Nov 19 Yemen’s Houthi rebels hijack Israeli-linked ship in the Red Sea, take crew hostage By Isabel DeBre, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in a crucial Red Sea shipping route on Sunday, officials said, taking over two dozen crew members hostage and raising fears that regional tensions heightened over the Israel-Hamas war were playing out… Continue reading
Sep 15 Delegation from Yemen’s Houthi rebels flies into Saudi Arabia for peace talks By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press A delegation from Yemen's Houthi rebels has flown into Saudi Arabia for talks with the kingdom on potentially ending the yearslong war tearing at the Arab world's poorest nation. Continue reading
Jan 11 Arms supplied by UK, U.S. killed civilians in Yemen, report says By Samy Magdy, Associated Press A new report has found that weapons supplied by the United Kingdom and the United States and used by a Saudi-led coalition in war-torn Yemen killed at least 87 civilians and wounded 136 others in just over a year. Continue reading
Oct 19 Yemeni children starve as fears of renewed fighting loom By Samy Magdy, Anwar Salem, Associated Press Starvation has threatened Yemen's children for years. Now, as civil war threatens to escalate after months of a tenuous truce, there are fears that things could get worse. Continue reading
Sep 28 UN envoy says risk of war in Yemen is ‘real’ By Samy Magdy, Associated Press The U.N. envoy for Yemen has warned that the risk of a return to fighting in the country "is real" and urged warring parties to accept a longer extension of the current cease-fire due to expire next month. Continue reading
Apr 18 U.N. says Yemen’s Houthi rebels have agreed to stop using child soldiers By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press The Houthis signed what the U.N. describes as an "action plan" to end and prevent recruiting or using children in armed conflict, killing or maiming children and attacking schools and hospitals. Continue reading
Mar 25 Fire breaks out at Jiddah oil depot ahead of F1 race weekend; Houthis claim attacks By Jerome Pugmire, Joe Gambrell, Associated Press Online videos show a raging fire at an oil depot in the Saudi city of Jiddah ahead of an F1 race there. Yemen's Houthi rebels have acknowledged attacking the kingdom. Continue reading
Jan 21 Saudi-led airstrike killed 70 people, Yemeni rebels say By Jon Gambrell, Maad Al-Zikry, Associated Press The health minister in the Houthi government, which controls Yemen's north and the capital of Sanaa, says 70 detainees were killed and scores wounded but that he expects the number to rise since many were seriously hurt. Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch 10:49 In Yemen’s brutal ongoing war, ‘the weakest no longer survive’ By Jane Ferguson, Nick Schifrin What began as a civil war in 2015 between Yemen’s government and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels has evolved into a brutal proxy conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran, with U.S. involvement. Jane Ferguson updates us from Yemen on the war's terrible… Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch 9:40 In foreign policy shift, Biden lifts terrorist designation for Houthis in Yemen By Nick Schifrin, Ali Rogin The Biden administration on Tuesday officially lifted the designation of the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen as a global terrorist organization. That announcement comes within a larger review of the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia. Nick Schifrin reports on the prospects… Continue watching