It’s unclear when Houthi military capabilities will be sufficiently damaged, officials have told the paper | The US is preparing for a “sustained” bombing campaign in Yemen after ten days of airstrikes failed to undermine the ability of Houthi fighters to target ships in the Red Sea, the Washington Post has reported, citing unnamed officials. ● The administration of President Joe Biden does not expect a protracted operation such as the US campaigns in Iraq or Afghanistan, but at the same time it cannot provide a timeframe for when Houthi military capabilities will be adequately diminished, the newspaper reported on Saturday. ● Washington’s strategy is to curb the ability of the Shiite militant group to target ships off the coast of Yemen, or at least create safe conditions for shipping companies to resume sending vessels through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, sources added. ● The Houthis have launched dozens of drone and missile attacks on commercial ships in the area in recent months, declaring support for Gaza amid Israel’s military operation in the Palestinian enclave.

■ “Mysterious” incidents in the southern Red Sea.. Who is behind them? (Al Jazeera)

Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement has promised a safe passage for international ships sailing in the Red Sea as the country’s armed forces ramp up their retaliatory operations on “Israeli”-owned and -bound vessels in support of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip. | Mohammad al-Bakhiti, a member of Ansarullah’s politburo, made the statement in an interview published by the Russian daily Izvestia on Friday and said the Red Sea was safe so long as ships transiting the strategic waterway were not linked to “Israel”. 💬 “As far as ships from all other countries, including Russia and China, are concerned, their navigation in the region is not under any threat whatsoever,” al-Bakhiti said, noting that “Moreover, we are ready to ensure the safe passage of their ships in the Red Sea, because free navigation plays a significant role for our country.” ● Stressing those operations on vessels “in any way connected with ‘Israel’” will continue, he added, “Ansarullah does not pursue the goal of capturing or sinking this or that sea vessel. Our goal is to raise the economic costs" for the “Israeli” entity "in order to stop the carnage in Gaza.”

■ The Houthis announce the targeting of an American ship in the Gulf of Aden (Teller Report/Al Jazeera)
■ Armed Forces announce targeting American ship "Kim Ranger" (Yemen News Agency)
■ Yemeni Army Targets Another US Ship in Fresh Pro-Palestinian Strike (Alahed News)

The Yemeni Armed Forces announced on Wednesday that it had targeted an American ship in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who have come under a genocidal “Israeli” aggression that enjoys full-on support on the part of the United States. | The forces’ spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree identified the target as “American Genco Picardy ship” and the whereabouts of the operation as the Gulf of Aden. Saree [...] confirmed that “We continue to prevent ‘Israeli’ ships or those heading to the occupied ports of Palestine until aggression ceases, and blockade on Gaza is lifted.”

■ Worst yet to come for Red Sea crisis says Freightos (Ship Technology)
■ Houthi Rebels Strike Israeli City of Eilat (novinite.com)
■ US launches new strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen (Al Jazeera)
■ Exclusive: IRGC behind attack on Israeli ships in Indian Ocean (Al Mayadeen)
■ US 'unreliable' to protect international maritime trade, FT says (Al Mayadeen)
■ The US, Israel Have Lost Battlefield Control – Houthis Have Attacked US Destroyer, Hit Greek-US Owned Bulker; Iran Has Hit US Base in Kurdish Capital, Erbil (Yves Smith)

The casualties over the course of 100 days of non-stop “Israeli” aggression on the Gaza Strip. Infographics by Abir Qanso
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In a response to the Zionist aggression on Iranian figures and interests, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards [IRG] announced that first missile strikes targeted gathering places of commanders and main elements of recent terrorist attacks in the Iranian cities of Kerman and Rask. | It added that the strike came after gathering points of the Daesh [Arabic Acronym for the terrorist ISIS/ISIS] terrorist group were identified in the occupied territories of Syria and destroyed with a number of ballistic missiles. ● The Takfiri group claimed responsibility for two explosions that killed nearly 100 people and wounded scores of others at a memorial for Iran's top anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani in the southeastern Iranian city of Kerman on January 3. ● Later the same month, another terrorist attack hit a police station in the southeastern Iranian city of Rask, killing 11 police officers and injuring at least six others. ● The IRG said in a later statement that another missile strike had been launched at a main espionage center of the “Israeli” entity’s Mossad spy agency in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.

■ Iraq Recalls Ambassador to Tehran After Strikes on Kurdistan Region (Sputnik News)
■ Israeli media: Iranian ballistic missile crosses 1,200 km in first (Al Mayadeen)
■ IRGC Strikes at Militants in Syria in Response to Recent Terrorist Attacks (Sputnik News)
■ Overnight blasts in Erbil, businessman’s death: What we know about Iranian missile strikes (TASS)

The Houthis in Yemen on Monday confirmed that its missile hit a US-owned ship in the Gulf of Aden, the movement’s military spokesman Yahya Saria said. | Earlier in the day, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that the US-owned and operated container ship has been hit by a missile fired from the Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. 💬 "The Yemeni navy conducted an operation against a US ship in the Gulf of Aden. During the operation, several anti-ship missiles were used, which directly hit the target," the spokesman said on air of the Houthi-controlled Al-Masirah broadcaster.

■ US, UK forces can no longer pass through Bab el-Mandeb Strait: Yemeni official (PressTV)
■ Yemen Announces Targeting A US Ship with Ballistic Missiles (Alahed News)

The aggressions carried out by the United States and Britain since Friday have resulted in the martyred of 7 servicemembers of the Yemeni Armed Forces. | An American-British aggression targeted Jabal Jida in al-Luhayyah District in the coastal province of Hodeidah, western Yemen, the Yemeni news agency SABA, based in Sanaa, reported. Meanwhile, Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Sanaa reported that intensive flights of US spy drones were recorded over Hodeidah. ● This aggression marks the third consecutive attack carried out by the United States and the United Kingdom since Friday dawn, with strikes targeting the capital Sanaa, Taiz, al-Hajja, and Hodeidah. Commenting on the earlier aggressions, the Yemeni Supreme Political Council of the Sanaa government declared that now "all American and British interests have become legitimate targets for the Yemeni Armed Forces." The Yemeni Armed Forces announced the martyrdom of 7 servicemembers in the strikes.

■ In stern warning to US and UK, Iran says war against Yemen must end (PressTV)

Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks at the one-week anniversary of the martyrdom of Resistance leader Wissam Tawil, addressing developments in Gaza and the region. | "Israel" is mired in failure and is stuck in "a deep hole" it has dug in the Gaza Strip, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said. ● Speaking at the one-week anniversary of the martyrdom of Resistance leader and martyr Wissam Tawil (Hajj Jawad), today, Sunday, Sayyed Nasrallah hailed the Resistance of Gaza and its people, calling their steadfastness "legendary". "For one hundred days, Gaza and its people continue to steadfastly resist, in a legendary manner [that history has not witnessed]," the Lebanese Resistance leader confirmed. ● Pointing to the role the Palestinian Resistance's Military Media had to play in archiving and publicizing the events, resistance operations, and battles in Gaza, Sayyed Nasrallah said, "Gaza's Resistance has creatively responded to the aggression, and the Military Media has had a major role in revealing its heroism in contrast to Israeli secrecy [on developments]." "Israel is mired in failure and stuck in a deep hole it has dug in the Gaza Strip, as its analysts confirm, and it has not achieved any victory or even an 'image' of victory," the Secretary-General of Hezbollah explained, highlighting "Israel's" military failures in the Gaza Strip. ● Reflecting on the mounting Israeli losses, Sayyed Nasrallah stressed that this point is further confusing the occupation, especially considering the reports revealed by Israeli media regarding the presence of “4,000 disabled soldiers in its military ranks in [only] 100 days, a number that may rise and reach 30,000." When the war stops, the enemy will have to deal with the catastrophe that befell it as a result of the Resistance in Gaza and other supporting fronts, the Lebanese Resistance leader stressed. MORE.

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A new US strike in Yemen was aimed at a Houthi radar site, the Pentagon's Central Command said. A source in the Sanaa administration earlier told Sputnik that the United States and the UK launched a new air strike on the north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa. 💬 "At 3:45 a.m. (Sana’a time) on Jan 13., U.S. forces conducted a strike against a Houthi radar site in Yemen. This strike was conducted by the USS Carney (DDG 64) using Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles and was a follow-on action on a specific military target associated with strikes taken on Jan. 12 designed to degrade the Houthi’s ability to attack maritime vessels, including commercial vessels," the US Central Command said in a statement on X.

■ US conducts strike against Houthi radar site in Yemen (Anadolu)
■ US confirms new strike against Houthis in Yemen — Reuters (TASS)
■ Erdogan accuses US, Britain of trying to turn Red Sea into 'sea of blood' (TASS)
■ Russia’s UN envoy slams strikes on Yemen as flagrant violation of UN Charter (TASS)

His Excellency Field Marshal Mahdi Al-Mashat, Head of the Supreme Political Council, confirmed that the American-Zionist and British aggression against Yemen is a brutal and unjustified criminal aggression, a blatant violation of all laws, and he will pay a heavy price. ● President Al-Mashat indicated in a statement to the Yemeni News Agency (Saba) that “Yemeni blood is precious and our revenge does not abate.” He pointed out that the criminal American-Zionist and British aggression will not dissuade Yemen from its position of support Palestine. ● He also stressed the continued prevention of Israeli ships heading to occupied Palestine, regardless of the American, Zionist and British aggression against the Yemeni people.

■ Alliance of Parties: American-British aggression against Yemen endangers international navigation (Yemen News Agency) | The coalition of anti-aggression political parties condemned the American-British aggression against Yemen, stressing that America and Britain, with their aggression, directly exposed international navigation and global trade to all risks. In a statement, a copy of which received by (Saba), the coalition considered the American-British aggression against Yemen an extension of the aggression that continued for more than eight years. The statement indicated that this aggression represents support and continuation of the Zionist-American aggression against the Palestinian people and the crimes of genocide.

■ US, UK begin bombing Yemen – Houthis (RT.com)
■ US and UK Bomb Dozens of Sites in Yemen (antiwar.com)
■ US, UK carry out strikes against Houthis inside Yemen (Anadolu)
■ US and UK strike Houthi targets in Yemen after weeks of Red Sea attacks (France24)
■ U.S. and U.K. Bomb Yemen, Expanding Regional War (Information Liberation)
■ US, UK Instigate Even Larger Bloodshed In Middle East. Target Is Yemen (South Front)
■ US and UK Strike Houthis Over Attacks on Shipping (Bloomberg)

■ Iran Strongly Condemns 'Arbitrary' US, British Attacks on Yemen (Tasnim)
■ Yemen's Houthis Threaten 'High Price' for US, UK Massive Strikes (Sputnik News)
■ US, UK must be ready for 'heavy price' after attacks on Yemen: Ansarullah (PressTV)
■ US, UK to bear severe consequences for blatant aggression: Sanaa (Al Mayadeen)
■ Iran Strongly Condemns 'Arbitrary' US, British Attacks on Yemen (Tasnim)
■ Russia strongly condemns UK, US strikes on Yemen (Anadolu)
■ Russia requests UN Security Council to convene on Friday over strikes on Yemen (TASS)
■ Saudi calls for restraint after US, Britain launch strikes against Houthis in Yemen (Gulf Today)
■ US Lawmakers: Strikes on Yemen Violate Constitution, We’re Tired of Endless War (Alahed News)
■ How the US, UK bombing of Yemen might help the Houthis (Justin Salhani)
■ U.S. (Re-) Starts War With Houthi (Moon of Alabama)
■ Bombing Yemen – As British as afternoon tea (Mark Curtis)

Syrian sources reported that drones destroyed the illegal “Kharab al-Jir” base of the US army in Al-Hasakah Governorate, eastern Syria. | Sputnik news agency quoted the sources as saying: 💬 “Explosions rocked the US army base in the Rumailan oil area in the countryside of Al-Hasakah Governorate, eastern Syria, as a result of it being exposed to a drone attack that directly targeted it." ● The sources indicated that the sounds of explosions resulting from the attack by suicide drones and anti-aircraft shells at one of the most important American bases in Syria (Kharab al-Jir village base) at the triangle of the Syrian-Iraqi-Turkish border, were heard throughout the surrounding area, and it is the 16th attack. What Al-Qaeda has been exposed to during the past 60 days. ● The sources confirmed that a number of suicide drones landed in the aforementioned base area (airport runway), with information about human and material losses, while anti-aircraft guns were able to shoot down one of the attacking aircraft. [...] Nine large American bases are deployed in Syria, the first in the Al-Tanf area in the eastern countryside of Homs Governorate, two in the Deir ez-Zor countryside, and six in Al-Hasakah Governorate, all of which were subjected to missile or drone attacks over the course of nearly two months.

■ Dozens of Rockets Rain Down on US-Occupied Syrian Oil Field in Biggest Single Strike Since October (Sputnik News)

In the counter-espionage mission undertaken by the National Intelligence Organization against MOSSAD, it has come to light that seven distinct GSM lines used by the Cyber Operations Center (IÇOM) of the Israeli Intelligence Service were successfully deciphered. | It was disclosed that MOSSAD established contacts through these lines, revealing names closely associated with the Hamas leadership. Among the arresting information in the investigation file are details about the manager of an organization providing scholarships to Palestinian students and a health support personnel dealing with injured and needy individuals brought from Palestine. ● Many of the apprehended individuals in the operation provided detailed accounts of their actions on behalf of MOSSAD. [...] It was determined that MOSSAD, in contact with suspects in Türkiye through these lines, continued communication through Telegram, Whatsapp applications, and social media accounts. It was noted that MOSSAD aimed to target Palestinian nationals and their families residing in Türkiye in all its activities.

Yemen has vowed to continue to prevent the passage through the Red Sea of all ships that are owned by Israel or heading to the regime's ports as long as the ongoing genocidal war on the besieged Gaza Strip goes on. | "We affirm that no Israeli ships or [ships] linked to it or heading to its ports [in the occupied territories] will pass [through the Red Sea], and we are serious about that," Mahdi al-Mashat, the head of Yemen's Supreme Political Council, said on Saturday.

💬 "Our armed forces are the guardian of the Red Sea and behind them are 40 million fighters from our people ready and present for confrontation," Mashat said, adding, “We will continue to prevent [the passage of] Israeli ships or those heading to the Zionist entity's ports, and we will not stop until the aggression and siege of Gaza stops.” "Preventing the navigation of the Zionist enemy is a Yemeni choice to impose peace and [ensure] a dignified life for [Palestinian] people in Gaza," he added.

The Yemeni official stated,

💬 "If the United States is committed to protecting the Israeli enemy, then we affirm that we are committed to protecting and supporting our brothers in Gaza and are ready for all possibilities, and all options are available."


■ China-owned shipping giant halts trips to 'Israel' amid Red Sea ops. (Al Mayadeen)

The secretary general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah says Israel is concealing the “heavy losses” it has suffered in the war on the southern Lebanese border as the resistance movement’s operations against the occupying regime are “very exhausting.” | Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made the remarks in a televised speech on Friday as he addressed a memorial ceremony for late Hezbollah official Mohammad Yaghi (Abu Salim) in Lebanon's eastern city of Baalbek. ● Nasrallah also offered his condolences on the martyrdom of Saleh al-Arouri, the deputy head of the Hamas politburo, in an Israeli drone strike in southern Beirut as well as the martyrdom of scores of Iranians in Daesh-claimed twin bomb attacks in the southern city of Kerman. ● “The killing of Sheikh Saleh Al-Arouri will undoubtedly not go unanswered or unpunished, the decision lies in the hands of the field and it will undoubtedly be implemented,” Nasrallah warned. ● The Hezbollah chief also said remaining silent about such a “grave violation” would expose all of Lebanon to greater harm than any potential risks from responding in the battlefield.

■ In initial response, Hezbollah hits Israeli intel HQ with 62 rockets (Al Mayadeen)
■ Sayyed Nasrallah: “Israel” Conceals Its Heavy Losses As Hezbollah Ops. Very Exhausting for Entity (Alahed News)
■ Staggering 12,500 Israeli soldiers to be classified as disabled (Al Mayadeen)
■ Scott Ritter: Hamas Has Defeated the Israeli Defense Force – VIDEO

London, which accuses Moscow of violating UN Security Council resolutions, should remember its neocolonial actions, including aggression against the population of Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Syria, and military aid to Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stressed. | The official made a statement commenting on British Defense Minister Grant Shapps' assertions that "the world has turned its back on Russia." ● The British minister made the remarks in connection to unsubstantiated allegations regarding the use of "DPRK missiles." Shapps also accused Russia of violating multiple UN Security Council resolutions, despite Moscow's stern denial of such innuendos. 💬 "Here is just a short list of London's neocolonial actions of recent times: the participation of British land and air forces together with the Americans in the aggression against Yugoslavia, in the destruction of Iraq and its population, Libya, Afghanistan, the bombing of Syria, and now - supporting the Kiev regime, which in violation of all resolutions on non-delivery of weapons to conflict zones the Anglo-Saxons are supplying with lethal weapons. But Shapps is right about one thing: 'This must end,'" Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel.

In response to Arouri's killing, hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets in the West Bank, condemning the act and chanting slogans seeking revenge. | In a dramatic turn of events, Israel conducted a drone strike in Beirut, assassinating Hamas deputy leader Saleh Arouri. The strike, which took place on Tuesday, has ignited fears of the Gaza conflict spreading beyond the Palestinian enclave. ● Arouri, 57, was the first senior Hamas political leader to be assassinated since Israel launched a comprehensive air and ground offensive against the group nearly three months ago. The conflict began with a surprise attack by Hamas into Israeli settlements on October 7, resulting in a devastating war. ● Lebanon’s Hezbollah, a key ally of Hamas, has been engaged in near-daily clashes with Israel across Lebanon’s southern border since the Gaza war started. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah issued a stern warning to Israel against further assassinations on Lebanese soil, promising a “severe reaction.”

■ Hezbollah source says local chief among 4 killed in south Lebanon (Hürriyet Daily News)
■ Israel spreads war on Gaza to Beirut with killing of Hamas leader (Daily Sabah)
■ Israel launches deadly Gaza strikes as Mideast tensions rise (Hürriyet Daily News)

The UK, perpetually dissatisfied with its status as a former imperial power, seeks to play an oversized role in Israel’s protection by setting its military and intel sights on Lebanon, Gaza, and Yemen today. | On 8 October, veteran British reporter Robert Peston published a remarkable post on the social media platform X. Citing insider information from “government and intelligence sources,” Peston asserted that the Palestinian resistance operation Al-Aqsa Flood would inevitably evolve into a full-blown regional war, one that will be “as destabilizing to global security as Putin’s attack on Ukraine.”

The German company alongside others is yet to decide whether the US-coalition is capable of providing them with the necessary security to sail in the Red Sea. | The German international shipping and container transportation company, Hapag-Lloyd AG, has said that it will continue to divert its vessels away around the Suez Canal, citing security reasons. ● Danish shipping company Maersk said it will decide on Wednesday whether to sail its vessels in the Red Sea, through the Suez Canal, or continue to redirect them around Africa, via the Cape Route. On the other hand, Maersk's alliance partner, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has said that it will continue to divert its vessels to the pre-19th century route, according to Reuters.

■ What Message Does USS Ford Departure From the Middle East Send to Israel? (Sputnik News)

The UK is preparing to release "unprecedent" joint statement with the US and other Western countries in coming hours as a "final warning" to Sanaa. | The UK is preparing to join the United States and other Western countries to launch a series of air aggressions on Yemen or Yemeni-affiliated targets in the Red Sea, The Times reported on Sunday. According to the newspaper, an "unprecedented" joint statement is set to be released in the coming hours, issuing a warning to Sanaa to halt its operations or face a military response. This comes after a Yemeni Armed Forces spokesperson announced earlier today that a number of the country's naval units were martyred in a US helicopter attack while "carrying out their duty" toward Palestine in the Red Sea.

Yemen's Ansarullah popular resistance movement insists that the international waterways are secure for all passing vessels, except for Israeli ones or those heading towards the occupied territories. | Mohammed Abdul-Salam, Ansarullah's spokesman, made the remarks to Euronews on Thursday. "Sana'a explicitly stated that only Israeli ships, those heading to Israel, or affiliated vessels are targeted, while all other ships worldwide are not targeted," he noted. The movement and Yemen's Armed Forces have been staging missile and drone attacks against vessels heading towards Israeli ports in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which has come under an unrelenting genocidal Israeli war.

■ Sanaa warns against foreign support for 'Israel' in Red, Arabian Seas (Al Mayadeen)
■ US imposes sanctions on Yemen after military threat falls flat (PressTV)
■ US senator calls for attacks on targets in Iran over Houthi actions in Red Sea (TASS)
■ US senator calls for bombing Iran (RT.com)

In a major setback to a US-led maritime task force in the Red Sea to protect passage of Israeli-owned and Israel-bound merchant vessels, France, Spain, and Italy have officially withdrawn their participation from the alliance. | The three nations have explicitly stated their commitment to operating exclusively under the command of international bodies such as the United Nations, NATO, or the European Union, choosing not to align with the United States. The French Defense Ministry announced in a statement that it supported efforts to secure freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and surrounding area and said it already operated in the region. ● However, it said its ships would stay under French command and did not say if it would deploy more naval forces. Italy’s Defense Ministry also said it would send naval frigate Virginio Fasan to the Red Sea to protect its national interests in response to specific requests made by Italian ship owners. It said this was part of its existing operations, and was not part of the US-led naval coalition in the waterway.

■ Yemen: Anti- ‘Israel’ Ops to Intensify if ‘Israel’ Doesn’t End Aggression on Gaza (Alahed News)
■ The US and Israel face a powerful new enemy in the Middle East (Robert Inlakesh) (RT.com)
■ Russian Identification of Houthi Tanker Target in Indian Ocean (John Helmer)

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has called for an international investigation into summary executions carried out by Israeli forces during the regime's ongoing genocidal war against the besieged Gaza Strip. | In a statement on Saturday, the movement said it has gathered testimonies proving that "the Israeli army [has] carried out the summary execution of 137 Palestinian civilians" in the northern Gaza Strip, including in Gaza City, since October 7, when the regime began its brutal attacks on the territory.

■ “Israel” Martyrs Hundreds in Gaza (Alahed News)
■ Over 20,400 martyrs in Gaza; IOF commit 5 massacres in Deir al-Balah (Al Mayadeen)
■ IRAN: US, Israel must stand trial for crimes against humanity in Gaza
■ UN Report Says Over 570,000 People Are Starving in Gaza (12/22/23)
■ Washington Post Maps Israel's Destruction of Gaza (Information Liberation)

Children of Gaza are dying
■ The Little Drummer Boy (Wikipedia)

“We will annihilate everyone” in Gaza
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