• U.S. sanctions money lending network to Yemen's Houthi rebels, aims to boost maritime protections

    U.S. sanctions money lending network to Yemen's Houthi rebels, aims to boost maritime protections

    Dec 07, 2023 10:28 PM EST

    The White House is encouraging Mideast allies to join the Combined Maritime Forces, a partnership that exists to counter malign action by non-state actors in international waters.

  • WATCH: White House holds briefing as the U.S. sanctions money lending network to Yemen's Houthi rebels

    WATCH: White House holds briefing as the U.S. sanctions money lending network to Yemen's Houthi rebels

    Dec 07, 2023 05:40 PM EST

    White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that the U.S. has already heard from “several key partners” interested in potentially joining the Combined Maritime Forces.

  • Yemen's Houthi rebels hijack Israeli-linked ship in the Red Sea, take crew hostage

    Yemen's Houthi rebels hijack Israeli-linked ship in the Red Sea, take crew hostage

    Nov 19, 2023 06:44 PM EST

    ... anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter. Twice in the last month, U.S. warships have intercepted missiles or drones from Yemen that were believed to be headed toward Israel or posing a threat to the American vessels. The USS Carney, a Navy destroyer, intercepted three ...

  • Delegation from Yemen’s Houthi rebels flies into Saudi Arabia for peace talks

    Delegation from Yemen’s Houthi rebels flies into Saudi Arabia for peace talks

    Sep 15, 2023 07:27 PM EST

    ... Yemen," he said. "It can build on a comprehensive U.N.-led ceasefire as well as further measures that will help lessen the suffering of Yemeni people." Yemen's conflict began in 2014 when the Houthis seized Sanaa and much of the country's north. The internationally recognized government fled ...

  • 5 UN staff members reportedly walk free after Yemen kidnapping 18 months ago

    5 UN staff members reportedly walk free after Yemen kidnapping 18 months ago

    Aug 11, 2023 04:14 PM EST

    ... accountable,” Haq said. The identity of the kidnappers was not revealed. In February 2022, suspected al-Qaida militants abducted five U.N. workers in southern Yemen's Abyan province, Yemeni officials told the Associated Press at the time. When asked about the abduction then, Guterres' lead spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said ...

  • Stampede in Yemen during Ramadan charity event kills at least 78

    Stampede in Yemen during Ramadan charity event kills at least 78

    Apr 20, 2023 05:36 PM EST

    ... The Houthis said they would pay some $2,000 in compensation to each family who lost a relative, while the injured would get around $400. Yemen’s capital has been under the control of the Iranian-backed Houthis since they descended from their northern stronghold in 2014 and removed the ...

  • UN raises $1.2 billion for Yemen humanitarian crisis, far below its 2023 target

    UN raises $1.2 billion for Yemen humanitarian crisis, far below its 2023 target

    Feb 27, 2023 10:00 PM EST

    “We have a real opportunity this year to change Yemen’s trajectory and move towards peace, by renewing and expanding the truce,” Guterres, the U.N. chief, said. The truce, which took effect in April, brought some relief for Yemenis, especially in Houthi-held areas. It enabled commercial traffic ...

  • Arms supplied by UK, U.S. killed civilians in Yemen, report says

    Arms supplied by UK, U.S. killed civilians in Yemen, report says

    Jan 11, 2023 06:57 PM EST

    ... the Saudi-led coalition and other foreign influence in Yemen’s war. Jubari spoke in Washington, where he was attending a conference on the stalled Yemeni peace process. His hope, he said, was that the U.S. would recall its pledges of ethical conduct in the Yemen conflict. All parties ...

  • Yemeni children starve as fears of renewed fighting loom

    Yemeni children starve as fears of renewed fighting loom

    Oct 19, 2022 06:06 PM EST

    ... people due to critical funding gaps and soaring global food prices. The World Food Program has for months prioritized the most vulnerable 13.5 million Yemenis, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA.The U.N. said that by the end of September ...

  • Expired drug kills 10 child leukemia patients in Yemen

    Expired drug kills 10 child leukemia patients in Yemen

    Oct 14, 2022 03:37 PM EST

    CAIRO (AP) — At least 10 child leukemia patients in Yemen have died, and dozens more left seriously ill, after being administered expired doses of a cancer treatment in the rebel-held capital, medical officials and workers said on Friday. Yemen’s ruinous conflict, now entering its eighth year, has caused ...