https://www.scmp.com/rss/522871/feed The latest news and top stories on Houthis. A prominent Yemen-based political and military organisation, the Houthis, officially Ansar Allah, emerged in the 1990s as a Zaydi revivalist and Islamist movement. Controlling significant parts of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, its primary mission involves governing Yemen, opposing foreign influence and countering Western and Israeli presence. Their main activities include being a central player in the Yemeni civil war, engaging in human rights... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Bloomberg Bloomberg Iran is pushing the Houthis to prepare for a renewed campaign against Red Sea shipping, contingent upon any further escalation by the US in its war on the Islamic Republic, according to European officials familiar with the matter. Leaders of the Yemen-based Houthis, a militant group backed by Iran, are weighing options for more aggressive action after launching ballistic missiles at Israel, the people said, asking not to be named discussing sensitive matters. There are divisions within the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3348469/iran-pressuring-houthis-attack-red-sea-ships-european-officials-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3348469/iran-pressuring-houthis-attack-red-sea-ships-european-officials-say?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Mar 2026 02:55:12 +0000 Fan Chen Fan Chen Iran’s leadership is likely to prove resilient despite US-Israeli decapitation tactics, analysts say. Dozens of senior Iranian officials, including the former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and national security chief Ali Larijani, have been killed since the start of the bombing raids on February 28. Tehran has argued these changes do not matter. “Of course, individuals are influential, and each person plays their role – some better, some worse, some less – but what matters is that the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3347624/not-venezuela-why-iran-likely-survive-us-israeli-strikes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3347624/not-venezuela-why-iran-likely-survive-us-israeli-strikes?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:15:30 +0000 Reuters Reuters Iraq will remove Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis from an asset-freeze list, officials said on Thursday, after the Iran-aligned groups were mistakenly included in an earlier government publication, prompting confusion and criticism. The Justice Ministry’s official gazette last month published a list of groups and entities whose funds would be blocked, naming both militant groups, a move that would likely have been welcomed in Washington and increased pressure on Tehran. A letter from the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3335239/iraq-removes-iran-aligned-hezbollah-and-houthis-asset-freeze-list-after-mistake?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3335239/iraq-removes-iran-aligned-hezbollah-and-houthis-asset-freeze-list-after-mistake?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:07:43 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The Pentagon’s watchdog found that US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth put US personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military strike against Yemen’s Houthi militants, two people familiar with the findings said on Wednesday. Hegseth, however, has the ability to declassify material and the report did not find he did so improperly, according to one of the people familiar with the findings who spoke on condition of anonymity to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335115/hegseths-use-signal-posed-risk-us-personnel-pentagon-watchdog-finds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335115/hegseths-use-signal-posed-risk-us-personnel-pentagon-watchdog-finds?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Dec 2025 19:21:05 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Yemen’s Houthi rebels early on Wednesday claimed the attack that left a Dutch-flagged cargo ship ablaze and adrift in the Gulf of Aden, underlining the range of their weaponry and their campaign targeting shipping over the war between Israel and Hamas. The attack on Monday on the Minervagracht was the most serious assault by the Iranian-backed Houthis in the Gulf of Aden, some distance from the Red Sea where they have sunk four vessels since November 2023. The attack also came as Israel engaged... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3327464/yemens-houthis-claim-missile-strike-dutch-flagged-freighter-gulf-aden?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3327464/yemens-houthis-claim-missile-strike-dutch-flagged-freighter-gulf-aden?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Oct 2025 03:36:10 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Israel’s army said it had intercepted a missile on Thursday fired from Yemen, a day after Israeli forces carried out air strikes there that killed 35 people and wounded more than 130. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the missile attack on Israel. But the Iran-backed Houthi rebels have repeatedly launched missiles and drones at Israel since their Palestinian ally Hamas’ October 2023 attack on Israel sparked the Gaza war. “Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3325092/israel-attacks-yemens-houthi-rebels-day-after-it-targeted-hamas-qatar?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3325092/israel-attacks-yemens-houthi-rebels-day-after-it-targeted-hamas-qatar?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:04:06 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump said Sunday he was issuing a “last warning” to Hamas, saying the Palestinian militant group must accept a deal to release hostages in Gaza. “The Israelis have accepted my terms. It is time for Hamas to accept as well. I have warned Hamas about the consequences of not accepting. This is my last warning,” Trump said on social media, without elaborating further. In a statement released shortly after, Hamas said it was ready to “immediately sit at the negotiating table”... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3324673/trump-issues-last-warning-hamas-accept-hostage-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3324673/trump-issues-last-warning-hamas-accept-hostage-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Sep 2025 19:55:02 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupted internet access on Sunday in parts of Asia and the Middle East, experts said, though it was not immediately clear what caused the incident. There has been concern about the cables being targeted in a Red Sea campaign by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, which the rebels describe as an effort to pressure Israel to end its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. But the Houthis have denied attacking the lines in the past. Microsoft announced via a status website that the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3324641/red-sea-cable-cuts-disrupt-internet-parts-asia-middle-east?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3324641/red-sea-cable-cuts-disrupt-internet-parts-asia-middle-east?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Sep 2025 05:35:16 +0000 Reuters Reuters Israeli strikes hit the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday in retaliation for Houthi missiles fired towards Israel, with Houthi health officials saying the attack killed sex people and wounded 86. The strikes are the latest in more than a year of direct attacks and counterstrikes between Israel and Houthi militants in Yemen, part of a spillover from the war in Gaza. The Israeli military said the targets included a military compound housing the presidential palace, two power plants and a fuel storage... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3322990/israel-strikes-yemens-capital-targeting-iran-backed-houthis?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3322990/israel-strikes-yemens-capital-targeting-iran-backed-houthis?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Aug 2025 14:59:17 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The Philippines said on Tuesday that it would ask “friendly countries” to help secure the release of nine Filipino sailors being held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The Iran-backed Houthis released video footage on Monday of crew members missing after attacks on the Eternity C and Magic Seas cargo ships, claiming in an accompanying statement to have “rescued” the mariners. Last week, Human Rights Watch said the rebels were unlawfully detaining the crew and that their attacks on shipping amounted to... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3319999/philippines-ask-friendly-countries-help-freeing-9-sailors-held-houthis-yemen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3319999/philippines-ask-friendly-countries-help-freeing-9-sailors-held-houthis-yemen?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Jul 2025 09:39:05 +0000