Tag: War in Yemen
Saudi-led coalition says it does not seek permanent Yemen presence
DUBAI: The spokesman for a Saudi-led coalition said on Tuesday that its military campaign in Yemen was not aimed at establishing a permanent presence...
Yemeni rights group sues Saudi Crown Prince in France
PARIS: A rights group filed a lawsuit against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his visit to France on Tuesday, accusing him of...
UN chief seeks peace talks on Yemen, aid lifeline
GENEVA: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed on Tuesday for the warring sides in Yemen to reach a political settlement to end a conflict...
12 civilians, including seven children, killed in Saudi-led airstrike in Yemen
HODEIDAH: An air strike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen killed 12 civilians, including seven children, in the costal city of Hodeidah on...
Major fire at Yemen’s Hodeidah port destroys aid supplies
ADEN: A fire broke out at the Houthi-controlled Yemeni port of Hodeidah early on Saturday, destroying warehouses filled with cooking fuel and foodstuffs, port...
Saudi forces say Houthi missile intercepted over Saudi city: state media
RIYADH: Saudi air defence forces intercepted a missile fired by Houthi fighters in neighboring Yemen at the southern Saudi city of Najran on Saturday,...
Four al-Qaeda militants killed in Yemen airstrike, says Pentagon
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said on Thursday that a US military strike in Yemen killed four al Qaeda militants, the seventh such strike in the...
Barrage of missiles on Saudi Arabia ramps up Yemen war
RIYADH: The Houthi movement that controls northern Yemen vowed on Monday to fire more missiles into Saudi Arabia unless it stops bombing the country,...
Polls show French citizens oppose arms sales to Saudi-led Yemen coalition
PARIS: Seventy-five percent of French people want President Emmanuel Macron to suspend arms’ exports to countries, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates,...
Saudi Arabia shoots down missiles from Yemen; one dead from debris
RIYADH: Saudi air defences shot down seven ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi militia on Sunday, with debris killing a man in what was...
Pakistan Navy provides swift assistance to Yemeni fishermen
KARACHI: A stress call by a Yemeni fishing boat on Saturday was immediately responded to by the Pakistan Navy.
16 Yemeni fishermen were on board...
Amnesty denounces Western arms sales to Saudi Arabia and allies in...
DUBAI: Amnesty International on Friday denounced Western arms sales to Saudi Arabia and its allies in a coalition battling the Houthis in Yemen, saying...
Iranian official urges dialogue between Yemen factions: state media
BEIRUT: A senior Iranian security official has called for dialogue between factions in Yemen to end the conflict there, Iranian state media reported on Saturday.
Ali...
Secret talks between Houthis and Saudi Arabia to end war in...
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and its adversaries in Yemen’s armed Houthi movement are holding secret talks to try to end a three-year-old war that has...
Don’t restrict US support to Saudi-led forces in Yemen, says Mattis
WASHINGTON: Defence Secretary Jim Mattis defended US military support to Saudi Arabian-led coalition forces in Yemen on Thursday as he explained a personal appeal to...
Royal welcome and noisy protests await Saudi crown prince on UK...
LONDON: Britain’s grand welcome for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will begin on Wednesday with a lunch with Queen Elizabeth, as the two...
Shake-up in Saudi Arabian military command, senior commanders dismissed overnight
RIYADH: Top military commanders of the Saudi Arabian armed forces have been dismissed by a series of late-night royal decrees.
The commanders of the air...
