Tag: Yemen

Yemen govt, southern separatists sign power-sharing deal

Yemen's internationally recognised government signed a power-sharing deal with southern separatists on Tuesday, in a Saudi-brokered initiative to end a conflict simmering within the...

Yemeni separatists arrest dozens of government loyalists in Aden

ADEN: Southern Yemeni separatists said they arrested dozens of government loyalists in Aden on Saturday after President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s forces withdrew from the...

9 wounded in Yemen rebel attack on Saudi airport: coalition

A Yemeni rebel attack on a civilian airport in southern Saudi Arabia wounded nine civilians on Tuesday, a Riyadh-led coalition said, the latest in...

Saudi Arabia intercepts two Yemen rebel drones: coalition

Two Yemeni rebel drones targeting southern Saudi Arabia were intercepted on Saturday, a Riyadh-led military coalition said, the latest in a series of assaults...

Saudi intercepts, downs two drones from Yemen

RIYADH: Saudi air defence forces on Monday intercepted two drones launched by Huthi rebels from neighbouring Yemen, state media reported, as the Iran-aligned militia...

Houthis target Jizan airport in Saudi Arabia

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement launched multiple drone attacks targeting Jizan airport in Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen, a tweet on Sunday by...

Saudi Arabia, UAE give Yemen $200m in aid for Ramzan

ABU DHABI: Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which head an Arab coalition fighting Iran-aligned Houthi forces in Yemen, will provide $200 million in...

Yemen govt, rebels meet aboard UN ship

SANA'A: The head of the United Nations mission in Yemen launched talks between the government and Houthi rebels aboard a boat in the Red...

Yemen’s abandoned churches, remnants of a fading past

ADEN: Vandalised, caught in the crossfire, burnt to the ground: Yemen’s churches, once filled by small but diverse Christian communities, are now abandoned after years...

Pompeo defends US-Saudi ties after Senate rebuke on Yemen, Khashoggi

WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday again defended US ties with Saudi Arabia on national security grounds after the Senate voted to...

149 killed in 24 hours in Yemen’s Hodeida: medics, military

HODEIDA: At least 149 people including civilians have been killed in 24 hours of clashes between government loyalists and rebels in Yemen's flashpoint city...

14 million ‘on brink of famine’ in Yemen: charities

Thirty-five Yemeni and international NGOs called Wednesday for an "immediate cessation of hostilities" in Yemen, where they warned 14 million people were now "on...

Mission accomplished in China, FM Qureshi tells Senate

--Foreign minister says no reason for Pakistan to be a part of Yemen conflict, no strings attached to Saudi bailout   ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs...

Iran welcomes Pakistan’s mediation in Saudi-Yemen conflict

ISLAMABAD: Iranian Ambassador Mehdi Hoonardoost here on Monday welcomed Pakistan's mediatory efforts for the peaceful resolution of conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Talking to...

Yemen conflict not a war between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, says...

ISLAMABAD: The Embassy of Yemen on Friday issued a clarification on local reportage of the Saudi-backed Yemen war, dismissing the notion that the conflict...

Death toll from Saudi airstrike in Yemen rises to 21

SANAA: A Saudi-led coalition airstrike at a fruit-and-vegetable market near Yemen’s flashpoint Red Sea port of Hodeida killed at least 21 civilians, including children, the...

Yemen, MBS approached Imran for mediation, says Fawad

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Wednesday said the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had always supported and stood by...