Three people were killed Monday in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, when they were hit by debris and fragments of an armed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the military alliance led by Saudi Arabia, officials said. Iran, and medical sources. The Houthi health minister said three other people were injured when the plane crashed in […]
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Yemen: Houthi rebels ‘not against’ extension of ceasefire
The head of Yemen’s Houthi Shiite rebel political council, Mahdi al-Masat, said Sunday that the movement was not opposed to the UN-brokered extension of the ceasefire, although it considered its results “not encouraging enough”. The two-month ceasefire between the Iranian-backed Houthi forces and the internationally recognized Saudi-led military alliance, the first since 2016, took effect […]
Yemen: Amnesty International calls on Houthi rebels to release journalists sentenced to death
Amnesty International this week called on Yemen’s Shiite Houthi rebels to release “immediately” four journalists sentenced to death for “espionage” in the country, which has been at war since 2014, following an “unfair” trial and “multiple human rights violations “. Adjacent to Iran, the Houthis control most of northern Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, which […]
Yemen: Houthi rebels ‘study’ extension of ceasefire
Shiite Houthi rebels said Wednesday they were “studying” a possible extension of a two-month ceasefire initially negotiated by the United Nations in war-torn Yemen. “Yemen’s Supreme Political Council will consider the request for an extension of the ceasefire ending on June 2,” said the rebel-controlled news agency SABA Net. The UN special envoy, Hans Grundberg, […]
Yemen: Release of Houthi rebels by Saudi-led military coalition
The Saudi-backed military coalition backing the government in Yemen against Shiite Houthi rebels today announced the release of rebels as part of a “humanitarian” initiative. A first plane carrying Houthi detainees “released as part of a Saudi humanitarian initiative” has taken off for Yemen, the Saudi news agency SPA reported. Saudi television network Al Ekhbariya […]
Yemen: Houthis agree to stop recruiting children
Shiite Houthi rebels, who control part of Yemen, have vowed to stop recruiting children as part of an “action plan” they have signed with the United Nations, as a ceasefire has been declared in the war-torn country. The Iranian-backed Houthis have been at war for more than seven years with government forces backed by Saudi […]
Yemen: Government, rebels blamed for ceasefire violations
Government and rebels in Yemen have been accused of violating the ceasefire agreement, three days after a two-month ceasefire took place in the country, which has been torn apart by more than seven years of war. Since 2014, the government army has been in conflict with the Shiite Houthi rebels. An Arab coalition led by […]
Saudi Arabia: Air raids on Yemen
The Saudi-led military alliance, which has been embroiled in the war in Yemen, today launched attacks on areas controlled by Houthi rebels. The alliance said in a statement that it had launched airstrikes in the Houthi-controlled part of the Yemeni capital Sanaa and in Hodeidah, a port city on the Red Sea. The statement said […]
Attack on storage facilities of the oil giant Aramco in Jeddah
LAST UPDATE: 20:20 The Yemeni group Houthi announced today that it had launched attacks on Saudi energy facilities and the Riyadh-led military coalition fighting the group in Yemen announced that the oil giant’s oil refinery in the southern part of the country had been hit. , without causing casualties. The fire was brought under control […]
Yemeni Houthi attacks ARAMCO facility in Saudi Arabia
The military alliance led by Saudi Arabia, which intervened in the war in Yemen in 2015, on Saturday accused Shiite Houthi rebels of launching attacks, including against facilities of the giant oil company ARAMCO, in the southern part of the southern part of the country. According to alliance announcements broadcast by the Saudi state news […]