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The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen on Monday claimed responsibility for missile attacks against three civilian ships in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea, plus drone attacks on two U.S. destroyers in the Red Sea.

The leader of the Yemeni Houthi terrorist organization, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, demanded that the Muslim world work to revive “conscious spiritual Jihad” against America and Israel in remarks on Thursday, condemning Muslim-majority countries he suggested were embracing “passivity.”

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen announced on Thursday they had targeted three more commercial vessels with missiles and drones.

Iran announced that Shahid Mahdavi, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warship, crossed the equator into the Southern Hemisphere.

The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents resume terrorist attacks against Red Sea shipping after a two-week pause.

Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo inadvertently admitted to Congress on Tuesday that the $6 billion that the Biden administration unfroze for Iran last year in exchange for the return of five American prisoners likely went to fund violent activity.

Iran-backed militia groups in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon have reportedly been holding “secret strategy sessions” with Hamas in Lebanon.

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen launched missiles at a Chinese-owned oil tanker, seemingly violating a promise of safe passage.

Representatives from China and Russia worked out a deal for safe passage with the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen.

A senior leader within the Yemeni Houthi terrorist organization claimed in remarks on Sunday that Russia, China, and other members of the BRICS geopolitical coalition are cooperating with the Houthis to achieve “the historic defeat of the US, the UK and the West.”

The leader of Yemen’s Ansar Allah terrorist organization, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, announced on Thursday that his jihadists would expand their attacks on random commercial ships beyond the greater Red Sea region in an attempt to disrupt shipping routes around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa.

Egypt is selling real estate to the United Arab Emirates for $24 billion to make up for the Suez Canal shortfall from Houthi terrorism.

The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday announced that a group of Russian warships has arrived in Iranian waters for participation in a joint exercise with Iran and China called “Maritime Security Belt 2024.”

The Houthi terrorists of Yemen organized multiple rallies throughout the country on Friday in support of their Red Sea terror campaign, reportedly attracting thousands of people in support of the Sunni jihadist terror group Hamas.

Civilian mariners killed in a Houthi missile strike for the first time, a bulk carrier abandoned and burning in the critical waterway.

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen announced on Monday they had bombed another commercial ship – the Liberian-flagged, Swiss-owned MSC Sky – in an alleged attempt to hurt the Israeli economy.

A senior leader within the Yemeni Houthi terrorist organization promised on Sunday to sink more British ships after U.K. and coalition forces confirmed the sinking of the British-owned MV Rubymar, a commercial ship with no known ties to Israel, which the Houthis struck with a ballistic missile in mid-February.

A ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has sunk in the Red Sea after days of taking on water, officials said Saturday.

The leader of the Yemeni terrorist organization Ansarallah, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, ominously promised “surprises” in a speech on Thursday for American and allied forces attempting to contain his group’s campaign to disrupt global commercial shipping in the Red Sea.

Germany inadvertently attempted to shoot down a U.S. Reaper drone on Tuesday night, but the missiles malfunctioned and fell into the sea. 

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, held a hearing on Tuesday to discuss the Houthi terror attacks on Red Sea shipping.

The prime minister of the legitimate, but powerless, government of Yemen arrived in Moscow on Monday to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and encourage the Russian government to contain the threat of Houthi terrorism in the country.

The Houthis celebrated that civilized nations such as America, Israel, and Britain have lost their “influence on international waters.”

The U.S. and UK on Saturday launched a fourth round of “self-defense” airstrikes against 18 targets in Yemen controlled by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists, destroying missile storage facilities, drones, radars, and one helicopter.

Combined U.S. and British forces carried out a fresh wave of strikes Saturday against 18 Huthi targets in Yemen, hitting back after weeks of attacks on Red Sea shipping by the Iran-backed rebels.

The leader of the Iran-backed Houthis of Yemen says the terror campaign against Red Sea shipping is “continuing, escalating, and effective.”

A string of Houthi missile and drone attacks demonstrates the ineffectiveness of President Biden’s “Operation Prosperity Guardian.”

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen damaged a British-registered cargo vessel badly enough to make the crew abandon the ship.

Attack may be the first serious missile damage inflicted on a merchant ship by the Iran-backed, Shiite Muslim Houthi Rebels.

A senior United Nations official defended the decision by President Joe Biden to limit his response to the Yemen Houthi terrorist organization to a weak “global terrorist” branding, claiming the move can help “safeguard many transactions necessary for our humanitarian activities.”

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen claimed on Monday to have targeted and damaged an “American ship” in the Red Sea with an “accurate and direct” missile strike.

Insurance costs for Red Sea transit have risen by up to 50 percent since the Houthi terrorists began attacking commercial vessels.

Deployment marked “most serious engagement of a unit of the German navy in many decades,” Admiral Kaack told reporters in Berlin.

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen launched six more anti-ship missiles into the Red Sea, defying U.S. warnings to halt their attacks.

The leader of Iran’s agency responsible for managing foreign investments asserted the country has documented a ten-fold increase in the amount of Chinese money flowing into Iran in the past year, the regime-linked Tasnim News Agency reported on Tuesday.

The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen may be considering an attack on undersea Internet cables in the Red Sea.