Houthis attack two big Saudi oil tankersTwo Saudi Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs), each with a two million barrels capacity, were attacked by Yemen's Houthi militia yesterday in the Red Sea. One of the ships sustained minimal damage, said Saudi Aramco.   More… |
Arab fighter jets hit Houthi base, destroy army vehiclesFighter jets from the Saudi-led Arab Coalition, with the backing from the UAE Armed Forces, on Saturday launched air strikes at positions of the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in the Red Sea coast of Yemen, reported state news agency Wam. More… |
Yemeni troops clash with Houthis, retake third cityForces loyal to Yemen's president have broken a siege by the Iranian-allied Houthis around the strategic Yemeni city of Taiz, local fighters and residents said on Saturday, as the United States raised the possibility of a Syrian-style truce More… |
Saudi announces Yemen prisoner exchangeSaudi Arabia said on Wednesday it exchanged prisoners with its foes in Yemen's Houthi movement and that a calm was holding along their border, in signs of unprecedented progress to end their 11-month war. The statement on stat More… |
Houthis in Saudi for talks on ending warA delegation from the Houthi movement is in Saudi Arabia for talks on ending Yemen's war, two senior officials said, in what appeared to be the most serious attempt to date to end the conflict. The visit is the first of its ki More… |
Houthis in Saudi for talks on ending warA delegation from the Houthi movement is in Saudi Arabia for talks on ending Yemen's war, two senior officials said, in what appeared to be the most serious attempt to date to end the conflict. The visit is the first of its ki More… |
UN adjourns Yemen talks to Jan 14, seeks full ceasefireYemen's warring parties have agreed to meet for a second round of talks starting on January 14 but first need to agree a permanent ceasefire, the United Nations envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said on Sunday. Yemen's warrin More… |
Saudi-led forces capture Yemeni islands from HouthisArab coalition forces have captured a Yemeni Red Sea archipelago used by Iran-allied Houthis for storing and smuggling weapons into Yemen, the Saudi-led alliance and local fishermen said on Thursday. The Saudi-led coalition has be More… |
Yemen's Houthis, Saleh's party accept UN peace termsYemen's Houthi group and the party of the former president have accepted a peace plan brokered by the United Nations in talks in Oman, paving the way for resuming negotiations to end months of conflict in the country. Both gro More… |
Aden attacks kill 15 Gulf coalition soldiersAttacks on several targets in Aden on Tuesday killed 15 soldiers from a Saudi-led Arab coalition and its Yemeni allies, the official Wam news agency of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reported on its Twitter feed. Explosions hit a More… |