Yemen

There are several scenarios that could unfold in Yemen, especially in light of the recent developments taking place in Aden. The Saudi-led coalition's Operation Decisive Storm has continued to...

The US State Department has approved the sale of 356 AGM-114K/R3 Hellfire II Missiles to Egypt, the Defence Security Cooperation Agency announced on 8 April. The sale of the...

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei slammed the Saudi-led military operation against the Shia Houthi group in Yemen, accusing the kingdom of waging a war of genocide that led to...

A Saudi official warned Iranian warships sent to the Strait of Bab El-Mandeb and the Gulf of Aden not to enter Yemeni waters. "Iranian ships have the right to...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described attempts by Shia Houthi rebels and their allies in Yemen to control territories by force and to undermine the government's legitimate authority as...

For the last fortnight, airstrikes by a coalition led by Saudi Arabia have pounded Yemen. The stated aim of the strikes is to attack the Houthi rebels, the mainly...

Some 643 Yemenis have been killed since 19 March and 2,226 others were wounded, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced yesterday. In a statement, WHO said that Aden, the...

US Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday that his country is aware of Iran's support for the Houthis in Yemen and that Washington will continue supporting its allies...

So relentless has the violence convulsing the Middle East become that an attack on yet another Arab country and its descent into full-scale war barely registers in the rest...

The Saudi ambassador to the United States, Adel Al-Jubeir, has said that the military operation in Yemen will continue until victory against Houthi militias is achieved. In an interview...

As the Houthi rebels continue their advance in the face of Saudi-led airstrikes, Yemen's meltdown is accelerating. On 2 April, after Houthi fighters seized large swathes of Aden, Yemen's...

According to sources in the General People's Congress, headed by ousted Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's party, five prominent leaders in the party who are close to Saleh distanced...

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Morteza Sarmadi has said that Tehran supports an "objective" Yemeni dialogue sponsored by Oman. During a visit to Tunis to discuss the Yemeni issue, Sarmadi...

Yemen has become a textbook example of how selling Western arms to unstable countries has always been, and will always remain, a thoroughly stupid idea. As the Saudi and...

Yemen's Congregation for Reform Party (Al-Islah) has warned the Houthi militias and ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh not to harm the movement's leaders, who were kidnapped on Saturday, Palestine's...

Iron and fire; this is the only language the Houthis can speak as they undermine coexistence and religious freedom in Yemen through persecution and suppression. By virtue of the...

The General People's Congress Party (GPC) in Yemen, chaired by former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, welcomed on Friday the remark by coup leader President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi that "the...

Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh has reportedly fled the country aboard a Russian plane, Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyad Yassin said Saturday. "There was information that Saleh had departed...

Yemen's Islah Party, which is linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, has declared its support for "Operation Decisive Storm" initiated by Saudi Arabia and its coalition parties in order to...

A security source said that Al-Qaeda leader Khaled Batarfi was among a group of prisoners freed by gunmen from the Central Prison on Thursday in the city of Mukalla,...

Yemen's Foreign Minister, Riyad Yassin Abdullah expressed that Yemen's main problem is not Shia Houthi fighters who have taken control of much of the country, but their ally, former...

Algerian Foreign Minister, Ramtane Lamamra, said on Wednesday that the recent Arab summit's decision to form 'a joint military force' has nothing to do with the current situation in...

Kuwaiti Foreign Minister, Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, stated that 'the objective of the Operation Decisive Storm is to return things back in their right order and bring all Yeminis...

Thousands of Iraq's Shia Muslims gathered in Firdous Square in central Baghdad on Tuesday afternoon to protest the Decisive Storm military operation launched by Saudi Arabia and many Gulf...

The United Nations has evacuated its international staff from Yemen after Saudi Arabia continued its crackdown on Houthi rebels and their allies there. Deputy spokesman for Secretary General, Farhan...

The spokesman for "Operation Decisive Storm" said on Monday that Saudi Arabian forces have shot down a missile launched by the Houthi militias from Sanaa. Speaking at his daily...

Saudi-led forces started a naval blockade of Yemen's ports on Monday, five days after the start of the operation dubbed "Decisive Storm" against Houthi rebels, a coalition spokesman has...

'here is no doubt that the conclusion made by Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states that they had to take part in "Operation Decisive Storm" was the toughest they have...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the Turkish authorities have a list of about 12,500 suspected militants who are not allowed to enter the country. They have also...

Saudi Arabia and Israel are the two most malign influences in the Middle East. In a region blighted by (mostly western-backed) dictatorships, these two regimes stand out because of...

On Monday, the Saudi ambassador to Washington Adel al-Jubeir told reporters that a 10-country coalition had joined a military campaign launching airstrikes over Yemen to fight the Houthi rebels....

Ex-Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Saturday blamed Arab leaders for the shedding of blood in his restive country. In a televised address, Saleh described an ongoing Saudi-led military...