AL-MUKALLA: A Hezbollah military leader fighting for the Iran-backed Houthis has been killed in clashes with government forces in the central province of Marib, Yemen’s information minister revealed on Thursday. In a tweet, Moammar Al-Eryani said that expert adviser Akram Al-Sayed died when Yemeni army troops shelled Houthi positions... Read more
Arab Coalition Strikes Houthi Drone Lab In Yemeni Capital
Middle EastNewsRegional News 24 November 2021 0
RIYADH: The Arab coalition on Wednesday said it had targeted legitimate military sites in Yemen’s capital. The coalition said that a building under construction had been targeted because it was used for the manufacturing of explosive-laden drones. Drones remain the primary choice of weapon for the Iran-back Houthi militia... Read more
UN Security Council Calls On Houthis To End US Embassy Raid, Release Hostages
Middle EastNewsRegional News 19 November 2021 0
NEW YORK: The UN Security Council condemned “in the strongest terms” the Houthis’ ongoing breach of the former US embassy compound in Sanaa, calling on the Iran-backed militia to immediately withdraw their militants from the premises and release the detainees. The US had issued similar calls to the Houthis... Read more
Arab Coalition Warplanes Hit Military Locations In Houthi-Held Sanaa, Saada
Middle EastNewsRegional News 12 November 2021 0
AL-MUKALLA: Arab coalition warplanes on Wednesday night struck Houthi-controlled military sites in the Yemeni capital and Saada province, as government forces on the ground fought to push back the militia from Marib province. Coalition spokesman Brig. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki said military sites were targeted in Sanaa and Saada, where... Read more
More Than 90 Houthis Killed, 16 Military Vehicles Destroyed in Coalition Strikes on Jubah and Al-Kassarah
Middle EastNewsRegional News 21 October 2021 0
JEDDAH: The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Friday it had killed at least 92 Houthi rebels in airstrikes on two districts near the strategic city of Marib. The deaths are the latest among hundreds that the coalition says have been killed in recent fighting around Marib, and... Read more
Yemen’s Prime Minister Blasts Houthis for ‘Sabotaging Peace, Blackmailing the World’
Middle EastNewsRegional News 6 October 2021 0
AL-MUKALLA: Yemen will enjoy peace and stability only when the Iran-backed Houthi militia stops undermining the country’s security and blackmailing the world, Yemen’s prime minister said on Tuesday. At a meeting in Aden with new UN Yemen special envoy Hans Grundberg, Maeen Abdul Malik Saeed said the Houthis were... Read more
Houthis Reject Calls For Truce, Intensify Attacks on Marib
Middle EastNewsRegional News 1 October 2021 0
AL-MUKALLA: The Iran-backed Houthis on Thursday rejected the latest regional calls to cease fighting in Yemen and intensified their ground and missile attacks on government-controlled areas in the central province of Marib. Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdul-Salam demanded the Arab coalition stop military operations and lift what he described as... Read more
Houthis Not Willing To Make Peace, Yemen’s Parliament Leader Tells US Envoy
Middle EastNewsRegional News 22 September 2021 0
DUBAI: The Iran-backed Houthi militia are unwilling to make peace in Yemen and are actually undermining efforts for hostilities to cease in the conflict-ridden country, a senior Yemeni politician said. “We’re ready to achieve peace, but the Houthi militia has not yet agreed to do so, it has continued... Read more
EU Joins Outcry Over Houthis’ Execution of Nine Men
Middle EastRegional News 21 September 2021 0
ADEN: The European Union joined a chorus of international criticism on Monday over the execution of nine men by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen following their conviction for involvement in the killing of the group’s top civilian leader. Saleh Al-Samad, who held the post of president in the... Read more