ADEN — A large explosion occurred near the international airport in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Saturday evening, a security official told Xinhua. “A truck loaded with fuel exploded near the main entrance leading to Aden’s International Airport, causing a huge blast in the area,” the local security official told Xinhua. The local … Read more
RIYADH: A Saudi-led coalition said Wednesday it killed more than 82 Houthi rebels in air strikes near Yemen’s strategic city of Marib, during a second week of intense reported bombing. The Houthis rarely comment on losses, and the numbers could not be independently verified by AFP. This is the tenth consecutive day that the coalition … Read more
DUBAI – Tens of thousands of people have been displaced by fierce fighting in Yemen’s Marib province this year, the UN’s migration agency said Thursday, with figures surging as clashes intensified last month. The battle for Marib city, the internationally-backed government’s last northern stronghold, could change the course of a civil war that has forced millions … Read more
TEHRAN – Talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia will continue focusing on the issues of the Gulf and Yemen, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said Monday. Contact between the two countries continues “without interruption” following four rounds of talks in Iraq’s capital Baghdad and a meeting held in New York during the UN … Read more
