Yemen

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...

Yemen's Houthi rebels released one of the leaders of the Congregation for Reform on Friday evening but have kept three others in custody, Anadolu has reported. The reform movement...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) said on Thursday that the Shiite Houthi group had been invited to attend planned talks in Riyadh aimed at resolving Yemen's political crisis. "The...

The Yemeni authorities have taken steps to establish a maritime security zone along the country's 2,500 kilometre-long coastline. The purpose is primarily to deter illegal immigrants from entering Yemen....

The Houthi group in Yemen yesterday renewed their accusation that the Muslim Brotherhood is cooperating with Al-Qaeda, the Anadolu Agency reported. Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi, the head of the group, said...

In the same way that the "Seventh Cavalry" was the staple means for American settlers in the Old West to be rescued in the movies, calls for a multinational...

Arab foreign ministers have criticised the Yemeni Houthi rebels' "constitutional declaration" as a coup and reiterated their support for the legitimacy of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, Anadolu has...

Violent clashes erupted in Aden yesterday evening between the Special Forces and popular armed groups supporting Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, the Anadolu Agency reported. Security sources and...

Saudi Arabia has affirmed that its position on Yemen's national and regional unity, as well as its independence and sovereignty, remains "constant" in Saudi policy. The comment came in...

Armed Houthi rebels have stormed the office of Al-Islah Party in Sanaa for the second time. A local source told Anadolu that the incident targeting the party, which is...

A member of the Houthi political bureau Abdul-Malik Al-Ajri yesterday said a delegation headed by Hussein Al-Izzi arrived this morning in Cairo to meet with Yemen's representative at the...

Yemeni President Abed Rabbuh Mansour Hadi yesterday accused his predecessor Ali Abdullah Saleh of conspiring with Iran in cooperation with Shia Houthi rebels to thwart a deal backed by...

A delegation from the Houthi group went to Tehran, Iran, yesterday on "an official visit which will last several days", the group' official news agency said. The official news...