Yemeni FM: Israel’s sponsors accountable for ongoing aggression on Sana’a

Yemen’s foreign minister has condemned the recent US airstrikes in Sana’a, asserting that any nation supporting the Zionist regime’s aggression shares responsibility for its atrocities.

“Any country that supports the Zionist regime in any way in its aggression against Sana’a is a partner in this aggression, and must assume responsibility for the repercussions of such conduct,” Jamal Ahmed Ali Amer wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday.

He also warned Western countries of the disastrous consequences of their support for the Israeli regime’s ongoing aggression against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, saying they will have to pay a heavy price and must brace themselves for a strong response.

“The terrified Zionist regime, which speaks of a bank of targets inside Yemen, has demonstrated its failure and defeat by bombing facilities that have already been struck,” the senior Yemeni diplomat pointed out.

The remarks came after the United States military said it had conducted a series of air strikes against targets in Yemen’s capital Sana’a, including a missile storage facility and a “command-and-control” site.

US Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees US Army operations in West Asia, added it also hit multiple one-way drones and an anti-ship cruise missile over the Red Sea.

The Yemeni information minister also condemned in the strongest terms the recent US military airstrikes against Sana’a.

“It is fairly evident that Americans have not learned from their past mistakes, and will continue to taste humiliation at the hands of Yemenis,” Hashem Sharaf al-Din noted.

‘Severe consequences’

A senior member of the political bureau of the Ansarullah resistance movement also warned that the United States and Israel would face severe consequences if they escalate tensions and expand their acts of aggression against Yemen.

Hizam al-Assad stated that his group is prepared for a full-scale war.

“Sana’a is not afraid of the spread of war. It is America that should be afraid, as its interests and assets are widespread in our region.

“We are not fearful of a full-scale war being imposed on us. The US and the Zionist regime should be scared of such an event because the outcome will not be in their favor at all,” he added.

He stressed that US interests in West Asia are extensive, and the existence of the Tel Aviv regime hinges upon the equation of security, military superiority, and deterrence, which no longer exists.

“The attacks by the US, Britain, and the Zionist regime [on Yemen] are a sign of their defeat and confusion. We have no apprehension about Yemen’s military capabilities and prowess.

“Yemen’s military capabilities and hardware have been developed for difficult war conditions. Homegrown Yemeni munitions are being stored in safe places, and the country’s diverse natural features have also contributed to such security,” Assad stated.

Yemenis have declared their open support for Palestine’s struggle against the Israeli occupation since the regime launched a devastating war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, after the territory’s resistance movements carried out Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying entity.

Ansarullah maintains that it targets ships linked to Israel, the United States, or the United Kingdom to force an end to the Tel Aviv regime’s genocidal war on Gaza.

The Yemeni armed forces have said they will not stop their attacks until Israel’s ground and aerial offensives in Gaza end.

So far, Israel has killed at least 45,227 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 107,573 others in Gaza.

Al-Jolani, Fidan call for removal of West's Syria sanctions

Hakan Fidan and Abu Mohammed al-Jolani held a meeting in Sunday in Damascus. 

Al-Jolani said in a joint press conference with the Turkish Foreign Minister after the meeting, “I discussed strengthening relations with Ankara in talks with the Turkish Foreign Minister and he has expressed his readiness to help Syria.”

Stating that “we will have strategic relations with Ankara, the HTS leader called Turkey a “friend of the Syrian people”.

According to the Anadolu Agency, the commander of the armed rebels ruling Damascus also said that the United States and Western countries should lift sanctions on Syria.

The Turkish Foreign Minister also claimed that the past period under Assad government was a dark period in Syria’s history, further claiming “We are moving towards a bright future. We will support the people of Syria and will not abandon them.”

Fidan announced that during his meeting with Al-Jolani, he discussed the issue of “stability in Syria and the return of refugees.”

The top Turkish diplomat also called for an internal consensus in Syria, saying that, “Arab countries should contact the new Syrian leaders and should hurry in that regard.”

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US fighter aircraft shot down ‘in friendly fire’ amid aggression on Yemen

The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) says a fighter aircraft was shot down over the Red Sea in what it claimed to be a case of “friendly fire”, amid Washington’s escalated aggression on Yemeni soil in support of the Israeli regime.

Early Sunday, an F/A-18F Super Hornet was mistakenly shot down, with CENTCOM confirming in a statement that both US Navy aviators on board are safe.

The Super Hornet, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), was flying over the Red Sea when guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG-64) fired upon it, according to the CENTCOM statement.

“The guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64), which is part of the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, mistakenly fired on and hit the F/A-18, which was flying off the USS Harry S. Truman,” CENTCOM’s statement reads.

“Both pilots were safely recovered. Initial assessments indicate that one of the crew members sustained minor injuries. This incident was not the result of hostile fire, and a full investigation is underway.”

The Boeing-built Super Hornet is a supersonic, twin-engine fighter aircraft “able to perform virtually every mission in the tactical spectrum,” according to the manufacturer.

The strike group is tasked as part of a US-led coalition to protect merchant traffic in the Red Sea from pro-Palestine retaliatory operations by the Yemeni armed forces, who have over the past year launched dozens of drones, guided cruise, and ballistic missiles at Israeli-owned and –bound shipping in the strategic waterway.

Over the weekend, US forces attacked the Yemeni capital of Sana’a by striking a missile storage facility and a command and control node, according to a Saturday statement from CENTCOM.

The Sunday incident took place a day after Yemen’s military targeted Tel Aviv with a hypersonic ballistic missile, in a fresh operation against the Israeli regime and in support of the Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Yemeni armed forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a statement on Saturday that the strike was carried out by a “Palestine 2” hypersonic ballistic missile, with the Israeli regime failing to intercept the advanced projectile.

Since the onset of the Israeli regime’s war on Gaza on October 7, 2023—after Palestinian resistance movements launched Operation al-Aqsa Storm—Yemen has declared unwavering support for Palestine’s struggle against the occupation.

The Yemeni Armed Forces have launched regular strikes against Israel as part of a phased escalation campaign.

The campaign has also included a strict maritime blockade of Israeli shipping, effectively preventing vessels from reaching Israeli ports.

Israel has so far killed more than 45,200 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured over 107,510 others in Gaza.

Trump has genuine opportunity to negotiate Iran nuclear deal

According to the CNN report, Sullivan, however, highlighted the “real risk” that Iran may revisit its nuclear doctrine in the aftermath of the Assad government in Syria.

“It’s a risk that I’m personally briefing the incoming team on. I was just in Israel, consulting with the Israelis on this risk,” he told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria in an interview that aired Sunday.

Iran’s “conventional capability has been reduced,” Sullivan claimed.

The US official said that Iran has lost its alleged proxies while the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei dismissed in a speech earlier on Sunday claims that Iran has been cut off from its “proxy forces” in the region, asserting that the Islamic Republic neither has nor needs such forces to achieve its objectives.

In 2018, Iran activated the dispute resolution mechanism within the Joint Commission of the JCPOA at the level of foreign ministers from the remaining signatories to the agreement. Consequently, the JCPOA members issued a statement outlining 11 commitments aimed at compensating for the economic damages caused by the United States’ unilateral withdrawal from the deal and re-imposition of sanctions against Iran.

Iran honored its commitments under the JCPOA for a year following the US withdrawal, hoping to give European nations time to fulfill their promises to mitigate the impacts of Washington’s unilateral exit. Nevertheless, as European countries failed to meet their commitments, Iran began to reduce its obligations under the JCPOA in several stages.

Negotiations to resume the implementation of the JCPOA have been held over eight rounds in Vienna, with representatives from the remaining signatories of the deal, the European Union, and Iran participating. The US delegation took part in the discussions indirectly.

However, the talks have stalled due to factors such as contradictions in behavior, delays in decision-making, excessive demands, and new requests from the United States.

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Israel indicts two settlers over suspected spying for Hezbollah

At least two Israeli settlers have been arrested in occupied al-Quds for allegedly passing on information to contacts in the Hezbollah resistance movement during the Israeli aggression against Lebanon.

The Israeli Attorney’s Office filed an indictment against the pair, who allegedly made contact with operatives from the Lebanese group and sent news articles about the security situation in Israel. 

According to the indictment, Abd al-Salam Qawasameh and Taar Asili were in contact via a WhatsApp group with a Hezbollah operative. The pair also allegedly were asked to speak with a senior Hezbollah intelligence officer. 

They are now charged with “contact with a foreign agent” and passing information to the enemy. 

Qawasameh was also hit with weapons offenses after he took a photo with an assault rifle that belonged to a Palestinian gunman during a visit to the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. 

They are also accused of sending photos and videos from Caesarea, where the Israeli regime’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a private residence.  

Qawasameh sent to the Hezbollah handler photos from the coastal town of Caesarea and Asili sent her news articles about Israel and the security situation, the indictment says. 

The prosecution has asked a district court in occupied al-Quds to have them kept in custody until the end of the legal proceedings. 

Last month, Israeli media reported that the Shin Bet arrested several suspects in Netanyahu’s office on charges of leaking highly classified information related to the genocidal war on Gaza.

Several suspects were arrested concerning a leak of classified documents from the prime minister’s office (PMO). A report from Ynet back then stated that one of those arrested was a spokesman who worked with the PMO.

Back in October, Israeli prosecutors said authorities had arrested seven Jewish settlers from the northern part of the occupied territories on charges of carrying out tasks for Iran and gathering information on the regime’s strategic installations.

Hezbollah had been responding to the Israeli aggression against Lebanon with hundreds of successful retaliatory strikes on various sensitive and strategic military targets across the occupied territories.

The Lebanese resistance movement announced than 100 Israeli troops have been killed and upwards of a thousand others injured during the strikes.

Regional resistance groups say the ceasefire Israel eventually clinched with Hezbollah has shattered Netanyahu’s “illusion” of reshaping West Asia by force.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati recently censured Israel for its daily violations of the 60-day ceasefire agreement, asserting that the regime is not meeting its obligations.

Al-Jolani, Fidan call for removal of West's sanction on Syria

Hakan Fidan and Abu Mohammed al-Jolani held a meeting in Sunday in Damascus. 

Al-Jolani said in a joint press conference with the Turkish Foreign Minister after the meeting, “I discussed strengthening relations with Ankara in talks with the Turkish Foreign Minister and he has expressed his readiness to help Syria.”

Stating that “we will have strategic relations with Ankara, the HTS leader called Turkey a “friend of the Syrian people”.

According to the Anadolu Agency, the commander of the armed rebels ruling Damascus also said that the United States and Western countries should lift sanctions on Syria.

The Turkish Foreign Minister also claimed that the past period under Assad government was a dark period in Syria’s history, further claiming “We are moving towards a bright future. We will support the people of Syria and will not abandon them.”

Fidan announced that during his meeting with Al-Jolani, he discussed the issue of “stability in Syria and the return of refugees.”

The top Turkish diplomat also called for an internal consensus in Syria, saying that, “Arab countries should contact the new Syrian leaders and should hurry in that regard.”

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Iran: US airstrikes on Yemen war crimes, violation of international law


Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei

Iran has strongly condemned the US’s “repeated and aggressive” airstrikes on Yemen as war crimes and a violation of international law and the United Nations Charter. 

“The US’s aggressive and repeated attacks on Yemen are a gross violation of the principles and rules of international law and the United Nations Charter,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Sunday.

These attacks are also a violation of the rules and principles of international humanitarian law and an example of a war crime, he added.

He hailed the solidarity of the Yemeni people with the oppressed people in Palestine which is rooted in the Yemenis’ faith and belief in supporting the oppressed against occupation and genocide.

The Iranian spokesperson also called on the Muslim world, regional countries and the UN to take serious measures against the attacks by the US, Britain and the Israeli regime on Yemen.

The United States and Britain have been carrying out military strikes in Yemen for nearly a year in violation of the country’s sovereignty and international law.

The illegal air raids came in response to Yemen’s maritime campaign in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip amid a genocidal Israeli war.

The Gaza Health Ministry said on Sunday that at least 45,259 people have been killed and 107,627 injured during more than 14 months of the Israeli regime’s genocidal war.


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Israeli army martyr at least 22 people across the Gaza Strip

 Israeli forces have martyred at least 32 more Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours.

A strike on a school housing displaced people in Gaza City martyred at least eight people, including three children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, according to Euronews. The Civil Defence had earlier said four children were among those martyred.

A strike on a home in the central city of Deir al-Balah late on Saturday martyred at least eight people, including three women and two children, according to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, which received the bodies. Another six people were killed in separate strikes on Sunday, according to local hospitals.

The overall death toll from Israel’s onslaught since last year has risen to 45,259 with 107,627 others injured. 

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Yemeni armed forces down F-18 fighter jet, repel US-UK attack: Spokesman

The Yemeni Armed Forces say they have successfully thwarted a joint American-British attack by shooting down a US F-18 fighter jet and forcing other aircraft to withdraw from Yemeni airspace.

Yemeni army spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree made the remarks in a statement on Sunday, after the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said a fighter aircraft was shot down over the Red Sea in what it claimed to be a case of “friendly fire” earlier in the day.

“We have thwarted the joint US-British attack and targeted the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and a number of its accompanying destroyers,” Saree said.

He went on to say that the operation was carried out using eight cruise missiles and 17 drones, adding that the attack forced the USS Harry Truman to withdraw.

According to the Yemeni army spokesman, most of the hostile aircraft retreated from Yemen’s airspace to international waters in the Red Sea in an attempt to defend the aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman after it was targeted.

Saree further noted that during the operation, an American F-18 aircraft was downed by Yemeni forces while the enemy destroyers were trying to confront the Yemeni drones and missiles.

He also warned of further action to defend Yemen and support Palestine, reaffirming the country’s armed forces’ readiness to confront any further American-British-Israeli provocations in the future.

“The Yemeni Armed Forces warn the Israeli and American enemy against aggression on Yemen and that the Yemeni Armed Forces will use their full right to defend Yemen and continue to support the Palestinian people until the aggression against Gaza stops and the siege is lifted,” he said.

In a statement early Sunday, CENTCOM claimed an F/A-18F Super Hornet was mistakenly shot down, confirming that both US Navy aviators on board were safe.

The Super Hornet, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), was flying over the Red Sea when guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG-64) fired upon it, according to the CENTCOM statement.

Since the onset of the Israeli regime’s war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, Yemen has declared unwavering support for Palestine’s fight against the occupation.

The Yemeni Armed Forces have launched regular strikes against Israel as part of a phased retaliation campaign.

The campaign has also included a strict maritime blockade of Israeli shipping, effectively preventing vessels from reaching Israeli ports.

Israel has so far killed more than 45,259 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured over 107,627 others in Gaza.

Iran urges expulsion of Israel from UN Women's Commission

Kazem Gharibabadi, who is Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, made the appeal in four identical letters addressed to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, President of the UN Economic and Social Council Bob Rae, Chair of the UN Commission on the Status of Women Abdulaziz M. Alwasil, and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk.

“The presence of the criminal Zionist regime, which as per international human rights authorities, independent UN experts and independent human rights activists has turned Gaza into a slaughterhouse for civilians, particularly women and children, in the UN Commission on the Status of Women, whose nature is to promote the rights of women and girls and to prevent violence and discrimination against them, is an end to the credibility of international institutions and expectations of their efficacy during crises and humanitarian threats,” Gharibabadi wrote.

He drew attention to the published statistics about the scale and dimensions of the Zionist regime’s vicious crimes against civilians, especially women and children, in Gaza and Lebanon, wondering how such a major violator of human rights could remain in an international body that monitors, supports, and promotes the rights of women and girls.

More than 44,000 people have been killed and over 104,000 others injured in Gaza, and as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said in its report on November 8, nearly 70% of the fatalities are women and children, and about 80% of the victims died during attacks on residential buildings and similar structures, Gharibabadi pointed out.

“The child-killing Zionist regime kills a child in Gaza every 10 minutes. More than 17,000 Palestinian children have been so far martyred as a result of this brutal massacre, and more than 255,000 Palestinian children in Gaza have lost their fathers or mothers.

“Furthermore, hundreds of babies have lost their lives shortly after birth due to the indiscriminate bombardment of residential areas, hospitals, schools, internally displaced persons (IDPs) tent camps, and destruction of healthcare facilities,” the Iranian diplomat said.

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