Houthis launch attacks on Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Aden
Houthi missiles reportedly struck a number of targets in Yemen, including Aden's airport and a coastguard base.
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Houthi missiles reportedly struck a number of targets in Yemen, including Aden's airport and a coastguard base.
Drinking water has been scarce for over a decade in Taiz, but the problem has reached crisis levels in recent weeks as Iran-backed Houthi rebels besiege Yemen’s third-largest city in their escalating conflict with government forces. The needs of Taiz’s more than 1 million residents are now barely being met, humanitarian groups say, as access to wells is limited, desalination plants run low on fuel and water delivery trucks are largely prevented from entering the city. Families are rationing...
Dialysis patients face shorter treatment sessions as severe shortages of fuel, medicines, and oxygen threaten hospitals.
Raghad and Raad's family had to flee their home on foot because of the fighting between pro-government forces and the Houthis.
Yemen's government forces launched hundreds of strikes on Houthi locations, a spokesperson says.
A mass funeral has been held in southern Yemen for 75 recruits killed in a Houthi missile strike on a training camp.
UNICEF says escalating fighting in Taiz is threatening its water systems, serving an estimated three million people.
Three missiles hit a camp in government-controlled Shabwa province that officials say was being used as a training centre for new recruits.
Fifty-three people were killed and 200 were injured in an attack on Monday by the Iran-aligned Houthis on a government security forces training camp in Yemen’s Shabwa province, according to the local authority, as fighting in the impoverished country intensifies. Video verified by Reuters from Shabwa province showed injured people and bloodied bodies scattered across the ground. The Houthis and the internationally recognised government, which is backed by a Saudi-led coalition, have been...
Fifty-three people were killed and 200 were injured in an attack on Monday by the Iran-aligned Houthis on a government security forces training camp in Yemen’s Shabwa province, according to the local authority, as fighting in the impoverished country intensifies. Video verified by Reuters from Shabwa province showed injured people and bloodied bodies scattered across the ground. The Houthis and the internationally recognised government, which is backed by a Saudi-led coalition, have been...
Dozens of Yemenis are feared dead after a Houthi strike targeted a military camp in Yemen’s Shabwa governorate.
Women in Yemen face growing risks as fighting between the Iran-backed Houthis and the Saudi-backed government forces limits reproductive health care with some facilities providing emergency obstetric care repurposing to treat war-wounded, the United Nations said Friday.
There have been new reports of Iranian support for the Houthis in Yemen amid a wave of attacks on Saudi cities.
Houthi missile strikes threaten key supply routes on Yemen's Red Sea coast, intensifying pressure on government forces.
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group claimed responsibility after two missiles struck Aden International Airport Friday, saying they had targeted a weapons depot as well as a military command headquarters. The Aden Security Department said a Yemenia Airways flight bound for Cairo had been preparing for takeoff when the attack took place.
Fighting between Yemen’s Houthis and the internationally recognised government is deepening the humanitarian crisis.
The Houthis launched a deadly missile attack on Thursday on the presidential palace in the Yemeni government’s interim capital of Aden, as Saudi Arabia blamed Iran for the recent dramatic escalation in the long-running war. Saudi Arabia and the internationally recognised government it backs in Yemen have come under sustained Houthi attack of late, shifting the focus of the wider Middle East war that erupted with US-Israeli strikes on Iran in February. The Iran-backed Houthis have seized swathes...
Yemen's information minister says the prime minister and other ministers were unhurt when ballistic missiles hit al-Maashiq Palace.
The Yemeni government has spoken with Beijing about the Houthis’ alleged attempts to utilise Chinese-made technology for weapons, a Yemeni minister said on Wednesday, as the two sides’ long-running civil war escalates. “The Chinese are partners and we have discussed with them about, you know, the use of dual products,” Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba said in response to an Agence France-Presse question about reports the Iran-backed group was trying to secure Chinese components to help...
Almost one million people cut off from food aid as health infrastructure overwhelmed by war-wounded.
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen released footage said to show operations in the Taiz governorate. Fighting between the Houthis and forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognised government, backed by Saudi-Arabia, has escalated dramatically in recent weeks after the Houthis managed to seize a number of strategically important areas, according to reports.
¿Por qué ha sido tan difícil derrotar a los hutíes en Yemen? El territorio, la diversificación de sus suministros y su creciente capacidad militar ayudan a entender cómo han resistido años de ofensivas y bombardeos. (Source: Bloomberg)
Yemeni government forces are encircled by the Houthis in Taiz, where blockades on road routes have worsened shortages.
The Houthis have warned Saudi Arabia that they will retaliate by targeting the Saudi cities of Riyadh and Dammam.
Houthi media reported an attack by Saudi Arabia on the Yemen Oil Company in Sanaa on Tuesday, which came shortly after the Saudi-led coalition ordered the evacuation of the facility ahead of a military operation. The Iran-backed rebels had warned that they would target Riyadh's airport and other sites in the country if Saudi Arabia followed through on its threat.
Government forces engage in intense clashes as Houthi shelling targets residential areas and hospitals in Taiz.