The 4 December death of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, at the hands of his former Houthi coalition partners, is a culmination of the differing interests that informed the coalition’s initial inception, and alludes [ More … ]
Source inside Saleh’s party claim Houthis ‘executed and maimed’ former president, while Houthis say he was killed in ambush outside capital The former president of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, was killed on Monday in a [ More … ]
Tensions between Yemen’s Houthi rebels and their ally deposed President Ali Abdullah Saleh have reached boiling point in recent hours threatening to erupt into armed conflict between the two sides Tensions between Yemen’s Houthi rebels [ More … ]
An airstrike on Saturday hit a funeral hall packed with thousands of mourners in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and local health officials indicate that over 140 people were killed and more than 525 wounded, the U.N. [ More … ]
A senior Houthi leader proposed on Sunday to stop attacks along Yemen’s border with Saudi Arabia in exchange for halting the kingdom’s airstrikes, reported Anadolu Agency. “we will] stop combat operations along border,” Ali al-Sammad [ More … ]
Iran-backed Houthi militia and its allies in former President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s General People’s Congress party have signed an agreement to set up a council to run the country, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. In [ More … ]
At least 80 pro-government and Houthi militia troops have been killed in fighting since last week in northwest Yemen near the border with Saudi Arabia, military sources said on Monday. The clashes began on Thursday [ More … ]
Yemen’s foreign minister said Tuesday that his internationally recognized government has received 54 child prisoners who had been captured by Saudi Arabia in order to free them. Abdul Malik al-Mikhlafi, head negotiator of President Abd-Rabbu [ More … ]
The United Nations said on Monday it had removed the Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting in Yemen from a child rights blacklist pending a joint review by the world body and the coalition of the cases [ More … ]
Direct talks between the Yemen’s government and the Houthi militia aimed at exchanging prisoners have been suspended, a Yemeni government source said Saturday. “Government delegates agreed with UN experts to suspend direct talks and to [ More … ]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has slammed the Saudi-led coalition for “killing and maiming” children in Yemen, adding it to an annual blacklist of countries and armed groups that have violated children’s rights in conflict. [ More … ]
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