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Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Friday reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters, potentially tightening their grip on one of the world’s vital shipping routes. Earlier, two sources from the Saudi-backed, internationally recognised Yemeni government said its forces had withdrawn from Perim and that the Houthis had also taken the mainland Red Sea coastal town of Dhubab, which faces the island. If ‌the Houthis gain full control...

Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg demands urgent steps to protect civilians and trade routes amid Houthi escalation.

Fighting has reignited in Yemen as Houthi forces push south towards the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait.

The Iran-backed Houthi rebel group on Thursday took over Yemen’s port city of Mokha, an area vital to controlling shipping through the Red Sea, Houthi and Yemeni officials said. Mokha is about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a waterway that connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden and through which about 12% of the world’s goods are typically shipped. FRANCE 24's Nick Rushworth reports.

The Houthi seizure of Mocha threatens global trade routes, severs vital supply lines, and displaces thousands in Yemen.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels are advancing along the Red Sea coast, to gain more leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Riyadh needs to restore deterrence without being pulled back into a prolonged Yemen war.

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis seized ⁠control of the historic port city of Mocha on Thursday, four Yemeni government military sources said, gaining further leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s most important shipping routes. The Houthis were launching attacks on the strategic Red Sea islands of Hanish, the government sources told Reuters. Government forces and their allies are relocating south to Dhubab, which sits directly on the strait, across from the island of...

Forces loyal to the UN-recognised government and Houthis fight on multiple fronts in an effort to expand their control.

Yemen's government accuses Houthis of killing 3 children as rebels claim Saudi forces launched 54 air raids in 12 hours.

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Yemen's ambassador warns Houthi attacks threaten global shipping.

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen on Wednesday said the Iran-backed Houthis had launched fresh attacks on the kingdom's south, after the rebels launched an offensive seeking to control the Bab al-Mandab Strait. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Adam Baron, Fellow at the New America Foundation, says that "if you have both groups able to disrupt maritime shipping both in the Red Sea and the Gulf, this would be a tremendous exercise of leverage to put pressure for a resolution".

Struggling families in Yemen are forced to choose between education and survival amid mounting economic challenges.

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Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Jules Grange Gastinel, Researcher at the Institute for Research and Studies on the Arab and Muslim World (IREMAM). He depicts Yemen as moving from a prolonged condition of unresolved conflict into renewed regional confrontation. The relative calm established after 2022, he argues, never amounted to a durable political settlement: Yemen remains divided between rival political, financial and military institutions. 

Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces are intensifying their counteroffensive against the Houthis.

Fighting between government forces and Iran-backed Houthis is raising fears Yemen could return to full-scale war.

Saudi Arabia promises firm retaliation after Houthi strikes injure 73 and disrupt energy facilities in southern cities.

Forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognised government pledge to seize the capital Sanaa as battles rage.

Saudi Arabia said operations at several energy facilities in the kingdom’s south were halted after attacks ignited fires, the latest escalation in the region bordering Yemen.

Houthi-run media outlet released footage of destruction after alleged Saudi air strike on al-Hazm prison.

Fighting is intensifying in Yemen as government-aligned forces launch counterattacks against the Iran-backed Houthis.

Some five million Yemeni children are deprived of essential routine vaccinations amid disputes.

The toll from days of fighting between government forces and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in southwest Yemen climbed past 300 on Sunday, as hundreds of families fled their homes to escape the violence. Two military officials with the Saudi-backed government forces said that 84 of their troops were killed between midday Saturday and early Sunday morning, mostly in missile attacks. Four Houthi military sources said 57 rebel fighters were killed in the same period. The two sides have been fighting for...

Government forces make gains as fighting escalates, raising fears of a return to full-scale war.

More than 60 people, including civilians, killed as clashes between Yemeni forces and Houthis intensify in Taiz.

A major Houthi offensive towards Bab al-Mandeb has triggered some of Yemen’s worst fighting in years.