Al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch has released a new video of a United Nations worker abducted 16 months ago in the war-torn country, the SITE Intelligence Group said. The man, who identified himself as …
Yemen’s Houthis accuse Saudi border guards of wounding 3 citizens
Three Yemenis were wounded at the border “as a result of a Saudi artillery shelling” in the past day, the Houthi group in Yemen said on Sunday. According to the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, the three Yemeni citizens were wounded in the border district of Shada in the northwestern province of Saada and were taken to the hospital.
First commercial flight between Yemen and Saudi Arabia in seven years signals progress
ALBAWABA – On Saturday, a plane departed from Yemen’s Houthi-run Sanaa airport, heading towards Saudi Arabia with Yemeni pilgrims on board. This flight …
Plane leaves Yemen capital for Saudi, first since 2016
The first commercial flight from Yemen’s rebel-held capital to Saudi Arabia since 2016 took off carrying hajj pilgrims on Saturday, in the latest sign of easing tensions after years of war.
Children in war-scarred Yemen line up for water, not school
Every day at dawn, 14-year-old Salim Mohammad leaves home to fetch water, trekking through his city in southwestern Yemen to join the queues at the nearest public dispenser.”Sometimes we get it, sometimes we
Yemen is in one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises
After years of fighting, hunger and destruction, people in Yemen reflect on what they’ve lost and their low expectations for ending a war that has devastated the country.
Taiz is a frontline city caught up in the conflict in Yemen
People in Taiz are struggling to get food and other necessities amid a civil war that’s been going on for nearly a decade.
UAE Vice President Mansour bin Zayed, Yemeni PM discuss bilateral relations, latest developments in Yemen over phone
The Prime Minister of Yemen briefed Sheikh Mansour on the current situation and challenges in Yemen, and the importance of the continuity of humanitarian and developmental support.
Official says Yemeni pilgrims depart Sanaa on first direct flight to Saudi Arabia since 2016
A Yemeni official says a commercial flight carrying more than 270 Yemeni Muslim pilgrims has left the rebel-held capital of Sanaa to Saudi Arabia, the first such flight in about seven years …
UN secures insurance for high-stakes transfer of crude oil from dilapidated tanker in Yemen
The United Nations has secured insurance coverage to start a ship-to-ship transfer of 1.1 million barrels of crude from a rusting tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen — oil that could …