Houthis
It emphasizes that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its Quds Force are responsible for training and funding Islamic terrorist organizations, including Hezbollah, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Iranian axis is using the Houthis to draw dangerous lessons about the use of long-range firepower.
A U.S. State Department spokesman reportedly stated that the Biden administration has been helping the country “strengthen air defenses in response to a rising number of aerial attacks from Yemen.”
Noting that the Houthis are diverting aid from the Yemeni people, the lawmakers urge that the United States “needs to remain committed to helping our partners in the Gulf defend themselves.”
“Hezbollah and the Houthis are linked by a mutual sympathy of two Shi’ite organizations, each working in their arena. This cooperation is part of a system that is headed by Tehran. This is the right way to look at it,” Col. (res.) Shaul Shay tells JNS.
The “Your Money Means Drones” campaign has already raised 1 billion Iraqi dinars ($685,000), according to Iraqi media reports.
“For two days, there was anti-Gazan, anti-Hamas anger on social media in Kuwait, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, even though the march was organized by Palestinian Islamic Jihad,” said Orit Perlov, a researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies.
“Today, it is Abu Dhabi; tomorrow, it could be Tel Aviv,” says Hebrew University researcher Ronni Shaked of the Houthi missile attacks on the UAE.
Houthis launch missile at UAE during visit by Israeli president
It was downed by UAE air defenses, causing no damage or casualties • Attack is third by Houthis in past two weeks.
The Houthis were a terror group for less than a month, having been designated an FTO in the waning days of the Trump administration, part of its “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran.
It was co-sponsored by Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Ben Sasse (R-Nev.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).
UAE hits Yemen launch site in response to Houthi missile attack
Debris fell in several locations in Abu Dhabi, causing no casualties, after UAE air defense systems downed two ballistic missiles, according to the United Arab Emirates Defense Ministry.
