Houthi movement (Ansar Allah)

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Conducting missile and drone attacks on Saudi infrastructure

France will send troops, radar systems, and air-defense equipment to protect Yanbu, Saudi Arabia's main Red Sea oil export terminal, President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday. The deployment responds to a surge in Houthi missile and drone attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure over the past week.

Updated Yesterday

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Waging a sustained missile and drone campaign against Saudi energy and military sites; holds Mokha, Perim island, Dhubab and the Hanish islands near the Bab el-Mandeb strait

Air raid alerts sounded in Riyadh on September 19 for the first time in this escalation, and explosions were reported before the all-clear. Houthi forces now hold Mokha, Perim island, Dhubab and the Hanish islands on the Red Sea coast.

Updated 7 days ago

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Killed six people, four crew members and two rescuers, in a double-tap missile strike on the cargo ship Tihamah in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the first fatal Red Sea shipping attack in over a year

The 60-day window set by the June Islamabad memorandum expired the week of August 17 without an extension from either side. Hormuz traffic fell to single-digit daily crossings: as few as three vessels on some days, against about 120 before the war. Roughly 520 commercial ships sit stuck inside the Gulf, and Iran's oil exports through the strait have dropped 94%.

Updated Sep 4