Yemen anti-Israel operations
The Yemeni army says it has carried out another operation against an American vessel navigating through the Red Sea. Spokesman for Yemen's armed forces, Yahya Saree, said in a statement that the operation took place in the Gulf of Aden with appropriate naval missiles, resulting in a direct hit. Saree reaffirmed that marine traffic in the Arab and Red seas will continue to all destinations around the world except for ports in the occupied Palestinian territories. He also warned that recent attacks on Yemen by the United States and the UK will not go without response and unpunished. Saree said Yemen’s operations are in support of the people of Gaza amid Israel’s genocidal war. He stressed that operations against ships owned by or bound for Israel will continue until the Israeli onslaught on and siege of Gaza end.
US military presence in Iraq
The Iraqi prime minister has reiterated his government’s opposition to the presence of US forces in the country. Mohammed Shia Al Sudani says American troops must leave as Daesh is no longer a threat to Iraq. Sudani was addressing a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss city of Davos. He said ending the US military presence is crucial for Iraq's security and stability. His remarks came as US bases in Iraq have been repeatedly attacked by Iraqi resistance groups over Washington's support for the Israeli genocide in Gaza. In response, the US military has launched attacks on Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units, killing a number of their members. The Iraqi government has slammed the US attacks as a violation of the country’s sovereignty. Last year, Sudani vowed before the Iraqi parliament to put an end to US military presence in the country.
Israeli crimes in Gaza
Highly illegal, highly unlawful. That’s how a UN rights expert describes measures taken by the Israeli regime in the besieged Gaza Strip. The UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories slammed the relentless Israeli bombardment of highly crowded areas in Gaza as a violation of international law. Francesca Albanese said the regime used six-thousand bombs per week during the first two weeks of its aggression alone. She added that a good number of Gaza’s hospitals have been closed, bombed or taken over by Israel. The UN official said the number of kids who lose one or two limbs in Gaza every day is shocking. Albanese said during the first two months of Israeli onslaught one-thousand kids underwent amputations without anesthesia, describing it as a monstrosity. Israel is currently facing a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for crimes it has committed in Gaza.