Tag: Yemen

Open newsletter – february 22, 2022

AFGHANISTAN The Taliban is creating a “grand army” for Afghanistan that will include officers and troops who served the old regime, says the official tasked...

Daily news – February 4, 2022 p.m.

AFGHANISTAN What the US and its allies left behind in Afghanistan. Amin Saikal, The Strategist: The Afghanistan war is over for the United States and...

How the Biden administration can assure regional partners in the wake of the Houthi attacks on the UAE (William F. Wechsler, Atlantic Council)

The recent attacks on January 18 and 24 by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen on the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) capital Abu Dhabi clearly...

UAE says intercepted and destroyed Houthi missiles (Al Jazeera)

The United Arab Emirates says it intercepted and destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles that were targeting the country, and there were no casualties. “The remnants...

Houthi Strike at Abu Dhabi Hirak (Jyoti Das, VIF)

The Houthi attack using ballistic missiles and drones at an oil refinery in Abu Dhabi’s Musaffah Industrial City that killed two Indians and one...

President Biden mulling re-designating Houthis as ‘terrorist’ group (Al Jazeera)

US President Joe Biden is considering re-designating Yemen’s Houthi group as an “international terrorist organisation” following drone and missile attacks on the United Arab Emirates that...

How the Yemen conflict flare-up affects its humanitarian crisis (Al Jazeera)

The flare-up in the Yemen conflict, with the Houthis targeting an oil facility in Abu Dhabi and a retaliatory attack by the Saudi-led coalition on Sanaa, has raised...

Saudi-led coalition launches deadly air raids in Yemen’s Sanaa (Al Jazeera)

The Saudi-led coalition has carried out air raids in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, killing more than 12 people, according to residents, a day after...

New year brings no hope of resolution to Yemen conflict (Al Monitor)

The seven-year war in Yemen has not subsided, and it appears to be escalating further in 2022. The recent spike of airstrikes by the Saudi-led Arab...

Iran ‘likely’ smuggling weapons to Yemen: UN report (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations found thousands of weapons recently seized in the Arabian Sea likely came from a single port in Iran, evidence Tehran is...

Yemen war: The oil fields of Shabwa have become the new battleground (Middle East Eye)

With its highly prized oil fields, the coastal province of Shabwa in Yemen’s south has moved centre-stage in the ongoing war in recent months. The country's...

Yemen’s Houthis accuse Saudi-led coalition of diverting fuel ship (Al Monitor)

Yemen’s Houthis accused the Saudi-led military coalition on Wednesday of diverting a fuel ship bound for the rebel-held port of Hodeidah as the coalition...

Saudi-Led Coalition Accuses Iran, Hizballah Of Helping Yemen’s Huthi Rebels (RFE RL)

A Saudi-led coalition fighting Huthi rebels in Yemen has accused Iran and Lebanon's Tehran-backed Shi'ite militant movement Hizballah of helping the insurgents to launch...

Saudi-led coalition air raids hit Sanaa airport (Al Jazeera)

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen says it has carried out air raids on Houthi targets at the international airport in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, Saudi...

Arab coalition destroys ballistic missile launch pad in Yemen’s capital (Arab News)

The Arab coalition destroyed a ballistic missile launch pad and a warehouse used to build drones in Yemen’s capital, Al Ekhbariya reported on Saturday. The...

Arab coalition destroys Houthi drone launched from Sanaa airport (Arab News)

The coalition also destroyed an explosive-ladened boat in the Red Sea Arab coalition destroys Houthi drone launched from Sanaa airport (arabnews.com)