The airstrikes, which the Houthi-run health ministry said killed at least 53 people, are the biggest U.S. military operation in the Middle East since President Donald Trump took office in January. One U.S. official told Reuters the campaign might continue for weeks. Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said on Sunday that they would target U.S. […]
The prisoners were released in Sanaa, the Yemeni capital that was seized by the Iran-backed Houthis in 2014, precipitating a civil war that has shattered the country. “This operation has brought much-needed relief and joy to families who have been anxiously waiting for the return of their loved ones,” said Christine Cipolla, the ICRC’s head […]
In a statement on X, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was in Yemen “to negotiate the release of UN staff detainees and to assess the health and humanitarian situation” in the country. He provided no further details about who the UN detainees were. Referring to the strikes at Sanaa’s airport, he said: “The air traffic […]
Paramedics were treating 14 people with minor shrapnel injuries, and some were taken to hospital, the ambulance service said in a statement. The Israeli police reported receiving reports of a fallen missile in a town in the Tel Aviv area. Houthis in Yemen have repeatedly fired drones and missiles towards Israel in what they describe […]
“The thwarting of Iran’s efforts to recruit Israelis continues,” said a statement from the police and Israel’s internal security agency, Shin Bet. The two Israelis, a couple from the central city of Lod, had been involved in gathering intelligence on “national infrastructures, security sites and tracking a female academic,” the statement alleged. “Rafael and Lala […]
Tragic incident off #Yemen coast Boat with 260 migrants sank yesterday 39 dead, 150 missing, 71 survivors, the International Organisation for Migration said on X, referring to Monday’s sinking. Each year many tens of thousands of migrants from the Horn of Africa set off across the Red Sea in a bid to reach the oil-rich […]
On Friday, tens of thousands of Yemenis flocked to various towns to listen to their leaders denounce the US and British bombings on their nation in retaliation for Houthi fighters’ attacks on Red Sea trade. Overnight, the US and UK launched many airstrikes against Houthi military sites, intensifying the regional unrest sparked by Israel’s Gaza […]
President Biden announced Thursday that the U.S. will no longer support offensive military operations led by Saudi Arabia in Yemen, reversing a policy started by the Obama administration and continued by the Trump administration despite widespread accusations of Saudi war crimes. U.S. President Joe Biden made the announcement during a wide-ranging foreign policy speech; that declared diplomacy […]
The United States will designate Yemen’s Houthis rebels as a terrorist group, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, a late-term move that aid groups fear will worsen the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. With just 10 days left before President-elect, Joe Biden takes office the announcement on Sunday could complicate; the new US administration’s efforts to […]
Five women have been killed in war-torn Yemen after a projectile exploded at a wedding held on New Year’s Day in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah; officials told the local news agency. The government and Houthi rebel forces blamed each other for the Friday night bombing of the hall near Hodeidah’s airport; a […]
