Yemen war

Saudi Arabia issues alerts of potential danger in Yanbu as Houthis continue attacks on region

The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said it destroyed a missile launched by the group towards Islam's holy city of Medina.

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Fighters from the Saudi-led coalition sit on a pick-up truck mounted with a heavy machine-gun as they hold a position during clashes with Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen's northwestern Jawf province on November 2, 2026. Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis said on November 3 that Saudi strikes had killed 17 civ
HOUTHI SUPPORTERS lose their minds at an anti-Saudi rally in Sana’a, Yemen, July 31.

Beyond the horizon: The evolution of the Houthi autonomous naval fleet- opinion

The sandal-clad militia has become a high-tech naval force, turning global shipping lanes into battlefields and reshaping maritime warfare

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Houthi control around Bab el-Mandeb gives Iran-aligned forces leverage over a second major maritime choke point, opposite the Strait of Hormuz on the other side of the Arabian Peninsula. A Yemeni government army officer gestures as he rides a boat in Bab el-Mandeb, Yemen, April 2.

Yemen’s government needs weapons, but they can’t come from the US or Israel, expert tells 'Post'

Though an expert from the Royal United Services Institute said that the Houthis needed to be defeated, he insisted this could only come about by empowering the legitimate government - not airstrikes.

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Yemeni security soldiers stand in front of a screen broadcasting Houthi-run forces launching a missile, during a demonstration staged to support missile forces in protecting the country's sovereignty and to denounce the Saudi accusation that Yemenis are attempting to attack Maca, on September 18.

Five killed as Houthis target Yemen's presidential palace in Aden with missiles

The Houthis also recently warned airlines that Saudi airspace and airports remain unsafe.

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Saudi, Omani envoys arrive in Sanaa for peace talks with Houthi leaders

Yemen's war is seen as one of several proxy battles between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

APRIL 9, 2023ByREUTERS
Detainees who were released by Saudi Arabia in exchange for a Saudi detainee freed earlier, according to Yemen's Houthi movement official Abdul Qader al-Mortada, are seen in this handout image released April 8, 2023

Iran to stop weapons shipment to Houthis in Yemen - WSJ

By ending the weapons sales and shipments, it could "put pressure on the militant group to reach a deal to end the conflict."

MARCH 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Houthi police troopers sit atop an armored personnel carrier securing a rally held to mark the Ghadeer day, in Sana'a, Yemen on July 17, 2022

Al Qaeda leader in Yemen killed in airstrike attributed to US - report

The target was identified as Hamad bin Hamoud al-Tamimi, a senior figure in Al Qaeda's proxy in the Arabian Peninsula.

MARCH 1, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Shi'ite Houthi rebels drive a patrol truck past an Ansar al-Sharia flag painted on the side of a hill, along a road in Almnash, the main stronghold of Ansar al-Sharia, the local wing of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Rada, Yemen November 22, 2014

After decade of civil war, Yemen is in ‘Critical Stage’ - prime minister

Yemen has fallen but not collapsed thanks to the support of some neighboring Gulf countries, Dr. Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed told the World Government Summit in Dubai

FEBRUARY 15, 2023ByOMNIA AL DESOUKIE/ THE MEDIA LINE
Yemen's Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed speaks during a ceremony of the delivery of cranes as a grant from Saudi Arabia to the Aden port, Yemen December 12, 2018.

Mandatory studies in Houthi Yemen universities teach Israel is the enemy

Students are forced to study ideology-based curricula teaching that the Yemeni gov't is an illegitimate puppet of the West, leading many to abandon education to fight in the civil war.

FEBRUARY 15, 2023ByMOHAMMED SAYERS/THE MEDIA LINE
Houthi police troopers sit atop an armored personnel carrier securing a rally held to mark the Ghadeer day, in Sana'a, Yemen on July 17, 2022

Military movements under the guise of de-escalation: The Houthis and the undermined peace

Instead of being involved in promoting de-escalation efforts, the Houthi militia continues to adopt the language of escalation on both the political and military fronts.

FEBRUARY 14, 2023ByMOAMMAR AL-ERYANI/THE MEDIA LINE
Houthi supporters hold their weapons during a demonstration outside the US embassy against the United States over its decision to designate the Houthis a foreign terrorist organisation, in Sanaa, Yemen January 18, 2021.

Yemen’s peaceful future has been snatched away - opinion

Is a conflict of this nature really worth the same as the lives of the children impacted?

JANUARY 2, 2023ByNEVILLE TELLER
Afaf Hussein (C), 10, who is malnourished, plays with other girls near her family's house in the village of al-Jaraib, in the northwestern province of Hajjah, Yemen, February 20, 2019. Afaf, who now weighs around 11 kg and is described by her doctor as "skin and bones", has been left acutely malnour

War in Yemen kills 4 children every day but safety requires more than a truce

Experts say UNICEF report won’t motivate the parties to negotiate peace

DECEMBER 16, 2022ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
Health worker Ashwaq Mahmoud provides care to children at her clinic in Abs District, Hajjah Governorate, Yemen.

Arab Monetary Fund signs $1b. agreement to support Yemeni government reforms -Saudi state media

Most people in Yemen currently lack the resources needed to provide basic food, water, and fuel needs.

NOVEMBER 27, 2022ByREUTERS
Houthi police troopers sit atop an armored personnel carrier securing a rally held to mark the Ghadeer day, in Sana'a, Yemen on July 17, 2022

Houthis renew threats to UAE, Saudi Arabia and Israel 

The Houthis of Yemen have begun to make threats again amid rising tension between Israel and Lebanon.

OCTOBER 7, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Houthi supporters hold their weapons during a demonstration outside the US embassy against the United States over its decision to designate the Houthis a foreign terrorist organisation, in Sanaa, Yemen January 18, 2021.