• UN: Warring parties in Yemen agree on major prisoner trade

    UN: Warring parties in Yemen agree on major prisoner trade

    Feb 16, 2020 08:52 PM EST

    Yemeni Foreign Minister Mohammed Abdullah al-Hadrami said he welcomed the “phased agreement” to release prisoners, in a tweet Sunday. The breakthrough in talks came after another bout of intense fighting in different areas in Yemen, that killed and wounded hundreds of people from both sides. Strikes on Saturday killed ...

  • Death toll from Yemen's civil war tops 100,000, report finds

    Death toll from Yemen's civil war tops 100,000, report finds

    Oct 31, 2019 01:48 PM EST

    ... led coalition launched its air campaign to prevent the rebels, known as Houthis, from overrunning the country's south. WATCH: PBS NewsHour special series, "Inside Yemen" Saudi-led airstrikes have hit schools, hospitals and wedding parties and killed thousands of Yemeni civilians. The Houthi rebels have used drones and missiles ...

  • Northern Yemen sees a spike in cholera cases, Save the Children warns

    Northern Yemen sees a spike in cholera cases, Save the Children warns

    Oct 09, 2019 01:09 PM EST

    ... decrease in the amount of fuel coming through the key port of Hodeida, the group says. WATCH: Fighting, starvation and disease yield grim crisis in Yemen Save the Children says the resulting health crisis has led to a mounting risk of more cases of cholera and other waterborne diseases. Yemen ...

  • Yemen rebels claim capture of Saudi troops in 'major attack'

    Yemen rebels claim capture of Saudi troops in 'major attack'

    Sep 29, 2019 06:35 PM EST

    SANAA, YemenYemen's rebels Sunday claimed they launched a major attack on the border of Saudi Arabia, releasing video purporting to show captive Saudi soldiers and equipment. The images of the attack released by the rebels, known as Houthis, show armored vehicles with stenciled Saudi markings, arms and ammunition ...

  • Yemen rebels say they're halting attacks on Saudi Arabia

    Yemen rebels say they're halting attacks on Saudi Arabia

    Sep 20, 2019 08:22 PM EST

    ... The U.S. and the Saudis blamed the Sept. 14 attack on Iran, which backs the Houthi rebels fighting a Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen. Iran denies any responsibility. Mahdi al-Mashat, head of the Houthis' supreme political council, which runs rebel-held areas in Yemen, said the group ...

  • Saudi officials say oil attack could not have come from Yemen

    Saudi officials say oil attack could not have come from Yemen

    Sep 18, 2019 03:52 PM EST

    ... Saudi oil field and the world's largest crude oil processing plant, disrupting the kingdom's oil production. "The attack could not have originated from Yemen," he said, disputing the claim by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels that they launched the weapons. Iran has repeatedly denied being behind the ...

  • Yemen rebels claim drone attacks on major Saudi oil sites

    Yemen rebels claim drone attacks on major Saudi oil sites

    Sep 14, 2019 01:58 PM EST

    ... 205 miles) northeast of the Saudi capital, Riyadh. The Saudi-led coalition has been battling the rebels since March 2015. The Iranian-backed Houthis hold Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and other territory in the Arab world’s poorest country.https://youtu.be/oWuomLDdGr8 The war has become the world’s ...

  • Yemen rebel drone attack targets remote Saudi oil field

    Yemen rebel drone attack targets remote Saudi oil field

    Aug 17, 2019 08:06 PM EST

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Drones launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked a massive oil and gas field deep inside Saudi Arabia's sprawling desert on Saturday, causing what the kingdom described as a "limited fire" in the second such recent attack on its crucial energy industry. The attack on ...

  • Al-Qaida kills at least 20 at Yemen military camp

    Al-Qaida kills at least 20 at Yemen military camp

    Aug 02, 2019 03:43 PM EST

    SANAA, Yemen — Al-Qaida militants targeted a military camp in Yemen's southern Abyan province, killing at least 20 troops and setting off hours-long clashes that lasted into early morning Friday, Yemeni officials and tribal leaders said. The attack began around midnight, with militants firing rocket propelled grenades at ...

  • As Japan premier seeks to ease tensions in Iran, Yemen rebels strike Saudi airport

    As Japan premier seeks to ease tensions in Iran, Yemen rebels strike Saudi airport

    Jun 12, 2019 02:16 PM EST

    ... Yemen." Earlier in the week, he'd said Houthi attacks on Saudi airports were "the best way to break the blockade" of the airport in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, which the Houthis overran in 2014. Iran is threatening to resume enriching uranium closer to weapons-grade level on July 7 ...