DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels this week struck the same oil storage tank in the Saudi Arabian city of Jiddah they had previously hit a year and a half ago, satellite photos showed Tuesday. Satellite photos by Planet Labs PBC, analyzed by The Associated Press, show the damage on Sunday to the North…
US Warns American Citizens in UAE of ‘Possible Strike’ After Overnight Explosion
The U.S. Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Feb. 9 warned U.S. citizens of “reports of a possible missile or drone strike” over Abu Dhabi as the UAE blamed an overnight blast on a gas cylinder explosion. Earlier on Wednesday, UAE’s state news agency had reported that Abu Dhabi civil defense teams put…
UAE Intercepts Houthi Missile Attack as Israeli President Visits
DUBAI—The United Arab Emirates said on Monday it had intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s rebel fighters from the Iran-aligned Houthi movement as it hosted Israel’s President Isaac Herzog in a first such visit. Washington condemned the assault, the third on U.S.-allied UAE within the last two weeks, including a deadly strike on the…
2,000 Child Soldiers Recruited by Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Died Fighting: UN
U.N. experts said in a new report that nearly 2,000 child soldiers recruited by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen died on the battlefield between January 2020 and May 2021, and the Houthis continue to hold camps and courses encouraging youngsters to fight. In the report to the U.N. Security Council circulated Saturday, the experts said…
2,000 Child Soldiers Recruited by Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Died Fighting: UN Report
U.N. experts said in a new report that nearly 2,000 child soldiers recruited by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen died on the battlefield between January 2020 and May 2021, and the Houthis continue to hold camps and courses encouraging youngsters to fight. In the report to the U.N. Security Council circulated Saturday, the experts said…
Five Dead, 30 Hurt in Missile Strike on Yemen’s Marib-State Media
ADEN—At least five people were killed and 34 injured in what Yemeni-government media said was a Houthi missile strike on Marib city on Wednesday night, state news agency SABA said on Friday. Marib city is the Yemeni government’s last northern stronghold. It sits in an energy-producing region which has been the focus of fighting over…
UAE Intercepts Houthi Attack, Saudi Arabia Reports Two Injured by Fallen Missile
DUBAI—The United Arab Emirates intercepted and destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles targeting the Gulf country on Monday with no casualties, its defence ministry said, following a deadly attack from the Iran-backed Houthis a week earlier. For more than six years, the Houthis and a Saudi-led coalition that includes the UAE have been battling for control of…
Houthis, Aid Group: Death Toll From Prison Airstrike at 82
CAIRO—The death toll from a Saudi-led coalition airstrike that hit a prison run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels climbed to at least 82 detainees, the rebels and an aid group said Saturday. Internet access in the Arab world’s poorest country remained largely down. The airstrike in northern Saada province Friday was part of an intense air…
Drone Attack in Abu Dhabi Claimed by Yemen’s Rebels Kills 3
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—A drone attack claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeting a key oil facility in Abu Dhabi killed three people on Monday and sparked a fire at Abu Dhabi’s international airport. Emirati police identified the dead as two Indian nationals and one Pakistani. Six people were also wounded at an industrial area where…
Series of Attacks Highlights Reach of Iran-Allied Militias
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized a ship in the Red Sea, armed drones targeted Baghdad’s international airport, and hackers hit a major Israeli newspaper Monday—a string of assaults that showed the reach of Iran-allied militias on the second anniversary of America’s killing of a top Iranian general. All three coincided with a massive…
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