Yemen: Houthis begin attacking Red Sea shipping in solidarity with Gaza

Six weeks into the Gaza war, Houthi forces in Yemen began launching missiles and drones at commercial shipping in the Red Sea — and at southern Israel — framing the attacks as a blockade of vessels linked to Israel. The campaign reduced Suez Canal traffic by more than half, rerouted global container flows around Africa, and drew sustained US and UK airstrikes in 2024–25. The Houthis emerged regionally elevated; their critics noted Yemeni civilians were enduring a separate, deepening famine.

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APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). Yemen: Houthis begin attacking Red Sea shipping in solidarity with Gaza [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/cbdf54fe-ee94-46ef-85be-8ae78194e363

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Yemen: Houthis begin attacking Red Sea shipping in solidarity with Gaza." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/cbdf54fe-ee94-46ef-85be-8ae78194e363.

BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-event-cbdf54fe-ee94-46ef-85be-8ae78194e363,
  title     = {{Yemen: Houthis begin attacking Red Sea shipping in solidarity with Gaza}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/cbdf54fe-ee94-46ef-85be-8ae78194e363},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {Event date: 2023-11-19. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-06-21},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2023-11-19. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.