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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…
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…
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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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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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,…
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…
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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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…
Washington: US forces on Friday hit 15 targets in Huthi-controlled areas of Yemen, the US military said. Four provinces were struck, the Iran-backed rebels’ Al Masirah television network reported. The United States and Britain have repeatedly carried out strikes aimed at curbing the Huthis’ ability to target shipping, but the rebels’ attacks on merchant vessels…
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Jerusalem: The Israeli military said on Sunday it was striking several Houthi rebel targets in Yemen, including power stations and a seaport, using dozens of aircraft. The strikes came a day after the Iran-backed rebel group said it targeted Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport with a missile. “In a large-scale air operation today, dozens of Air…
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