The Omani delegation left Sanaa without revealing the results of their meetings with the Ansar Allah (Houthi) leadership after a four-day visit. The delegation's visit to Sanaa was part of coordinated international and regional efforts aiming for a final ceasefire agreement and initiating a co...
Several districts in Lahj province in South Yemen witnessed angry popular protests and riots, calling for an end to the power outage, local sources said on Saturday. The sources said protesters blocked the main street in Sabr city in Lahj province, denouncing the days-long electricity service ...
Over four million Yemenis will receive less food aid as a result of funding shortages, the UN's food agency said Friday. From the end of September onward, the WFP will make difficult decisions about further cuts to its food assistance programmes across the country in the coming months. "We are confr...
On Thursday, An Omani delegation arrived in Sana'a for talks with the Ansar Allah (Houthi) group to renew the ceasefire in Yemen and achieve a comprehensive peace deal. Two days earlier, the UN envoy to Yemen arrived in Oman and met with the Omani delegation and the Houthi spokesperson, Mohammed Abd...
The UN Security Council's meeting Wednesday focused on Yemen, covering political, military, and humanitarian updates alongside ongoing peace endeavors. UN Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg, highlighting provided an update on his mediation efforts. Though the sides continue to display gener...
Iran and the de-facto government of Yemen, the Houthi-led National Salvation Government (NSG), have held their first joint economic cooperation commission. The Iranian state media outlets said the meeting was held at Iran's Employment and Administrative Organisation and was attended by the body...
The U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen, Tim Lenderking, began his visit to the Gulf on Monday as part of the U.S. role in advancing the ongoing UN-led peace efforts in Yemen. According to the U.S. State Department, Lenderking will meet with Yemeni, Saudi, Emirati, Omani, and international partne...
The Southern Transitional Council (STC) Saturday seized an Al-Qaeda camp in Abyan as part of its campaign to eliminate the presence of Al-Qaeda operatives in remote territories. The seizure follows the Al-Qaeda-plotted assassination of a senior military commander last week. According to the sources,...
A landmine observatory in Yemen has said demining teams dismantled about 50 camouflaged explosive devices and mines in a water well in Hais district of Hodeida to the west of Yemen. The Observatory accused the Ansar Allah (Houthi) group of planting explosives and mines. According to UN reports...
Roughly 30% of teachers and educators in Houthi-controlled areas have abandoned their teaching roles in North Yemen, Abu Zaid, Al-Kumaim, the head of the Preparatory Committee of the Teachers' Club, said. Numerous teachers have experienced tough economic challenges as their salaries have been unpaid...
A UN worker kidnapped by Al-Qaeda in Yemen was released after a year and a half in captivity, local media reported Thursday. Akam Sofyol Anam, a Bangladeshi national, was the UN Department of Security and Safety field coordination officer in Aden. Al-Qaeda militants abducted him in February las...
The Yemeni government said, on Tuesday, that it will sign a framework agreement within the next two days to reduce the cost of marine insurance for ships coming to ports under its control. This move comes in light of the decline in the performance of the government-controlled ports after lifting res...
The Ansar Allah (Houthi) group has warned U.S. forces against approaching Yemen's shores and territorial waters. The warning came hours after the U.S. Fifth Fleet said in a statement that more than 3,000 US military personnel had arrived in the Red Sea on board two warships to boost...
Local sources said that armed clashes broke out on Sunday evening between the Rescue Forces affiliated with Shabwa Governor Awad bin Alwazir and the UAE-backed Giants Brigades Forces in the city of Attaq, the capital of Shabwa province. The confrontations happened after the Rescue Forces detained so...
The Ansar Allah (Houthi) group on Sunday announced the death of the Air and Defense Forces commander, Ahmed Ali Hassan Al-Hamzi, in the capital, Sana'a. The Houthi-run Saba Agency quoted an obituary by the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff Presidency, saying that Al-Hamzi died after illness....
The security forces in Yemen's Taiz province have tightened security measures to safeguard the offices of international and relief organizations and their staff. They have confiscated some weapons and explosives and made numerous arrests related to the assassination of Moayad Hamidi, the coordinator...
Yemen has lost one and a half billion dollars since last August because of the Houthi attacks on economic facilities and oil ports in the country, said Marwan Ali Noman, the Acting Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations. In a high-level Security Council session on famine ...
On Wednesday, August 2, 2023, at least five Yemeni soldiers were killed in clashes with Al-Qaeda militants in Abyan province. The militants attacked the Southern Transitional Council (STC) soldiers in Wadi Omran in Abyan. The militants failed to seize the area and were forced to retreat. AQAP has be...
