MUSCAT, Oman (AA) – Oman hosted on Sunday a new round of UN-sponsored prisoner swap negotiations between Yemen’s government and the Houthi group. “We are hopeful of achieving positive results” during the talks, government negotiator Majid Fadael told Anadolu. “Our fundamental demand as a government team is the unconditional release of all pris...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Yemen’s Houthis announced late Saturday that their forces, in coordination with an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, targeted five ships in the northern Israeli port of Haifa and the Mediterranean Sea. In a statement, the Houthis said: “The Yemeni armed forces carried out two joint mili...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – AFP A merchant ship is thought to have sunk in the Red Sea after an attack by Yemeni Houthis that forced it to be abandoned last week, a security agency said. The MV Tutor, which was holed during an attack that left one Filipino sailor dead, is “believed to have […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Monday that its partner forces destroyed one uncrewed aerial system (UAS) launched by Yemen’s Houthi group over the Gulf of Aden. “There were no injuries reported by U.S., coalition or merchant vessels,” CENTCOM said, adding the UAS presented an “imminent threat” t...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – Eleven people working for the UN have been detained by the Yemeni Houthi group, the global body’s spokesman has confirmed. “I can confirm to you that the Houthi de-facto authorities have detained 11 United Nations national personnel working in Yemen,” said Stephane Dujarric at a news conference. ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces destroyed an anti-ship ballistic missile launched over the Red Sea on Thursday by Yemen’s Houthi group. “There were no injuries or damage reported by U.S., coalition or commercial ships,” CENTCOM said on X. CENTCOM said it determined that the missile presented...
ANKARA (AA) – The US destroyed unmanned aerial systems launched by Yemen’s Houthi group, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Thursday. “Between 6:00 and 10:56 p.m. (Sanaa time) on March 28, and for the second day in a row, United States Central Command successfully engaged and destroyed four unmanned aerial systems (UAS) launched by...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Civilians were killed in US-UK airstrikes in Yemen early Sunday, according to the Houthi group. The Houthi-run Human Rights Ministry said that more than 15 strikes targeted several provinces, including the capital Sanaa. A number of civilians were killed and injured in the attacks, the ministry said, without giving an exact...
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AA) – Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman has held talks with Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak on a UN roadmap to end the civil war in Yemen. The discussions covered efforts to support peace talks between Yemen’s warring rivals to help restore stability to the Arab country, the […]
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Yemen’s Houthis said Tuesday they attacked with missiles a US ship in the Red Sea and Israel’s port city of Eilat. Houthi forces struck the MADO oil tanker with naval missiles, their spokesman Yahya Saree said in statements carried by the Houthi-run Al-Masirah television. The Yemeni group said it also fired […]
