Although the United Arab Emirates is a key Saudi ally in its military campaign against Houthis, Iran-backed rebels in Yemen, it has welcomed a new United Nations peace proposal to end the Yemen conflict, while [ More … ]
The warring parties in Yemen have agreed to a 72-hour cease-fire that will take effect shortly before midnight Wednesday, the U.N. special envoy to Yemen told The Associated Press. Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed [ More … ]
Allies of Yemen’s president found weapons bound for Iran-aligned Houthi forces on trucks with Omani license plates, although there was no evidence of any link to Omani authorities, who are neutral in Yemen’s war, reported [ More … ]
Yemen’s Houthi rebels and allied troops have captured the Saudi military camp, Faridah, in the border region of Jizan, reported ABC News citing military officials from the Shiite movement. According to military officials, Houthi rebels [ More … ]
On the sideline of the G20 Summit in China, Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince, Mohamad Bin Salman met today with The Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to discuss Saudi financial support for the UN Palestine refugees [ More … ]
A U.S. drone strike killed 6 al Qaeda fighters in Yemen’s central Marib province on Sunday, as Washington continues its years-long campaign against militants who have exploited an 18 month civil war in the country, [ More … ]
Airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition hit a house in the northern Yemeni city of Sa’ada in the early hours of Wednesday, killing at least 16 civilians of a Yemeni mosque imam’s family, reported Reuters. The [ More … ]
Yemeni sources revealed that there is an undeclared crisis between Saudi Arabia and Oman, saying that the Saudi Arabia believes that Oman is biased towards the Houthis in the light of the positive development of [ More … ]
Human rights groups have condemned a UN decision to remove Saudi Arabia from a blacklist of countries and groups accused of violating children’s rights. The Saudi Arabia’s coalition began a military campaign against Houthi militias [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia has handed 54 child prisoners over to the Yemeni government, a Yemeni government source has said. The move was followed by the removal of a Saudi-led coalition — currently fighting Yemen’s Shia Houthi [ More … ]
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