongering campaign against Tehran’s nuclear program and the Islamic Republic’s clout in West Asia.
Iran-Saudi deal throws ‘cold water’ on Netanyahu’s plans, shakes up Mideast: US media
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