Offstream
news

The United States military launches attacks on and destroys seven Houthi radar stations in Yemen in retaliation after a merchant sailor went missing following Houthi strikes on ships in the Red Sea.
2024-06-14

U.S. Navy and Royal Navy warships in the Red Sea shoot down 21 suicide drones and missiles launched by Houthi forces in Yemen. British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps describes it as the largest attack in the area by the Houthis to date.
2024-01-9

"M-T Strinda", a Norwegian-owned chemical tanker, is hit by at least one missile launched from Yemen, with the vessel reportedly in flames in the Red Sea. The USS "Mason" is responding to a distress call from the ship, according to U.S. officials.
2023-12-11

Israel deploys Sa'ar-class corvettes to the Red Sea in response to missile and drone attacks from Yemen. Israeli National Security Council official Tzachi Hanegbi says that the Houthi attacks on Israel are "intolerable".
2023-11-1

The Iranian Navy captures and later releases two American sea drones in the Red Sea.
2022-09-2

Russian President Vladimir Putin approves the construction of a new Russian Navy facility in Sudan. The naval base will be built near Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast, and will hold up to 300 military and civilian personnel.
2020-11-16

The Egyptian parliament approves the transfer of two uninhabited Red Sea islands, Tiran Island and Sanafir Island, to Saudi Arabia.
2017-06-14

A top Egyptian court rules against giving away the two Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia.
2017-01-16

The United States Navy's USS "Mason" is fired on for the third time in a week from territory controlled by Houthi forces in Yemen, while in international waters of the Red Sea. The ship deployed countermeasures and was not struck, according to U.S. officials.
2016-10-15

Two rockets are fired into Jordanian territory: one explodes near Aqaba and damages a warehouse, the other falls into the Red Sea.
2010-04-22