Yemen

UAE seeking to establish dominance over Yemen's strategic Socotra Island: Sources

Apr 25, 2017 00:23

Yemeni sources have revealed that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is trying to establish control over the strategic island of Socotra in the Arabian Sea, which resigned president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi had rented out to the Persian Gulf kingdom for nearly a century.
US drone strike kills three civilians in southern Yemen

Apr 24, 2017 11:18

At least three Yemeni civilians have lost their lives when a US unmanned aerial vehicle carried out a strike in the southern part of the impoverished Arab country.
US, Zionist entity two sides of same coin, trying to destroy Yemen: Badreddin al-Houthi

Apr 23, 2017 12:26

Leader of Yemen's Ansarullah movement, Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi, says the United States and the Israeli regime are two sides of the same coin and together they seek to destroy Yemen through a brutal military campaign launched by Saudi Arabia.
Large explosion kills 7 militiamen in Yemen's Aden

Apr 23, 2017 12:14

At least seven militiamen have been killed and over a dozen of others have been injured after a shipment of ammunition accidentally went off in Yemen's southern port city of Aden, local officials say.
Pakistani ex-army chief flies to Riyadh to head Saudi-led military bloc

Apr 21, 2017 15:08

Retired Pakistani army general Raheel Sharif, 60, has departed for Saudi Arabia to take charge as the commander-in-chief of a Saudi-led military bloc.
UN official asks Saudi Arabia to stop bombing Yemen’s Hudaydah

Apr 21, 2017 00:59

The United Nations has called on Saudi Arabia to put an end to its devastating aerial bombardment against Yemen's western port city of Hudaydah, which serves as a primary entry point for humanitarian aid and fuel for the impoverished conflict-ridden Arab country.
UN must list Saudi Arabia, allies for violating child rights in Yemen: Aid groups

Apr 20, 2017 14:44

A new report by two international aid groups says Saudi Arabia and its allies must be named in the UN's annual list of perpetrators of child rights violations as Riyadh continues to carry out attacks on schools and medical facilities during its military aggression against Yemen.
Defense chief rejects US claim of sending arms to Yemen

Apr 19, 2017 13:29

Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan has rejected the US allegation that Tehran is sending weapons to Yemen, saying the claims were made as Washington continues to supply arms to terrorists committing crimes in different parts of the world, including in Syria and Iraq.
Yemenis shoot down Saudi Black Hawk, at least 12 Saudi troops killed

Apr 19, 2017 03:46

More than a dozen Saudi military personnel have been killed when allied forces in Yemen shot down a Black Hawk helicopter taking part in Riyadh's military operation against the impoverished Arab country.
Nearly dozen Saudi soldiers killed in Yemeni bomb attack

Apr 16, 2017 13:01

Nearly a dozen Saudi soldiers have been killed when Yemeni army soldiers and fighters from allied Popular Committees launched an attack against a military base in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border region of Jizan as they continue their retaliatory raids against Riyadh regime’s aerial bombardment campaign.