SANAA—Three people were killed in the Yemeni capital Sanaa after terrorist Houthi forces downed a spy drone of the Saudi-led military coalition, Houthi officials and medical sources said on Monday. The health minister in the Houthi administration that runs Sanaa said another three people were injured when the drone landed in a commercial area, the…
First Commercial Flight Takes Off From Sanaa, Raising Hopes for Yemen Peace
SANAA—Yemen’s national airline operated on Monday its first commercial flight from the capital Sanaa since 2016, raising hopes a U.N.-brokered truce could be a stepping stone towards a lasting peace that could improve the lives of desperate Yemenis. Dozens of Yemenis, including patients who waited years for medical treatment, went through security checks in the…
Satellite Photos Show Yemen Rebels Hit Saudi Oil Site Again
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…
Shrapnel Injures 12 at Saudi Abha Airport as Drone Intercepted
DUBAI—Twelve people were injured at Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport by shrapnel from an explosive-laden drone intercepted by air defenses on Thursday, the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group said. In a statement carried by Al Arabiya TV, the coalition later warned people in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa to avoid civilian locations used for military…
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…
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…
More Than a Dozen Dead in Coalition Strikes on Yemen’s Sanaa
ADEN, Yemen—An air strike killed about 14 people in a building in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, residents said on Tuesday, during strikes across the city launched by the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi group. The alliance strikes on Houthi-held Sanaa followed an attack claimed by the Iran-aligned Houthis on Monday on coalition partner the…
Arab Coalition Says UAE-Flagged Cargo Ship Carrying Medical Equipment Hijacked by Houthi Movement
The Iran-aligned Houthi movement that controls most of northern Yemen has allegedly hijacked a United Arab Emirates-flagged cargo ship off the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, according to TV channel Al Arabiya. Cargo ship Rawabi is carrying medical equipment for a Saudi hospital on Socotra Island, according to Al Arabiya, citing an Arab coalition spokesperson. The coalition…
Missile Attack on Saudi Oil Region Foiled: Saudi-Led Coalition
DUBAI—A ballistic missile attack aimed at Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich eastern region was intercepted on Saturday, the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi group in Yemen said in a statement carried by Saudi state media. The missile was intercepted over the city of Dammam, according to a source familiar with the matter who declined to be named…
US Sanctions Houthi Military Leaders as Peace Efforts Stall
DUBAI—The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on two Houthi military officials, the U.S. Treasury Department said, taking action over the Iran-aligned movement’s offensive to seize Yemen’s gas-rich Marib region. U.S. Special Envoy on Yemen Tim Lenderking earlier on Thursday urged the group battling a Saudi-led coalition for over six years to de-escalate and engage…
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