Pierre Daccache, 28/02 13:10 - Reading : less than a minute
Residents of Sanaa make their final pre-Ramadan purchases in a market in the old city, while the number of shoppers is lower than last year.
This is Beirut, 10/02 21:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United Nations announced the suspension Monday of its activities in Yemen's Saada region, a Houthi stronghold, after the Yemeni group detained multiple personnel there this year. The Iran-backed Houthis have arrested dozens of staffers from the UN and other humanitarian organizations, most of them since the middle of 2024, as Yemen's ...
This is Beirut, 27/01 21:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump's decision to re-designate Houthis as a foreign terrorist organisation could have deep implications for aid and the peace process in the war-shattered country. Already the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country before the war broke out a decade ago,Yemen is now suffering one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, with ...
This is Beirut, 22/01 20:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Wednesday that they had released the detained crew of the ship Galaxy Leader, held since November 2023, following the Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Weeks after the war in the Gaza Strip broke out, the Houthis began launching attacks on shipping vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden in what they ...
This is Beirut, 21/01 16:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Yemen's Houthis said Tuesday they would limit their Red Sea attacks to vessels linked to Israel during the ceasefire in the Gaza war. The Houthis have been attacking shipping in the vital waterway in what they say is solidarity with the Palestinians since November 2023, weeks after Hamas carried out the deadliest attack in Israeli history. "We ...
This is Beirut, 18/01 17:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli military said it intercepted two missiles fired from Yemen on Saturday, a day before a ceasefire is set to take effect in war-battered Gaza. The military activated air raid sirens in Jerusalem and in parts of central and southern Israel ahead of the interceptions during the day, with the first projectile shot down in the ...
This is Beirut, 12/01 21:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Twelve people were killed and over 100 injured in an explosion at a natural gas refilling facility in the Yemeni rebel-held Al-Bayda province, two officials told AFP on Sunday. "Twelve people from Al-Bayda died and there are more than 100 injured" in an explosion on Saturday at the storage facility of a refilling station in the Al-Zaher area, the ...
This is Beirut, 10/01 21:41 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israel struck Huthi targets in Yemen on Friday, including a power station and coastal ports, in response to missile and drone launches, as it warned it would hunt down the group's leaders. Since the war in Gaza broke out in October 2023, the Iran-backed Yemeni rebel group has fired dozens of missiles and drones at Israel in what it says is a ...
This is Beirut, 06/01 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hans Grundberg, the United Nation's special envoy for war-torn Yemen, arrived Monday in the rebel-held capital in a bid to breathe life into peace talks, his office said. Grundberg last visited the capital Sanaa, controlled by the Iran-backed Houthis, in May 2023 for meetings with the rebels' leaders in an earlier effort to advance a roadmap for ...
This is Beirut, 01/01 10:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel's devastating campaigns against Iran's regional allies have severely weakened its arch-enemy's ability to project its power, but Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis remain a stubborn thorn in its side, analysts say. With the ranks of Hamas and Hezbollah decimated after more than a year of war, and with the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-31 16:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The US military said Tuesday its forces had hit Houthi targets in Yemen's capital that the Iran-backed rebels used to attack American warships and commercial vessels. The attacks began Monday and were carried out by US Navy ships and aircraft that also struck Houthi-controlled coastal regions of Yemen, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said. It ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-28 16:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Houthis said new airstrikes hit northern Yemen on Saturday, shortly after claiming responsibility for a missile attack on Israel. A Houthi military statement reported that the airstrikes targeted the Buhais area in the Medi district of Hajjah province, attributing the attacks to "US-British aggression." There was no immediate comment from ...