Huthis in a sentence

In further images released by the Iran-backed Huthis, white body bags were lined up on a hospital floor.

The Arabian Peninsula's poorest country has been at war since the Saudi-led intervention began in March 2015, months after the Iran-backed Huthis seized the capital Sanaa.

The Huthis have previously launched attacks on Saudi Arabia, Yemen's northern neighbour, and the United Arab Emirates, both key foreign players in the civil war.

The Pentagon said Tuesday that US military forces shot down 12 attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack cruise missiles in the southern Red Sea that were fired by Huthis over a 10-hour period.

On Friday the Huthis claimed a "direct hit" on a tanker in the Red Sea but a maritime security agency run by Britain's Royal Navy reported no damage.

On Monday, hours before the joint operation, Huthis claimed they fired on a US military cargo ship off the coast of Yemen.

On Wednesday, the United States re-designated the Huthis as a "terrorist" group and carried out strikes on 14 Huthi missiles.

The Huthis Al-Masirah TV said the Israeli strikes killed six people, after earlier Huthi statements said two people died at the rebel-held capital's airport, and another at Ras Issa port.

The Huthis, alongside Hezbollah, Hamas and others, are part of the so-called axis of resistance of Iran-backed, anti-Israel armed groups.

The Huthis control swathes of Yemen, including much of its Red Sea coast.

The Huthis have carried out relentless attacks since November on shipping transiting the Red Sea, a maritime hub through which 12 percent of global trade usually passes.

The Huthis' official media earlier said Al-Dailami airbase in Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa had been struck in the latest bombardment.

The Huthis' political bureau said "the American aggression will not pass without a response", and vowed to continue the group's "support and assistance to Gaza and Lebanon".

The Huthis say the strikes are in solidarity with Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza, which Israel has bombarded relentlessly for three months, in what it says is a campaign to destroy militant group Hamas.

The missile was also aimed at the Tel Aviv area, the Huthis announced earlier.

The US military said Wednesday a destroyer shot down three Iranian drones and an anti-ship missile fired by the Huthis.

The violence in Iraq and Syria and the continued attacks by the Huthis have raised fears of a broader regional conflict directly involving Iran — a worst-case scenario that Washington is desperately seeking to avoid.

Both have mostly been liberated from Huthi control, but the Huthis retain certain pockets from which they occasionally attack the forces opposing them.

In particular it has not prevented the Huthis from increasing their influence in the part of Yemen they control nor has it reduced their control in Hodeida governorate.

His remarks came only days after the strikes on Saudi oil facilities claimed by Yemen's Huthis, but the US says it has concluded the attack involved cruise missiles from Iran and amounted to "an act of war".