Yemen

Saudi coalition seizes another Yemen-bound fuel vessel

The Saudi-led coalition has seized another ship carrying fuel for Yemen. The vessel was supposed to dock at Yemen's Red Sea port of Hudaydah.

‘Saudi coalition seized Yemen-bound oil tanker’

The Riyadh-led coalition has diverted a fuel vessel heading for the Yemeni port of Hodeidah to a Saudi port instead, al-Masirah TV reported on Wednesday.

Yemen says seized UAE vessel carrying military supplies

The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces says the country’s naval troops have seized a UAE-flagged cargo vessel in Yemeni territorial waters. The spokesperson added it was carrying military supplies and was engaged in hostile acts.

Yemeni forces say freed 12,000 sq km of land in 2021

The spokesman for Yemen’s army says the country’s forces liberated 12,000 square kilometers of land in five provinces during the military operations against Saudi-led coalition and its allies in 2021.

UN envoy: Civilians killed in air raids on Sana’a

Saudi coalition air raids on Sana’a have resulted in loss of civilian lives, and damaged civilian infrastructure and residential area, the special envoy of the United Nations secretary general for Yemen has confirmed.

UN flights into Yemen capital resumes following air attacks

Yemen's Houthi forces have allowed the temporary resumption of UN flights into the capital Sanaa airport, a week after a halt due to Saudi-led coalition airstrikes.

Source: Saudi claims over Hezbollah role in Yemen war lie

A senior Yemeni source has refuted Saudi claims that fighters of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement are supporting the Yemeni forces in their fight against the Riyadh-led coalition.

Saudi coalition fighter jets strike Sana’a

Saudi-led coalition has launched a new round of airstrikes on residential neighborhoods across Yemen’s capital Sanaa.

Five killed as Saudi coalition and Yemen forces exchange fire

Two people were killed in Saudi Arabia in an attack blamed on Yemen's Huthis, while three have died in Yemen in a Riyadh-led coalition airstrike.

Saudi jets heavily bomb residential areas in Yemen

Saudi fighter jets have carried out a fresh wave of airstrikes on residential areas in conflict-plagued Yemen, severely damaging several buildings.

WFP cuts food aid to Yemen due to ‘lack of funds‘

The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced it has been “forced” to cut aid to Yemen due to funding shortfall. The WFP has warned there will be a surge in hunger in the war-torn country in the coming months.

Yemen aid flights suspended following airport bombing

The Saudi-led coalition has carried out air strikes on the international airport of the Yemeni capital Sanaa. An official has confirmed UN aid flights has been halted.

Israeli spyware targets UN investigator into Yemen war crimes

The mobile phone of the UN-backed investigator who was examining possible war crimes in Yemen was targeted with spyware made by Israel’s NSO Group in 2019, according to a report. He was reportedly selected as a potential surveillance target by Saudi Arabia.

US diplomat: Saudis need our weapons in Yemen war

A senior US official has defended Washington’s arms sales to Riyadh, saying Saudi Arabia needs US weapons in the Yemen war. Tens of thousands have been killed in the Saudi-led war on Yemen with millions more displanced

Yemeni official says defining moment of Ma’rib battle close

A member of the political bureau of Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement says the defining moment of the battle for Ma'rib is "close", as sources say the strategic province will be fully liberated in the near future.

Yemeni forces say pounded many targets in Saudi Arabia

The Yemeni Army’s spokesman General Yahya Saree says the country’s armed forces have attacked key targets in Saudi Arabia using ballistic missiles and assault drones. The targets bombed include King Khaled Airport and the Saudi Defense Ministry in Riyadh. Saree described the attacks unique and massive.

Yemen: Saudi peace plan ‘immature’, includes ‘unrealistic’ demands

A high-ranking member of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council has dismissed as “immature” Saudi Arabia’s so-called peace initiative for the conflict-stricken Arab country. Mohammed Ali al-Houthi has stated that the demands put forward by Riyadh in the plan are “unrealistic”.

Yemen says France complicit in war crimes

A senior Yemeni official has lambasted Paris over quote its collaboration with Saudi Arabia in the devastating war on Yemen. The comments are made as French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting Persian Gulf Arab countries signing lucrative arms deals.

Saudi bombing of Yemen leaves 16 civilians dead

At least 16 people, including children, were killed in Saudi-led air raids in Yemen’s southwestern province of Ta'iz. Saudi Arabia keeps bombing the southern impoverished neighbor in defiance of international calls to end its bloody war.

NGOs to UN: Yemenis need ‘justice’ for war crimes and abuses

More than 60 international non-governmental groups on Thursday urged the United Nations to ensure war crimes and human rights abuses in Yemen's conflict are documented and investigated to ensure accountability.

Khatibzadeh: Iran having no military presence in Yemen

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman has denied as unfounded the media reports about an attack on an IRGC position in Yemen. Saeed Khatibzadeh said Iran has no military links with Yemen whatsoever.

‘Saudis used incentives and threats to shut down UN Yemen investigation’

Saudi Arabia used “incentives and threats” as part of a lobbying campaign to shut down a United Nation (UN) investigation of human right violations committed by all sides in the Yemen conflict, sources with close knowledge of the matter disclosed.

UN: Yemen war deaths to reach 377k by year’s end

The death toll from Yemen’s war will reach 377,000 by the end of 2021, including those killed as a result of indirect and direct causes, a new United Nations report has projected. The report estimates some 1.3 million people will die by 2030 if the conflict drags on.

Saudi-led coalition pounds Yemen’s Sanaa

Explosions have rocked the northern neighborhoods of Yemeni capital Sanaa following air raids by the Riyadh-led coalition.

Yemen vows to proceed with more anti-Saudi strkes

A senior Yemeni official has warned Saudi Arabia of “more painful and crippling” counterattacks in case Riyadh presses ahead with its war and siege against its neighbor.

Latest news