Yemen

Smoke billows after an airstrike on Yemen's capital Sanaa on Dec. 27, 2024.

The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen early Saturday, a day after the Houthi.-held capital Sanaa was hit by fresh air strikes.

The Russian armed forces have allegedly coerced hundreds of Yemenis into fighting in Ukraine, as part of a smuggling operation facilitated by a Houthi-linked organization. These Yemenis were reportedly lured to Russia with promises of lucrative jobs and the prospect of Russian citizenship.

Yemen's Houthis targeted a Greek-operated, Liberia-flagged bulker but all three strikes against it missed, a maritime security source told Reuters on Tuesday.

The attack took place on Monday and was the first against a commercial vessel in weeks following an escalation in Israel's campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon this month.

A team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited the crew of the "Galaxy Leader" for the second time since the ship was hijacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels, as reported by the Associated Press.

Salvagers successfully towed a Greek-flagged oil tanker ablaze for weeks after attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels to a safe area without any oil spill, a European Union naval mission has said.

The Israeli military said a missile fired from Yemen crossed into central Israel on Sunday and "fell in an open area".

It said in a statement that "a surface-to-surface missile was identified crossing into central Israel from the East and fell in an open area. No injuries were reported."

Experts will this week resume a risky operation to salvage the Sounion tanker which was attacked by Yemen's Houthis in the Red Sea last month and still holds about one million barrels of crude oil, maritime sources said on Thursday.

Salvagers abandoned an effort to tow away a burning Greek-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea targeted by Yemen's Houthi rebels as it "was not safe to proceed," a European Union naval mission has said.

The announcement by the EU's Operation Aspides leaves the Sounion stranded in the Red Sea, threatening to spill its 1 million barrels of oil.

Two missiles suspected to have been fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted a ship in the Gulf of Aden late Friday, splashing down nearby without causing any damage, authorities said.

Greece, in cooperation with Saudi Arabia, is leading the effort to evacuate and tow the Greek-owned oil tanker Sounion, which was attacked last week in the Red Sea by the Houthis, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

The plan involves transferring the oil inside the tanker (approximately 150,000 tons) to another vessel, while Sounion will be towed to a safe port, likely in Djibouti.