Yemen

19 million Yemenis in need of relief aid: UN official

Mar 01, 2017 02:34

The UN relief aid chief says 19 million out of Yemen’s 26-million population are in pressing need of humanitarian assistance, warning that the impoverished country faces a “serious risk of famine.”
Yemeni forces kill 2 Saudi soldiers, score multiple victories over Saudi-led coalition

Feb 28, 2017 14:21

Yemeni forces, backed by fighters from the Houthi Ansarullah movement, have killed two Saudi soldiers in the kingdom’s southern regions of Najran and Jizan, seized large quantities of ammunition from a Saudi-held arsenal in Yemen's Sana'a province, captured a military base in the northern province of Jawf and killed dozens of mercenaries in the southwestern province of Ta’izz.
Yemeni army unveils new indigenous combat, reconnaissance drones

Feb 26, 2017 16:36

Yemeni army forces have unveiled four domestically designed and manufactured drones to collect information on the positions and movements of militiamen loyal to resigned president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, as well as Saudi troops, and carry out aerial attacks against them.
Eight martyred in fresh Saudi airstrikes on Yemen

Feb 26, 2017 03:55

At least seven people have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries when Saudi fighter jets carried out a raft of aerial attacks against residential neighborhoods across Yemen.
Yemeni forces destroy another Saudi warship

Feb 25, 2017 11:05

Yemen's army and popular forces targeted and destroyed a Saudi warship in al-Hudayda coastal waters with a guided missile, the 12th Saudi vessel sinking offshore Yemen.
Yemeni forces target Jordanian F-16 fighter jet over Saudi Arabia

Feb 24, 2017 14:40

Yemeni air defense forces, backed by fighters from allied Popular Committees, have reportedly intercepted and shot down a single-engine, supersonic and multirole F-16 fighter jet of the Royal Jordanian Air Force.
Over 12,000 civilians killed in Saudi war

Feb 24, 2017 12:27

Almost two years into the Saudi war on Yemen, a rights NGO says the military campaign has cost the lives of more than 12,000 civilians.
Failing health system leaves millions of Yemenis disease-prone: WHO

Feb 24, 2017 03:12

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a deepening health crisis in Yemen, which is under Saudi military aggression, saying lack of funds is putting millions of Yemenis at risk of disease and malnutrition.
Yemeni fighters reach outskirts of Mocha, in serious blow to Riyadh

Feb 22, 2017 14:31

In a major blow to the Saudi-led coalition supported by Washington, Yemeni fighters have reached the eastern outskirts of the port city of Mocha, which was overrun in early February by forces loyal to the former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.
Army soldiers, allies kill Saudi mercenaries off Yemen coast

Feb 22, 2017 11:57

Yemeni forces have launched an operation against Riyadh-backed militiamen loyal to the former government, killing scores of them, including the commander of Saudi-led Emirati troops in Yemen.