Tag: Houthi

The View from India newsletter: Did Saudi Arabia walk into the Houthi trap?

October 13, 2026 admin

(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.) On July 13, an Iranian civilian aircraft carrying a high-level Houthi delegation was heading towards Sana’a, Yemen’s capital. Under an unwritten understanding between the Houthis (Ansar Allah), who control…

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Seven people killed in strike on market in Yemen, Houthi-run health ministry says

September 27, 2026 admin

Yemen’s Houthi-run health ministry said seven people ‌were killed and 40 ‌injured, including children, ‌in ⁠a strike ⁠on shops at a market in the ‌Mawiya junction in Taiz province on Sunday (September 27, 2026). Later, Yemen’s internationally ‌recognised government said its forces had targeted a ⁠Houthi military camp and vehicles ‌at the same junction. Three…

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Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels to resume attacks on shipping in Red Sea corridor: Officials

February 28, 2026 admin

Houthi fighters march during a rally. File. | Photo Credit: AP The Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen have decided to resume missile and drone attacks on shipping routes and on Israel in support of Iran. Also read: Israel-Iran conflict LIVE updates That’s according to two senior Houthi officials, who spoke in condition of anonymity because there…

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Houthi rebels detain two more U.N. staffers in Yemen as the world body reevaluates its operations

October 24, 2025 admin

Houthi rebels detained two additional United Nations staff members and raided the homes of several others in Yemen over the last 48 hours, the latest in a series of events now forcing the world body to reassess how it operates in the war-torn country. The detainment of two staffers was confirmed by Farhan Haqq, the…

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Houthis release Yemeni UN staffers in Sanaa after weekend detention at offices

October 20, 2025 admin

Houthi rebels released five Yemeni United Nations staff members, and allowed 15 international ones to move freely within the UN compound, after detaining them there in Sanaa over the weekend, a UN spokesperson said Monday (October 20, 2025). Stéphane Dujarric also said Houthi security forces had left the compound after the latest of such raids…

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Iran-backed Houthis raid U.N. food and children’s agencies in Yemen, detain employee

August 31, 2025 admin

The Iran-backed Houthis on Sunday (August 31, 2025) raided offices of the United Nations’ food and children’s agencies in Yemen’s capital, detaining at least one UN employee, officials said, as the rebels tighten security across Sanaa following the Israeli killing of their prime minister and several Cabinet members. Abeer Etefa, a spokesperson for the World…

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WHO Chief On Escaping Israel Strike On Yemen

December 28, 2024 admin

Zurich: The head of the World Health Organization said on Friday he was not sure he was going to survive an air strike on Yemen’s main airport carried out by Israel a day earlier during a series of attacks on the Iran-aligned Houthi movement. Speaking after his ordeal at the Sanaa International Airport on Thursday,…

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Fresh Air Strike Hits Yemen’s Capital

December 27, 2024 admin

According to Houthi rebels, an air strike hit Yemen’s capital on Friday. Sanaa: An air strike hit Yemen’s capital on Friday, a day after deadly Israeli raids, according to the Iran-backed Huthi rebels who blamed the US and Britain for the latest attack. A Huthi statement cited “US-British aggression” for the new attack, as witnesses…

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Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Hit Israel’s Tel Aviv With Ballistic Missile, Drones

December 25, 2024 admin

Sanaa: Yemen’s Huthi rebels said Wednesday that they had fired a ballistic missile and two drones at Israel, days after an attack on Tel Aviv wounded 16 people. Israel’s military said it intercepted the missile and that one drone “fell in an open area” after sirens sounded in the country’s south, near the Gaza Strip….

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U.N. says it is halting aid deliveries through main Gaza crossing because the route is too dangerous

December 1, 2024 admin

The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Sunday (December 1, 2024) it is halting aid deliveries through the main cargo crossing into Gaza because of the threat of armed gangs who have looted recent convoys. The decision could worsen the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as the cold, rainy winter sets in, with hundreds of thousands…

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