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  • Yemen: Who are the UAE-backed Giants Brigades?

    Pro-government force, composed mainly of southern fighters, proves crucial in advances against Houthi movement in Shabwah

  • Yemen: UAE-backed forces charge into Marib after taking Shabwah from Houthis

    The dramatic reversal of fortunes in Yemen’s Shabwah was underscored on Tuesday when Turki al-Maliki, spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi movement, held a press conference in the battleground province.

  • Saudi-led coalition says Houthi actions turn Yemen ports into legitimate targets

    The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen believes the use by Houthi forces of two ports as military bases would turn them into legitimate military targets, coalition spokesman Brigadier General Turki al-Malki said on Saturday. The ports of Hodeidah and Salif are controlled by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement and the Saudi-led coalition has said the Houthis use them as launching points for military and marine operations. "We do not want to target the ports ... We want to reach a comprehensive political solution," al-Malki told a press conference, but added that if the Houthis use any civilian sites they forfeit immunity thus making the ports targets.

  • Saudi Forces Receive Distress Call From Oil Tanker Near Yemen

    Unidentified assailants harassed an oil tanker off the coast of Yemen, a Saudi Arabia-led military coalition said late on Wednesday after receiving a distress call from the vessel. The coalition, which is fighting the Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen’s war, said the “armed harassment” took place near the Red Sea port city of Hodeida, according to Saudi state television. It didn’t give further details but warned of high risk for vessels in the area.

  • Yemeni rebels seize UAE ship in Red Sea after upsurge in violence

    Coalition says vessel was carrying medical supplies but Houthis put out videos they claim show ammunition on board

  • Houthis seize ‘hostile’ vessel off Yemen which Saudis say carried medical equipment

    The Iran-aligned Houthi movement that controls most of northern Yemen hijacked a United Arab Emirates-flagged cargo vessel engaged in "hostile acts" but which the Saudis said was carrying hospital equipment.

  • Yemen rebels seize UAE ship; hackers hit Israeli newspaper

    Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized an Emirati-flagged ship in the Red Sea, officials said Monday, the latest sign of Mideast tensions as hackers targeted a major Israeli newspaper’s website to mark America’s 2020 killing of a top Iranian general.

  • U.N. bodies urge Yemen’s Houthis to release two staff members

    Yemen's Houthi movement has detained two staff members of UNESCO and U.N. Human Rights since early November, the UN bodies said in a joint statement on Tuesday, calling for their immediate release. The statement gave no details on the two individuals, but a Yemeni government official told Reuters they were Yemeni staff who had previously worked for the U.S. embassy in Sanaa.

  • Yemen’s Houthis say allowed temporary resumption of U.N. flights to Sanaa airport

    The aviation authority run by the Houthi administration in Yemen has allowed temporary resumption of flights by the United Nations and other organizations to Sanaa international airport on Monday, the Houthi-run Saba news agency said. The Iran-aligned Houthi movement said earlier this month that the capital's airport had been put out of operation after air strikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen

  • Saudi-led coalition renews airstrikes against Yemen’s Houthis

    Houthi projectile attacks into Saudi Arabia more than doubled in 2021 over last year, the Washington-based think-tank Center for Strategic and International Studies reported last week. US officials have said Saudi Arabia is now able to knock down roughly 90% of the projectiles with Washington’s defensive military support.