Yemen's Houthis have claimed attacks on two ships in the Gulf of Aden and one in the Indian Ocean. The MSC Diego and the MSC Gina were attacked with ballistic missiles and drones in the Gulf of Aden, the Iran-aligned group's military spokesperson Yahya Saree said on Thursday. The...
The collective naval drill "Red Wave-7" has kicked off at King Faisal Naval Base in the Western Fleet, with the participation of countries bordering the Red Sea, including Jordan, Egypt, Djibouti, and Yemen, in addition to the Royal Saudi Naval Forces, the Royal Saudi Land Forc...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned of negative effects on Yemen due to the escalation in the Red Sea, affirming that the halt in oil exports has deprived the government of half its revenues. The IMF said growth in Yemen is estimated to have contracted by 2 percent in 2023 w...
Forty-five journalists have been killed in Yemen since the fighting erupted between the internationally-recognized Yemeni government and the Houthi group in 2015. The Yemeni Journalists Syndicate on World Press Freedom Day said 165 press platforms stopped working and 200 local and Arab n...
The Yemeni group Houthi said Thursday that at least 40 Yemenis were killed and 35 others injured since the beginning of the American-British airstrikes on the country in January. "The U.S. and Britain launched 452 attacks against Yemen since January 12, killing 40 people and injurin...
A planted explosive device detonated and killed six soldiers belonging to a south Yemen-based successionist force on Monday. Mohamed al-Naqib, a spokesman for the Southern Armed Forces, the armed wing of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), said the explosion targeted a military vehi...
Yemen is nearing a licensing agreement with Elon Musk's Starlink to provide satellite internet service to the war-torn country, a Yemeni government official has said. Yemen's internationally recognized government approached Starlink for satellite internet to potentially improve c...
Yemen's Prime Minister Ahmed bin Mubarak said on Saturday that disagreements within the anti-Houthi national forces are a "strategic mistake," calling for unity of ranks and mobilizing efforts to restore the Yemeni state. This came during a meeting held by the Prime Ministe...
Authorities in Yemen's Aden province on Monday destroyed a shipment of medicines, including 425 cartons of Oral rehydration solutions, nutritional supplements, and vitamins belonging to an organization operating in Yemen. Authorities said shipping the medicine was not done according ...
Five civilians were killed in a shelling in Taiz province, southwest of Yemen. The shelling targeted a water well in Maqbna district of Taiz, killing three women and two girls, according to local sources. The parties to the conflict in Yemen, the government and the Houthi group ...
Yemen's Houthi group said Thursday that it had targeted 102 Israeli, US and British vessels since the outbreak of the Gaza conflict last October. "Some 102 Israel, US and British ships were attacked during 202 days of Israeli aggression on Gaza," Houthi movement chief Abdul...
A ship near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait observed an explosion in the distance Wednesday, marking what may be a new attack by Yemen's Ansar Allah (Houthi) group. The explosion, reported by the British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) center, comes...
Tim Lenderking, the US special envoy to Yemen, said today peace in Yemen will not be possible without the support of Gulf countries. Lenderking indicated that a diplomatic solution must be found to Yemen's decade-old civil war. He added, "The Gulf countries are all united in the...
Save the Children has said that 28 Yemeni children have been killed and injured in mine and explosive ordnance accidents since the beginning of this year. It called for the protection of children in Yemen, stressing that children deserve a safer future. According to the organization, a c...
The Executive Unit for the Management of Displaced Persons' Camps said today more than three thousand displaced families were affected in several Yemeni provinces as a result of heavy rains and massive floods. A report by the Executive Unit indicated that 1,700 families were affected...
Germany said today it will send a new frigate to the Red Sea in August to help secure maritime traffic, disrupted for months due to attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis. Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said that the 'Hamburg' will replace the 'Hessen', which left t...
Hadramout and Al-Mahra witnessed torrential rains, causing massive floods in the two provinces in South Yemen. The heavy rainfall caused significant property damage, sweeping away cars and destroying shops and homes, while no civilian casualties have been reported. Police patrols called ...
Yemen's Houthi group said Thursday it has targeted 98 Israeli, U.S., and British ships in the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean since November 2023. The leader of Yemen's Houthi movement, Abdul Malik Al-Houthi, said today the group had launched 14 operations in two w...
The United Nations on Monday expressed concern about the uptick in cholera cases in Yemen, especially in areas of the war-ravaged country controlled by Houthi rebels, where 75 people have died since October. "Since October last year, we have seen an alarming resurgence of cholera ac...
The commander of a European Union naval mission in the Red Sea wants to significantly increase its size to better defend against possible attacks by Houthis based in Yemen, as just four warships are patrolling an area twice the size of the 27-nation bloc. The EU mission — dubbed As...
