The Houthis in Yemen have weapons that can reach as far as the Mediterranean Sea, according to a senior defense official. The U.S. government is concerned that the Iran-backed group has the capability to extend strikes on shipping beyond the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to the Mediterranean,...
Yemen marked the International Day for Biological Diversity on May 22 amid the ongoing war and climate change consequences, which keep posing threats to the country's ecosystem. The International Day for Biological Diversity is an occasion to raise awareness of the importance of p...
The Houthis of Yemen have claimed responsibility for the downing of a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over al-Bayda province in Yemen. It is the fifth U.S. drone downed in Yemen since late last year. Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said Tuesday the latest drone was shot down with a...
Yemen commemorates the 34th anniversary of the national unity on May 22, 1990. It was an event that resulted in merging Yemen's South and North into one country. It was a glorious day in the history of Yemen, which made Yemenis proud and Arabs inspired. Over three decades have passed sinc...
Military confrontations renewed Monday between Yemen's government Nation's Shield Forces and the Ansar Allah (Houthi) group in the Haifan District, south of Taiz province. Four government soldiers were killed and five others got injured, military sources in Haifan of Taiz said. ...
Human rights experts working for the United Nations on Monday urged Yemen's Houthi rebels to release five people from the country's Baha'i religious minority who have been in detention for a year. The five are among 17 Baha'i followers detained last May when the Houthis r...
Countless Yemenis kept tuned to TV channels following the news of the crash of the helicopter, which was carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. After an hours-long search, the Iranian President was declared dead. Other Iranian officials, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollah...
Several Yemeni provinces have seen military confrontations and maneuvers as the country’s warring sides continue failing to reach a peace agreement. Confrontations broke out yesterday between government forces and the Ansar Allah (Houthi) group on a number of battlefronts in Marib provin...
More than 18.2 million people in Yemen, including 9.8 million children, are estimated to require humanitarian assistance and protection in 2024, with 4.5 million people estimated to be internally displaced, according to UNICEF. During the first quarter of the year, among the 4.56 million...
The Nation's Shield Forces pushed military reinforcements towards the frontlines in Haifan, south of Taiz province, and Aerim in the Al-Qubaita District, north of Lahj province. This has been the second time since early this month that the Shield Forces have deployed troops in Lahj a...
Yemen's Houthis on Friday claimed to have shot down an American drone. Early Saturday, a vessel also came under attack in the Red Sea. This is the fourth U.S. Reaper drone being shot down by the Houthis since October 2023. The Houthis circulated footage of the downed UAV that served ...
The Ansar Allah (Houthi) group keeps targeting U.S. ships in the Red Sea, and Houthi officials continue urging the Americans to depart from the waters in the Middle East Region. Four months of U.S. airstrikes on Houthi sites have not deterred the Yemeni group, and the faceoff between the...
The Socotra Archipelago province witnessed a popular demonstration on Thursday, demanding the departure of Governor Raafat Al-Thaqli, as a result of the deteriorating living conditions on the island. Local sources said that the protesters stormed the local authority building and closed a...
Angry residents in Aden in South Yemen have protested repeatedly over the past few days, calling on authorities in the port city to find a solution to the repeated power outages. Power stations in Aden have stopped operating since Sunday, and the outages lasted several hours a day. This ...
Britain will spend £140 million in the coming year to help starving people in Yemen as they suffer "one of the world's worst humanitarian crises", the Foreign Secretary has said. Lord David Cameron announced aid funding for the country will increase by 58% for 2024-20...
The United States called on the Iranian regime on Monday to stop transferring the "unprecedented" amount of weaponry to Yemen's Ansar Allah (Houthi) group, saying such weapons will not help Yemen make progress toward ending the civil war in Yemen. U.S. Deputy Ambassador...
The United Nations on Monday expressed fears at what it called a "rapidly worsening" outbreak of cholera in war-ravaged Yemen, with more than 40,000 suspected cases since October, mainly in areas controlled by Houthis. "We are also deeply concerned about a rapidly worsenin...
A Chinese envoy on Monday urged Yemen's Houthi group to respect the right of commercial vessels of all countries to navigate in the waters of the Red Sea and to immediately stop the harassment. Speaking at a UN Security Council meeting on Yemen, Geng Shuang, China's deputy perman...
20 Houthi fighters were killed in clashes with residents in Al-Ta'iziyah District in Taiz on Sunday as the Houthi group continues to mobilize forces and attack military positions controlled by troops affiliated with the internationally recognized government. Local sources said the...
Iran and the Ansar Allah (Houthi) group plan to increase their cooperation in the energy field and use the experience of Iranian oil companies in Yemen. Ibrahim Al-Dailami, the Houthi ambassador to Tehran, met Ahmad Asadzadeh, the Iranian deputy oil minister for international af...
