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Houthi leader vows to escalate attacks against Israel, US, British ships

Leader of Yemen’s Houthis, Abdul Malik Al-Houthi vowed, on Thursday, to escalate attacks against Israeli, American and British ships passing through the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and Bab Al-Mandab. In a televised speech broadcast by the group’s Al-Masirah channel, Al-Houthi said the group has targeted 48 Israeli, American and British ships in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, since the start of the Israeli aggression on Gaza, explaining […]

23 February 2024

International

Yemen’s Houthis in Saudi for ceasefire talks

Saudi Arabia invited Yemen’s Houthi delegation to Riyadh to continue ceasefire talks, Reuters reported the state news agency SPA saying yesterday. The kingdom wanted to resume its and Oman’s efforts to “reach a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire in Yemen and a sustainable political solution acceptable to all Yemeni parties,” SPA said. Mohamed Ali Al-Houthi, head of the Houthi supreme revolutionary committee, said late yesterday that talks were continuing between Sanaa and Saudi Arabia with Omani mediation. […]

15 September 2023

International

FM: Yemen gov’t keen to renew ceasefire with Houthis

The Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak, said the government is keen to renew the ceasefire agreement with the Houthi group, and to openly solve all problems through dialogue, Anadolu news agency reported. Speaking at a press conference at the Yemeni embassy in the Moroccan capital Rabat yesterday, Bin Mubarak said: "Our position is clear. We support peace and are keen to renew the truce because we […]

6 October 2022

International

Violence rocks Yemen’s Shabwah, challenges Presidential Council authority

INTERNATIONAL Ferocious violence between UAE-backed fighters and militias allied to Islah, an Islamist alliance backed by Saudi Arabia, has rocked Yemen's southern province of Shabwah - posing a serious challenge to the authority of the country's new Presidential Leadership Council. Yemen has enjoyed a rare period of calm in the past four months, as a truce between forces loyal to the internationally recognised government and those of the Houthi movement has largely held. But […]

11 August 2022

International

Yemen rebels claim attacks on Aramco facilities in Saudi Arabia

Houthi rebels in Yemen on Sunday claimed drone and missile attacks on facilities run by oil company Aramco in Saudi Arabia, Anadolu Agency reports. Rebel spokesman Yahia Sarei tweeted that the attacks targeted Aramco facilities in the capital Riyadh and a number of Saudi regions. He said the rebel group also struck a number of "vital targets" in southern Saudi Arabia, including the city of Khamis Mushait. Early Sunday, the Saudi-led coalition […]

21 March 2022

International News

Yemeni gov’t ‘categorically rejects’ Houthi claims over blockade

Yemen’s internationally recognised government has “categorically” rejected Houthi allegations over a blockade imposed on the war-torn country. In a series of tweets on Wednesday, the Yemeni embassy in Washington said the government “categorically rejects all assertions & allegations of a blockade on Yemen barring any food and commercial shipping” from entering the ports of Hodeidah and Salif. It said that a “false narrative” by the Houthis had also been refuted […]

18 March 2021

International News

Yemen’s Houthi rebels sentence four journalists to death

A court run by Yemen's Houthi rebels sentenced four journalists to death for "treason" and espionage, a judicial official and their lawyer have said. The four were among a group of 10 journalists who were detained by the Iran-backed rebels and accused of "collaborating with the enemy," in reference to the Saudi-led coalition that has been at war with the Houthis since 2015, lawyer Abdel-Majeed Sabra said on Saturday. Sabra identified the […]

12 April 2020

International News

Houthi political chief Saleh al-Sammad killed in Saudi air raids

The political leader of Yemen's Houthi rebels has been killed in Saudi-led air strikes on Hudaida province, the group has said. The Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV network reported on Monday that Saleh al-Sammad, the president of the Supreme Political Council that runs Yemen's capital, Sanaa, and other rebel-held areas, was killed on Thursday. The group said it had elected Mahdi al-Mashat as Sammad's successor. In a televised address later on Monday, […]

24 April 2018

International News

Saudi Arabia: Houthi missile attack kills Egyptian in Riyadh

Saudi Arabia has announced its forces had intercepted a number of ballistic missiles fired by Houthi rebels towards several locations in the kingdom. A spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition said in a statement that Saudi air defence intercepted seven missiles, three of which were headed towards Riyadh. Colonel Turki al-Maliki also said that an Egyptian resident was killed as a result of shrapnel - the first death in Riyadh since […]

26 March 2018

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