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Daily Maverick
07-07-2025
- Politics
- Daily Maverick
Israel launches first strikes on Yemen in weeks, Houthis retaliate with aerial attack
By Yomna Ehab and Mohammed Ghobari The strikes hit the ports of Hodeidah, Ras Isa and Salif, as well as the Ras Qantib power plant on the coast, in response to repeated Houthi attacks on Israel, the military said. Hours later, Israel said two missiles were launched from Yemen. Attempts were made to intercept them, though the results were still under review. The Iran-aligned Houthi forces said they had fired missiles and drones at multiple targets in Israel in retaliation for the strikes on Yemen. The Israeli ambulance service said it had not received any calls regarding missile impacts or casualties following the launches from Yemen. Since the start of the war in Gaza in October 2023, the Houthis have fired at Israel and at shipping in the Red Sea, disrupting global trade, in what the group says are acts of solidarity with the Palestinians. Most of the dozens of missiles and drones fired toward Israel have been intercepted or fallen short. Israel has carried out a series of retaliatory strikes. Israel said its attacks on Monday also targeted a ship, the Galaxy Leader, which was seized by the Houthis in late 2023 and held in Ras Isa port. 'The Houthi terrorist regime's forces installed a radar system on the ship, and are using it to track vessels in international maritime space in order to promote the Houthi terrorist regime's activities,' the military said. The Houthi military spokesperson said the group's air defences had responded to the Israeli attack with 'a large number of domestically produced surface-to-air missiles'. Israel's military told residents to evacuate the three ports before it launched its attacks. Residents of Hodeidah told Reuters that the strikes on the power station had knocked out electricity. There was no immediate information on casualties. The Israeli assault comes hours after a ship was attacked off of Hodeidah and the ship's crew abandoned it as it took on water. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but security firm Ambrey said the vessel fit the typical profile of a Houthi target. The Houthis, who control northern Yemen including the capital Sanaa, are one of the last pro-Iran armed groups still standing in the Middle East after Israel severely hurt other allies of Tehran: Lebanon's Hezbollah, the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Iran itself in a 12-day air war last month. Under the direction of leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the group has grown into an army of tens of thousands of fighters and acquired armed drones and ballistic missiles. Saudi Arabia and the West say the arms come from Iran, though Tehran denies this.
Japan Today
07-07-2025
- Politics
- Japan Today
Israel attacks three Yemeni ports and power plant
By Yomna Ehab Israel has attacked Houthi targets in three Yemeni ports and a power plant, the Israeli military said early on Monday, marking the first Israeli attack on Yemen in almost a month. The strikes on Hodeidah, Ras Isa and Salif ports, and Ras Qantib power plant were due to repeated Houthi attacks on Israel, the military added. Since the start of the war in Gaza in October 2023, the Iran-aligned Houthis have fired at Israel and at shipping in the Red Sea, disrupting global trade, in what it says are acts of solidarity with the Palestinians. Most of the dozens of missiles and drones fired toward Israel have been intercepted or fallen short. Israel has carried out a series of retaliatory strikes. Israel also attacked Galaxy Leader ship in Ras Isa port, which was seized by Houthis in late 2023, the military added. "The Houthi terrorist regime's forces installed a radar system on the ship, and are using it to track vessels in international maritime space, in order to promote the Houthi terrorist regime's activities," the military said. The Houthi military spokesperson said following the attacks that Houthis' air defences confronted the Israeli attack 'by using a large number of domestically produced surface-to-air missiles'. Residents told Reuters that the Israeli strikes on the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah put the main power station out of service, leaving the city in darkness. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV reported that Israel launched a series of strikes on Hodeidah, shortly after the Israeli military issued an evacuation warning for people at the three Yemeni ports. The assault comes hours after a ship was attacked off of Hodeidah and the ship's crew abandoned it as it took on water. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but security firm Ambrey said the vessel fits the typical profile of a Houthi target. Israel has severely hurt other allies of Iran in the region - Lebanon's Hezbollah and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The Tehran-backed Houthis and pro-Iranian armed groups in Iraq are still standing. The group's leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, created the force challenging world powers from a group of ragtag mountain fighters in sandals. Under the direction of al-Houthi, the group has grown into an army of tens of thousands of fighters and acquired armed drones and ballistic missiles. Saudi Arabia and the West say the arms come from Iran, though Tehran denies this. © Thomson Reuters 2025.
The Star
20-06-2025
- The Star
Armed men on motorbikes kill 34 Niger soldiers, ministry says
NIAMEY (Reuters) -Several hundred armed men, many on motorbikes, attacked a Niger army base near the border with Mali, leaving at least 34 soldiers dead and 14 wounded, the Defence Ministry said. The attackers - described as "mercenaries" by the ministry - used eight vehicles and more than 200 motorbikes in the raid on the base in Bani-bangou on Thursday, according to the statement read out on state TV. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on the army base in a statement on its Telegram channel on Friday. Niger, like other countries in West Africa's Sahel region, is battling Islamist militants linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State. Troops carried out aerial and ground search operations to secure the area after the attack, the ministry said without going into more detail on the assault. (Reporting by Moussa Aksar, additional reporting by Yomna Ehab; Writing by Ayen Deng Bior; Editing by Andrew Heavens and Rod Nickel)
Zawya
31-03-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Saudi Arabia's capital markets regulator approves flynas IPO
Saudi Arabian budget airline flynas, which is backed by billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, is planning to float on Riyadh's bourse, the kingdom's markets regulator said on Friday. The nearly twenty-year-old company is going ahead with plans to sell a 30% stake, according to a statement by the Saudi capital markets authority, joining a raft of companies that have flocked to Gulf bourses in recent years. The flynas prospectus will be published prior to the start of the subscription period, the statement added. The carrier is set to debut after a years-long boom in the airline industry following the COVID-19 pandemic, and as Saudi Arabia has made tourism key to its domestic economic agenda. The listing would be only the third by a Gulf airline after the United Arab Emirates' Air Arabia and Kuwait's Jazeera Airways, and the first in nearly two decades. Launched as Nas Air in 2007, flynas serves over 70 destinations with more than 60 Airbus A320 and A330 jets. The airline is targeting a fleet of 160 aircraft by 2030. Among its shareholders are Kingdom Holding, the Saudi Arabian investment company founded by Prince Alwaleed, who was once the country's best-known international investor, buying up holdings in companies like Citigroup, Twitter and Four Seasons. Saudi Arabia's PIF sovereign wealth fund bought around 17% of Kingdom Holding in 2022. The prince, a member of the kingdom's vast ruling family, was detained in 2017 amid a sweeping purge of elites by de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, but released the following year after striking a confidential agreement with the government. Saudi Arabia is spending billions of dollars overhauling its economy to create new industries and jobs and develop a vibrant private sector to reduce the country's dependence on oil rents. The kingdom, which attracts tens of millions of religious pilgrims a year to holy Muslim sites in Mecca and Medina, has revamped its tourism industry to attract non-religious tourists. Tourism is a major pillar of the economic overhaul and the government is establishing a new state-owned airline, Riyadh Air, to start operations next year. Other major airlines in Saudi Arabia are Saudia and flyadeal, both state-owned. (Reporting by Yomna Ehab and Enas Alashray; Writing by Yomna Ehab and Federico Maccioni; Editing by Louise Heavens and Jan Harvey)
