Local sources said the Southern Transitional Council (STC) abducted three Yemeni football officials on Monday in Abyan. According to the sources, the three abductees were on their way to Aden International Airport as they were planning to travel to Egypt. The STC has been accused of human rights ab...
Local sources said four Houthi members were ambushed near a Houthi checkpoint in Al-Bayda province in central Yemen on Sunday. The sources added that the Houthi leader, Abdul Salam Jahlan, and one of his companions were killed. The two others were injured. No group claimed responsibility...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported a threefold increase in the number of African migrants arriving in Yemen during the first half of 2023 compared to the past three years. According to an IOM report, the number of African migrants who arrived in Yemen until J...
Officers and members of the Presidential Protection Battalion at the presidential palace in Hadramaut province, east of the country, said they were assaulted by Emirati officers on August 30. According to the officers' Friday statement, the Yemeni officers went to "Rabwat Khalaf...
Yemen's Ansar Allah (Houthi) group prevented two LPG carriers, including an India-flag and a Singapore-flag ship, from loading government-sold gas in Aden, Houthi-run media said on Wednesday. The group claimed to have stopped the shipments, citing concerns about the government profit...
Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak said on Tuesday that the current peace efforts, led by the United Nations, with the help of Saudi Arabia and Oman, focus on reopening air and sea ports and the roads to Taiz city. He accused the Ansar Allah (Houthi) group of hindering Peace ...
The UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, arrived Tuesday in Aden in South Yemen as part of the UN-led peace efforts to push the local rivals in Yemen to agree on a permanent ceasefire. Media sources said Grundberg arrived at Aden Airport coming from the Egyptian capital, Cairo. T...
The World Food Program (WFP) will stop providing food and cash aid in Yemen by September due to severe funding shortages. The WFP said in a tweet on the "X" platform on Monday, "We are facing a critical situation due to the lack of sufficient funding to ensure the smooth c...
Local sources said armed clashes broke on Sunday between the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) fighters and protestors in Al-Mansoura district of Aden to the south of Yemen. Protests in Aden have continued since last week, calling for an end to the electricity cris...
Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalek on Saturday discussed challenges faced by migrants and issues of internal displacement during his meeting with a delegation from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Aden. Abdulmalik emphasized the role of international assistance to Yemen...
Local sources said on Friday that eight people, including women and children, have been killed or injured in artillery shelling on a village in Mocha district of Taiz province. According to the sources, the Ansar Allah (Houthi) group was responsible for the shelling. The attack left thre...
The United Nations confirmed on Wednesday that 15 million Yemenis need clean water and sanitation services due to the nine-year conflict Yemen has been seeing. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Yemen has stated on the "X" platform, "Over ...
On Wednesday, eight demonstrators were injured by gunfire from the security forces in the southern city of Aden, local media reported. Protesters accuse the government and the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) of failing to provide services, including electricity. The protests ...
The Yemeni government approved on Monday a project to establish a telecommunications company in partnership with an Emirati company to provide internet services in Yemen, according to the state-run Saba News Agency. Previously, a group of government officials rejected the idea of coopera...
Saudi border guards killed "hundreds" of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers crossing the Yemen-Saudi border between March 2022 and June 2023, Human Rights Watch alleged in a report released Monday. The organization said it interviewed 42 Ethiopian migrants and asylum se...
The Omani delegation left Sanaa without revealing the results of their meetings with the Ansar Allah (Houthi) leadership after a four-day visit. The delegation's visit to Sanaa was part of coordinated international and regional efforts aiming for a final ceasefire agreement and initiating a co...
Several districts in Lahj province in South Yemen witnessed angry popular protests and riots, calling for an end to the power outage, local sources said on Saturday. The sources said protesters blocked the main street in Sabr city in Lahj province, denouncing the days-long electricity service ...
Over four million Yemenis will receive less food aid as a result of funding shortages, the UN's food agency said Friday. From the end of September onward, the WFP will make difficult decisions about further cuts to its food assistance programmes across the country in the coming months. "We are confr...
On Thursday, An Omani delegation arrived in Sana'a for talks with the Ansar Allah (Houthi) group to renew the ceasefire in Yemen and achieve a comprehensive peace deal. Two days earlier, the UN envoy to Yemen arrived in Oman and met with the Omani delegation and the Houthi spokesperson, Mohammed Abd...
The UN Security Council's meeting Wednesday focused on Yemen, covering political, military, and humanitarian updates alongside ongoing peace endeavors. UN Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg, highlighting provided an update on his mediation efforts. Though the sides continue to display gener...
