The United States conducted five self-defense strikes in areas of Yemen controlled by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia, U.S. Central Command said on Sunday. It said it struck three mobile anti-ship cruise missiles, one unmanned underwater vessel and one unmanned surface vessel on Saturd...
The European Union on Monday formally launched a bespoke naval mission to protect commercial vessels in the Red Sea from attacks by Iran-backed Houthis. Mission ‘Aspides’ - Greek for shield - will aim to preserve freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and the Gulf of ...
A bomb explosion in the southern Yemeni city of Aden killed two people and injured three civilians on Friday, a local security said. The official said that an improvised explosive device was attached to the official vehicle of Colonel Ahmed Almarhaby, a military official of the Southern ...
Some Arab countries, including the United Arab Emirates, are increasingly restricting the U.S. from using military facilities on their soil to launch retaliatory airstrikes on Iranian proxies, according to four people familiar with the issue. The U.S. has long deployed thousands of troop...
The United States renewed on Tuesday targeting sites in Yemen amid escalating tensions in the region due to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. The Houthi-run Saba news agency said today the airstrikes targeted locations in Al-Hudaydah. It added, "The American-British aggression targeted...
The UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, arrived today, Monday, in Taiz City for his second visit to the province. Local sources said that the UN envoy met with the local authority's leadership upon his arrival in Taiz. Grundberg's visit to Taiz comes as part of his tour to Yemen, ...
Yemen's Houthi group has vowed to expand its operations against Israel if it escalates the war in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. "We say to the Israeli entity that if there is any escalation in Rafah or Gaza, you should know that our path is escalation," Mohammed Ali Al-...
Mohammed Abdulsalam, chief negotiator and spokesperson of the Houthis, said on Thursday that the recent meeting of the Sanaa delegation with Saudi Arabia officials has "resulted in overcoming the most important obstacles facing the roadmap" to peace. Abdulsalam said the Houthi ...
The Saudi defense minister, Prince Khalid Bin Salman, reiterated his country's support for Yemen and its commitment to efforts to promote talks that could resolve the conflict in the country. Bin Salman wrote on platform X, "Met with US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking to ...
On Tuesday, Brigadier General Mohsen Mohammed Al-Dhaheri, the Yemeni Minister of Defense, said during a meeting with the U.S. Ambassador to Yemen and the U.S. Military Attaché "supporting the legitimate government and its forces on the ground is the optimal way to restore the...
The demining Masam Project in Yemen announced that it removed more than four thousand mines, unexploded shells, and explosive devices in January 2024. The Masam Project Media Center said in a report a total of 4,245 mines, unexploded shells, and explosive devices were removed during Janu...
The Houthi group Monday said that the United States and Britain "targeted Yemen with 300 airstrikes" since the beginning of their attacks last month. Hussein Al-Azzi, the deputy foreign minister, said in a press conference the U.S.-UK strikes will not affect their stance on Ga...
Yemen's Ansar Allah (Houthi) group said Sunday that it will launch retaliatory attacks for the U.S.-British airstrikes on six Yemeni provinces in North Yemen. "U.S.-British coalition airstrikes will not deter us from our support to Palestinian people in Gaza and will not pa...
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said the "military approach" of the U.S., particularly recent attacks on Yemen, and relisting the Houthis as a terror group "complicated" the situation in Yemen. Amir-Abdollahian m...
Yemen's Houthi،s fired a ballistic missile Thursday at a Liberian-flagged container ship in the Red Sea, U.S. defense officials said. The attack happened west of Al-Hudaydah. The U.S. defense officials identified the targeted container ship as the Koi, a Bermuda-owned vessel. The off...
The European Union plans to launch a naval mission in the Red Sea within three weeks to help defend cargo ships against attacks by Yemen's Houthis, the bloc's top diplomat said Wednesday. Josep Borrell, EU foreign policy chief, said he wanted the mission to be up and running by F...
China on Tuesday said it supports Yemen's sovereignty and territorial integrity, urging for a political solution to the raging conflict in the Red Sea. In a meeting with Mansour Baggash, the under-secretary for political affairs of Yemen's Foreign Ministry, Chinese Vice Foreign M...
UK Royal Navy vessels in the Red Sea reportedly lack the missile systems to hit land targets in Yemen, forcing Royal Air Force warplanes to travel thousands of miles to hit Houthi positions.The UK has joined the US in efforts to secure commercial shipping routes in the Red Sea following ...
Yemen's internationally recognized government on Sunday said "defensive" U.S. and British strikes on the Houthis are not enough and called for U.S. and Saudi support to "eliminate" the Houthi ability to stage attacks on Red Sea shipping. Defensive operations are n...
Chinese officials have asked their Iranian counterparts to help rein in attacks on ships in the Red Sea by the Iran-backed Houthis or risk harming business relations with Beijing, four Iranian sources and a diplomat familiar with the matter said. The Iranian sources said that the discuss...
