United Nations, United States – AFP UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned a drone strike on Tel Aviv claimed by Yemen’s Huthis that left one person dead, expressing concern over a possible further escalation, a spokesman said. “The Secretary-General remains deeply concerned about the risk such dangerous ac...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – AFP Yemen’s Huthis claimed a drone attack on Tel Aviv on Friday that left one person dead, saying it marked a “new phase” in its operations against Israel. The group fired a “new drone called ‘Yafa’, which is capable of bypassing the enemy’s interception systems,R...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The Yemeni Houthi group has said that it jointly attacked with the Iraqi Islamic Resistance group a “vital target” in the Israeli southern city of Eilat. In a statement, the Houthi group’s military spokesman Yahya Saree said the attack was carried out with a number of combat drones, and claimed to [&...
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 […]
A boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, killing 49 migrants and leaving 140 others missing, the International Organization for Migration or IOM said on Tuesday. The vessel, carrying 260 migrants, capsized near Alghareef Point in Shabwah governorate. Among the dead were 31 women and six children. According to survivors, the boat departed from B...
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...
Sanaa, Yemen – AFP Yemen’s Huthi group said Sunday it targeted ships off the country’s coast with missiles and drones after maritime security firms said two vessels had caught fire after being hit by projectiles. The strikes are the latest in a flurry of attacks by the group which has been targeting ships in the […]
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. ...
