The attack is the first fatalitie from the group’s attacks on merchant vessels. US forces targeted two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Yemen, which posed an imminent threat to US Navy ships. The attack occurred around 12:30 on Wednesday while the bulk carrier was in the Gulf of Aden. Houthi missile strikes on a cargo … Read more
DUBAI: The intransigence by the Houthis for peace in Yemen has thwarted efforts to release all prisoners of war, said Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen spokesman Brigadier-General Turki Al-Maliki. Al-Maliki stated that the Houthis give priority to issues of fuel shortage over the issue of humane treatment of prisoners of war, Saudi state media … Read more
Yemen’s army has said that the Iran-backed Houthis have violated a UN-brokered truce more than 4,276 times since day one by mobilizing fighters and launching drone and missile attacks on government troops, even as the militia indicated its acceptance of its renewal. The truce, which is the longest since the war began, came into effect … Read more
Tens of thousands of land mines buried across Yemen by the Iran-backed Houthis have killed 372 people and injured 754 more, according to the Yemeni Landmine Monitor. A police officer, Mohammed Aklan, was killed last week after walking on an unexploded bomb outside his home on the borders of the western city of Hodeidah, according … Read more
The unequivocal message was delivered by families in the southwestern Yemeni city of Taiz who held a silent vigil on Saturday to denounce the Houthi shelling of their homes and demand the militia lift its eight-year siege of the center. The Yemeni villagers stood in silence, but the words on their placards spoke volumes. “On … Read more
Hans Grundberg, the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, arrived in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Tuesday for a two-day mission aimed at salvaging a weak truce between warring groups and pushing for the opening of highways in Taiz and the resumption of flights from Houthi-held Sanaa. Grundberg’s visit to Aden came as … Read more
The Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen freed 163 Houthi prisoners of war on Friday and assisted in their return to Aden and Sanaa as part of its initiative to prepare the way for the country’s conflict to be resolved. A total of 108 people were moved to Aden, Yemen’s temporary capital, while nine were … Read more
14 prisoners in Yemen released facilitated by Oman Oman worked with the arrival of 14 outsiders who were held prisoner in Yemen. And also moved them from Houthi-controlled Sanaa to Muscat on Sunday, Oman’s unfamiliar service said. Individuals liberated incorporates a British man, his better half, and a kid, seven Indian nationals, a Filipino. Group … Read more
SANAA – Yemen’s Houthi militia announced on Friday they had shot down two spy drones believed to be made by the United States and belonging to the Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemen. The first drone was shot down in the northern province of Al-Jawf while the second one was downed in Al-Jubah district in the … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday strongly condemned the drone attack launched by the Houthis to target Abha International Airport in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which caused several injuries. The Foreign Office spokesperson, in a statement, said, “We wish a speedy recovery to those injured.” Such attacks not only violate international law but also threaten the … Read more
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s air defenses intercepted and destroyed several explosive-laden drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi militia toward Khamis Mushayt on Thursday, Arab News reported. The Arab coalition said the Iran-backed group continues to target civilians, which is tantamount to war crimes. The Houthis launch the rigged drones towards the kingdom on a near-daily basis. On … Read more
SANAA: Ten Houthi rebels were killed by Saudi-led Arab coalition airstrikes in Yemen‘s central province of Marib on Saturday, a Yemeni government military source told Xinhua. “The ten, including three high-ranking leaders, were hit while driving in two vehicles in Sirwah district, a few miles east of Al-Kasarah frontline,” the source in Marib said on … Read more
ADEN: Pro-government Yemeni forces launched a military operation against the Houthi rebel group in the country’s southwestern province of Taiz on Friday, a military official told Xinhua. According to the military official who asked to remain anonymous, “units of the 17th Infantry Brigade of the pro-government Yemeni army attacked a number of sites controlled by … Read more
The World Food Programme is likely to decrease its aid to parts of Yemen’s Houthi-controlled areas due to funding crisis. According to the UN, some donors have stopped donating over concerns that Houthi forces are obstructing them. The international news says that families will receive aid every other month from mid-April. Note that the World … Read more
The Saudi-led coalition has conducted a huge airstrike in southwest Yemen which according to an official Red Cross source has killed more than one hundred people in a single location. Rescue workers continued to pull the dead and wounded from the rubble at the site of the attack north of the city of Dhamar. The … Read more
