This is Beirut, 30/01 18:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Yemen's Houthi rebels have confiscated telecommunications equipment and vehicles from unstaffed United Nations offices in Sanaa, the world body said in a statement Friday, decrying potential disruptions to its humanitarian work. The Houthis have repeatedly targeted UN agencies and detained dozens of its staff as part of a crackdown on alleged ...
This is Beirut, 02/01 16:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Yemen's UAE-backed separatists said they were fighting a critical war against Islamists and Al-Qaeda extremists supported by Saudi Arabia, their military spokesman said on Friday. "This war is decisive and existential," Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed Al-Naqib said in a statement, after the Saudi-led coalition launched airstrikes and ...
This is Beirut, 2025-12-26 10:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Saudi Arabia, the main backer of Yemen's internationally-recognised government, conducted air strikes on separatist positions in Hadramawt on Friday, according to local media and the UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council. There were no immediate reports of casualties in the strikes, which came a day after Saudi Arabia urged the ...
This is Beirut, 2025-12-04 11:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iraq's central bank on Thursday said the appearance of Lebanon's Hezbollah and Yemen's Houthis on a frozen assets list was a mistake, and ordered the correction of the official announcement, according to a document seen by AFP. An official gazette issue dated November 17 published a decision about Iraq freezing the assets of ...
Sana Richa Choucair, 2025-11-23 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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On January 1, 2025, the United States tightened its technological embargo on China, doubling tariffs on a wide range of strategic goods, from semiconductors to industrial equipment. Beijing retaliated ten days later with countermeasures targeting American agricultural products, adding a new chapter to the escalating economic confrontation between ...
This is Beirut, 2025-09-18 21:10 - Reading : less than a minute
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The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen toward Israeli territory on Thursday, after air raid sirens sounded in several areas, including Jerusalem. "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted by the IAF (air force)," the military said ...
This is Beirut, 2025-09-07 18:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A drone launched from Yemen injured eight people when it fell on Ramon airport in southern Israel on Sunday, Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service said. "Paramedics are providing medical treatment... to a 63-year-old male in mild condition, fully conscious, with shrapnel injuries to his limbs," the service said in a ...
Charles Chartouni, 2025-08-25 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Observing international life today conveys puzzling images and ambivalent feelings about its complexion. We have a difficult time categorizing events, making sense of political evolutions, and dealing with them. The collapse of the conventional political taxonomy with its binaries and ideological lenses invites us to rethink our intellectual ...
This is Beirut, 2025-08-17 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel's military said Sunday it struck an "energy infrastructure site" in Yemen used by the Houthis, the latest action against the Iran-backed group, which has launched attacks at Israel throughout the Gaza war. A military statement said Israeli forces "struck... deep inside Yemen, targeting an energy infrastructure site that served the Houthi ...
This is Beirut, 2025-07-23 15:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday condemned Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis for deadly attacks that sank two commercial vessels this month, calling them violations of the laws of war. The Houthis struck the Magic Seas and Eternity C cargo ships in the Red Sea, part of a campaign against maritime traffic they accuse of having links to Israel, launched ...
This is Beirut, 2025-07-18 10:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iran has adopted new tactics to supply weapons to its allies, notably Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen, according to a report published on Friday by The Wall Street Journal. According to the American daily, Tehran has stepped up its efforts to transfer weapons to its partners despite targeted strikes carried out by the United States ...
This is Beirut, 2025-07-11 18:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Four crew members of a cargo ship attacked and sunk by the Houthis earlier this week are presumed dead, an EU naval force said Friday, with search operations ongoing in the Red Sea. "Fifteen crew members are missing. The four presumed casualties are among the missing crew members," the European Union's Operation Aspides naval task ...