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SvennoJ on 17 May 2024
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Yemen’s Houthis release video of downing of US drone

The Houthis in Yemen have released a video that shows how they tracked a US MQ-9 Reaper attack and surveillance drone and shot it down with a missile.

This is the fourth US drone shot down over or near Yemen since the start of the war on Gaza. A third was downed in late April.

The advanced US drones reportedly cost more than $30m.



Houthis say ‘millions’ more march in weekly pro-Palestinian rally

Media organisations run by the Houthis in Yemen released images and video of people turning up for weekly demonstrations at the main square in capital Sanaa.

The marches are aimed at expressing solidarity with Palestinians and backing attacks by the Yemeni group on commercial and military vessels in the Red Sea and beyond to oppose the war on Gaza.

‘From Yemen, our respect to you’: Houthis to Western university protesters

During pro-Palestine Houthi-organised marches earlier in Yemen’s Sanaa, the group emphasised solidarity with students demonstrating for a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment from Israel at universities across the US and Europe.

“To our free colleagues around the world, know well that you are not alone,” said Houthi member Mohamed Abdulmalik in an address to crowds of hundreds of thousands, read out in English while he wore a graduation cap and was flanked by masked armed guards.

“The massacre will continue and reach every inch of the Earth if the extremist Zionist ideology isn’t suppressed and stopped. Everyone, in the eyes of Zionism, is an enemy,” he said.

“Never retreat or surrender! The wall that protects the children and the innocent in Gaza, and the world thereafter, will crumble. You are the heroes that our children should emulate. From Yemen, our respect to you.”


UK maritime agency says incident reported northwest of Yemen’s Hodeidah

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has issued a “transit with caution” warning after reports of an “attack” incident 76 nautical miles (about 140 km) northwest of Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah.

The agency said authorities are investigating the incident which was reported at 22:00 GMT.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels said this week that they would escalate their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea with links to Israel in retaliation for the war on Gaza.

Last edited by SvennoJ - on 18 May 2024