Heavy rain hit Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, causing flooding and a building to collapse. A three-story building in Sanaa’s historic district fell, killing four children inside. Six people died when their car was swept away by floodwaters near Sanaa. On Sunday, heavy rain hit the war-torn capital of Yemen and the area around it, causing flooding … Read more
The extension comes into effect when the truce period expires on 2 June 2022. The truce has allowed oil tankers to dock in the rebel-held port of Hodeida. Yemen gripped by conflict since Iran’s Huthi rebels controlled the capital Sanaa Yemen’s warring parties agreed to extend a two-month truce on Thursday, the United Nations said, … Read more
Aid agencies urged Yemen’s warring parties to extend a two-month UN-brokered truce on Tuesday two days before it was set to expire, saying it had “positive humanitarian impacts”. A brutal seven-year conflict pitting Yemen’s Saudi-backed government against the Iran-aligned Huthi rebels has killed hundreds of thousands of people and left millions on the brink of famine. On … Read more
The number of people with disabilities in Yemen is rising following seven years of civil conflict, with amputations, in particular, rising due to strikes on urban centers, According to the humanitarian organization Handicap International. Millions of people have been displaced by the savage struggle pitting the Saudi-backed government against the Iran-backed Huthi rebels, which has … Read more
Amnesty International has urged Yemen’s Huthi rebels to release four journalists sentenced to death for “espionage” in the war-torn country ahead of an appeal court hearing on Sunday. Abdul Khaleq Amran, Tawfiq al-Mansouri, Harith Hamid, and Akram al-Walidi were arrested in Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa in June 2015. “Yemen’s Huthi de facto authorities must quash … Read more
The first commercial flight in nearly six years took off Monday from Yemen’s rebel-held capital, a significant step forward in a peace process that has brought rare peace. Just after 9:00 a.m., a Yemenia plane carrying 126 passengers, including hospital patients requiring treatment abroad and their relatives, took off from Sanaa for the Jordanian capital … Read more
The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Yemen’s Huthi insurgents announced Friday it has freed a batch of rebel captives, part of what it claims as efforts to end the seven-year war. The coalition announced last week that it would release 163 convicts accused of taking part in “hostilities” against Saudi Arabia. Early Friday evening, the Saudi … 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
Britain stated on Sunday it had secured the discharge of a citizen held since 2017 in Yemen, wherein he was allegedly tortured. “Delighted that Luke Symons, who became unlawfully detained, without price or trial due to the fact that 2017 in Yemen with the aid of the Huthis, has been launched and could quickly be … Read more
The United Nations welcomed the news on Thursday of the scheduled first commercial flight from Yemen’s Sanaa airport in six years and urged all parties to continue supporting such flights in accordance with the truce negotiated at the start of the holy month of Ramadan. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the Amman-bound flight, due to … Read more
Pooja Bhatt has been cast in a pivotal role in Radhika Madan’s social drama “Sanaa.” Sudhanshu Saria, of “Loev” fame, wrote and directed the film. Sanaa, according to the official description, recounts the narrative of a headstrong and ambitious girl (Madan) who is fighting an internal war caused by unhealed trauma. Bhatt, who returned to … Read more
SANAA: Yemen’s Houthi militia claimed responsibility for the overnight ballistic missile attack on the Saudi capital Riyadh, the Houthi military spokesman said in a statement aired by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV on Tuesday. “We launched a major cross-border attack on airports, military targets and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, using ballistic missiles and 25 bomb-laden drones,” … Read more
The Arab League thwarted a ballistic missile attack on the Saudi city of Najran. According to the details, a ballistic missile fired into the air near the Saudi city of Najran. The spokesman said that the missile was fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Col. Turki al-Maliki, spokesman also said that Houthi rebels try to target … Read more
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed that they have shot down a US drone along the border with Saudi Arabia. According to an international news source, a spy plane was conducting espionage and hostile operations near the southern Saudi province of Asir when the rebels’ brought it down. The Saudi military offensive in Yemen began in … Read more
