Yemen

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...

A spokesman for a Saudi-led anti-Houthi coalition said Saturday that the Shia group no longer had fighter jets or communication centres as coalition warplanes pounded their targets in various...

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has blamed the suppression of popular will as expressed in the Arab Spring revolutions for the current war in Yemen, reported Anadolu on Friday. Condemning the...

The Yemeni Islah Party has expressed its sorrow at the Saudi-led coalition attack on the Houthi rebels and called for all parties to enter into dialogue to solve the...

Saudi Arabia has attacked the Houthi rebels in Yemen with damaging air strikes targeting their military sites, ammunition and arms stores. These strikes were successful in military and strategic...

The Tunisian foreign ministry stressed on Thursday the importance of an 'Arab solution' to the Yemen crisis, through the Riyadh dialogue and without foreign intervention. "Tunisia expresses its deep...

Since 2002, when the first targeted drone strike against Al Qaeda was ordered in Afghanistan, US armed drones have resulted in thousands of deaths (of both suspected terrorists and...

Iran's ambassador to Kuwait has condemned the Saudi-led military operation codenamed "Decisive Storm" against Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen. Ali Reza Enayati said that the operation will create more...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey supports Saudi-led military operations against Houthi rebels in Yemen. In an interview with French network FRANCE 24, on Thursday, Erdogan said...

When the Saudi ambassador in Washington announced the launching of airstrikes and a military intervention in Yemen on Wednesday night, the kingdom surprised everyone – not least Iran. Conventional...

Saudi activist and renowned academic Dr Madawi Al-Rashid has outlined a series of failures in Saudi foreign policy since the beginning of the Arab Spring that she claims have...

Iran and Syria condemned on Thursday Saudi Arabia's airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif urged for an "immediate stop" to the operations in Yemen,...

The White House on Wednesday called on Yemen's Shia Houthi rebels to "stop fomenting instability in Yemen" and to cooperate with UN envoy Jamal Benomar to resolve the crisis...

Forces loyal to Yemeni President Abed-Rabbu Mansour Hadi regained control of Aden airport on Thursday after clashing with Houthi rebels and troops loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh,...

Turkey's foreign ministry has advised its citizens not to travel to Yemen unless it is absolutely essential for them to do so. Turkish citizens already in Yemen have been...

Saudi Arabia has launched airstrikes against rebels in Yemen, the Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. said Wednesday night. "Saudi Arabia has launched military operations in Yemen, as part of...

A member of Yemen's Shia Houthi rebels, Mohsen Ali Al-Sharsi, has denounced Saudi involvement in his country, saying that "any Saudi assault on the Yemeni people and Yemen will...

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said that the Gulf states will take necessary measures to protect the region against "aggression" by Yemen's Houthi group if peace talks fail,...

Saudi Defence Minister Prince Mohamed Bin Salman visited the Saudi city of Gizan on Sunday where new military facilities are to be built. The city lies on the border...

Houthi rebels and militias loyal to ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh have seized parts of Yemen's southern city of Ta'izz, including the airport, security sources reported on Sunday. The...

An unidentified Mig 23 aircraft has attacked the presidential palace in Aden, agencies reported on Thursday. The attack occurred just hours after the army and the popular committee loyal...

Eyewitnesses and security sources have said that Houthi rebels have stormed into the Ta'izz governorate in Yemen, which overlooks the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait, Anadolu reported on Friday. Houthi militias...

Since Yemen's dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh was ousted in 2012, the country has more or less been defined by unrest. Over the past year, this has accelerated. The Shia...

UPDATE: The death toll in the attacks has now reached 120 and is rising. A further 200 people were injured during the Sanaa mosque blasts, the Houthis reported. At...

International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) yesterday called for the Yemenis to support President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, warning them against appealing to external powers to help them, alamatonline.net...

Senior Hamas leader Izzat Al-Rishq yesterday denied that the group's chief, Khalid Meshaal, is mediating between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Muslim Brotherhood group, PLS48.net said. On Saturdays, the Anadolu...

The arrival of Minister of Defence, Major General Mahmoud Al-Subaihi, to Aden earlier this week represents a glimmer of hope and the possibility of being able to bring together...

Scores of youth from Yemen's southern governorates protested in Aden demanding that they be recruited in the army. Demonstrators blocked main roads in Aden, protesting against the authorities for...

The Houthis have been conducting indirect talks with Saudi Arabia over the past two days, the group's leader revealed yesterday. Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi said the talks were aimed at discussing...