Aden: UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg concluded a visit to Sanaa on Thursday, engaging in discussions with senior political and military officials on advancing peace initiatives and securing the unconditional release of detainees. According to a statement released by the envoy’s office, Grundberg emphasised the crucial need for both national and regional de-escalation … Read more
Photo: AFP Dubai: The US military says it carried out a wave of strikes against what it said were underground arms facilities of Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels. US Central Command said in a statement that Wednesday’s strikes targeted weapons used by the rebels to attack ships in the Red Sea. The Houthis said seven strikes … Read more
The United Nations’ Yemen mediator arrived in Yemen’s capital on Monday as part of a bid to subdue heightened tensions in his first visit in almost two years, a spokesperson said. The trip comes amid intensified Israeli and US strikes on Houthi strongholds in the past two weeks in response to the Iran-backed militants … Read more
Sanaa: A US-led navy coalition launched three airstrikes on Yemen’s northern province of Saada on Sunday morning, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. The strikes targeted a military site of the Houthi group in the city, residents said on social media. The US military has yet to comment on the claim.The US Central Command said on … Read more
The US has informed Israel that, by the end of US President Joe Biden’s term in office, America intends to escalate its attacks on Yemen’s Houthis, KAN 11 reported on Friday evening. As part of the expanded US strikes on Yemen, and amid increased Houthi attacks on Israel, the Americans will hit more missile-related … Read more
In a major development, Iran on Thursday, January 2, offered to help in the case of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who is currently on death row in Yemen. “We are willing to do whatever we can on humanitarian grounds,” ANI quoted a senior Iranian official as saying. On Nimisha Priya’s death row case, a senior … Read more
The life of Ali Al Bukhaiti, former spokesperson for the Houthis in Yemen and nowadays a political and social activist residing in the UK, has been one filled with moves and changes. Born in 1976 in the village of Al-Malha, Dhamar Governorate, to the Al-Hada tribe, he moved between several regions in Yemen, living … Read more
The Iran-backed Houthi terror group in Yemen claimed on Tuesday morning that they “successfully hit” Ben-Gurion Airport and a power station in Jerusalem – despite the IAF intercepting the Houthi attack. The terror group also claimed to have thwarted a US attack with an aerial launch. The Houthis made their claims after the IDF … Read more
The US struck several targets in Sana’a and on Yemen’s coast in Houthi-controlled territory Monday and Tuesday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a press release on Tuesday. “On December 30 and 31, US Navy ships and aircraft targeted a Houthi command and control facility and advanced conventional weapon (ACW) production and storage facilities … Read more
U.S. military strikes Houthi targets U.S. military strikes Houthi targets in Yemen 01:57 The United States military said Tuesday its forces had “conducted multiple precision strikes” that hit Houthi targets in Yemen’s capital. The targets had been used by the Iran-backed rebels used to attack American warships and commercial vessels, U.S. Central Command said in … Read more
