Yemen politics

Yemen

Euroviews. The Houthis are the epitome of 21st-century non-state actors

The Houthi resistance against a coalition of regional and even far-off powers has only fueled their reputation, transforming them from a marginalised local group to an influential regional actor, Hafed Al-Ghwell writes.

25/01/2024

Yemen

US warship and multiple commercial ships come under attack in Red Sea

The Pentagon made the announcement as a British ship was reportedly hit by rocket fire in Red Sea off Yemen coast. Drone activity has also been reported in the area which separates East Africa from the Arabian Peninsula.

03/12/2023

Yemen

Yemen: At least 16 dead and 60 wounded in blast at airport in Aden

Yemen, the Arab world’s poorest country, has been engulfed in civil war since 2014.

30/12/2020

Yemen

Houthi's begin withdrawing from Yemen ports

Yemen's Houthi movement has begun withdrawing forces from the country’s port of Saleef in Hodeidah province, finally invoking the terms of a United Nations-sponsored peace deal five months after the agreement was made.

12/05/2019

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UN: Yemeni civilians caught in fierce clashes

A UN humanitarian agency has warned that thousands of Yemeni civilians caught in fierce clashes between warring factions are trapped in an embattled northern district, an area that has become another flashpoint in the country's bitter civil war.

14/03/2019

Yemen

Yemen crisis: How the battle at Hodeida port played out over 2018

The lifeline port of Hodeida has been at the centre of the ongoing Yemeni war this year — here are the key events.

27/12/2018

Yemen

Yemen war is 'devastating as a mother'

Yemen war is 'devastating as a mother'

03/12/2018

World News

Call for negotiations in Yemen

The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen has called for talks between the government and the separatists to end the fierce fighting in the southern city of Aden

29/01/2018

World News

Yemen's deadly civil war takes an unexpected turn

Former President Saleh and the Houthi rebels, once allies against the Saudi-led coalition, have taken to fighting each other. Saleh says that he's ready for a "new page" with the Saudis. Meanwhile, civilians continue to bear the brunt of the conflict.

02/12/2017

Yemen

Airstrike near San'aa in Yemen kills 35

At least 35 people have died after a Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a hotel near San'aa in Yemen.

23/08/2017

Yemen

Yemen fights back against cholera epidemic

Authorities in Yemen begin clean-up operation in Sanaa to combat deadly cholera outbreak

17/07/2017

Yemen

'Over 100' killed in cholera outbreak in Yemen capital Sanaa

At least 115 people have been killed by an outbreak of cholera in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, according to the local Saba news agency.

15/05/2017

Yemen

Jamila: Dead aged 7 as famine takes hold of Yemen

Jamila was seven.

04/05/2017

Yemen

Seven-year-old Jamila is another victim of Yemen's civil war

In the midst of Yemen’s civil war and after suffering from worms for two years Jamila Ali Abdu gave in to disease and hunger in the malnutrition ward of Yemen’s Hodeidah…

03/05/2017

Yemen

US intensifies Yemen airstrikes

The Pentagon says a further 20 US strikes have targeted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula since the middle of last week.

03/04/2017

Yemen

Drone footage shows over 100, 000 Houthi supporters at Sanaa rally

Aerial footage shot in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on March 26 shows over one hundred thousand individuals gathered to show their support for the Houthi movement.

27/03/2017

Yemen

Sanaa rally marks two years of conflict in Yemen

Tens of thousands of Yemenis have rallied on the streets of the Yemeni capital in support of the Houthi movement.

26/03/2017

Yemen

UN warns of looming famine in Yemen

A senior humanitarian official is urging both sides in Yemen's civil war to allow more access to the country's ports to let much-needed food, fuel and medicines in.

01/03/2017

Yemen

Chorus of condemnation greets Houthi government in Yemen

Many international organisations including the UN have criticised the move by Yemen's Shi'ite Houthi rebels to form a government in Sana'a.

30/11/2016

Yemen

Yemenis protest after airstrikes kill over 140 at funeral

Hundreds of Yemenis protest in front of the United Nations building in the capital Sanaa to denounce air strikes which killed 140.

09/10/2016