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Joining us now for the program is Hussein Abu Khaiti, activist and political commentator from Sana'a, and Kevin Barrett, author and Middle East expert, joining us from Missoula, Montana. Gentlemen, I'd like to welcome you both to the broadcast here.

I guess we'll start there in the Yemeni capital with you, Hussein. Hope you're doing well this evening. Your initial thoughts about these latest operations against U.S. and Israeli linked or directly owned vessels?

Hussein Abu Khaiti: We've seen from the statement of Yahya Saray, the spokesperson of Yemeni army. He has spoken about three targets. One is a commercial ship called Conship Ono, which belongs to a shipping company that has actually violated the Yemeni ban to enter port in occupied Palestine.

And the two other attacks have targeted two U.S. destroyers when they were trying to cross the Yemeni army operation zone. They have seen the clear message that any type of military movement from the United States will be faced by those attacks till they stop targeting Yemen. And they should stop as well supporting the Zionist state of Israel.

We have noticed that since Yemen has launched and started their attack against Israel and formed a blockade we've seen that the United States could not hold their battleship, and especially their aircraft carrier, in the region.

They have actually sent the aircraft carrier Roosevelt, but it's still far away in the Indian Ocean. They are not daring to come close to Yemen. And I believe the Yemeni army who actually started to use anti-ship ballistic missiles, are one of the first armies to start using mass attacks using drones, especially when they did that against Saudi Arabia and against targets in the Red Sea. I think that we have reached the end of an era for the aircraft carrier, because now it's clear that with simple weapons you can stop the United States and their “most powerful aircraft carrier in the world.” Because especially Yemenis (dominate) the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. That's why it's so dangerous for the United States military, either destroyers or aircraft carriers, to operate in our region.

And I believe that this type of attack will continue. Of course, the United States will never admit that any of these drones or missiles have hit their target, because at the beginning they have failed to stop the Yemeni attack. They have failed to keep a major presence in in our region like they did at the beginning when they formed the so-called Prosperity Guardian. They had to withdraw their aircraft carrier from our region. That's why I believe they will not actually admit any attack. But at some point I believe that Yemen will be the first country actually to sink a U.S. destroyer, and I'm sure that they are planning to do so.

Yemenis have sent a clear message that those attacks will continue as long as United States keep supporting the Zionist state in killing Palestinian people, they will continue their attack on forming a blockade against the Zionist state of Israel.

Thank you, Hussein. And before I introduce and welcome Dr. Barrett to the conversation, for our viewers that don't know, the Yemenis have since mid-November, or was it mid-October, started carrying out retaliatory attacks against Israeli-linked vessels. Their argument is that if there's a siege on Gaza and Israelis are not letting humanitarian aid get into the besieged strip, and essential goods that Gazans need for sustenance is denied them, then we're not going to let the Israelis use the waterways that pass right in front of Yemen to receive goods at occupied ports in occupied Palestine.

Joining us now is Dr.