Dozens were killed in overnight clashes in Yemen as Iran-backed Houthi rebels intensified attacks to seize the government’s last northern stronghold, officials said Sunday. Earlier this month, the …
The Yemen I know and love
The image of Yemen that most see in the US is a bleak one: war-torn, plagued by hunger and disease, hopeless. But these horrors are an incomplete snapshot of the real Yemen. The country I know and …
EXPLAINER: What US ending Saudi war support means for Yemen
President Joe Biden’s announcement that the U.S. will end its support of a Saudi-led coalition’s yearslong war against Yemen’s Houthi rebels likely will increase pressure on the kingdom to end its cam …
UN welcomes US revocation of Yemen’s Houthis as terrorists
The United States says it is revoking the designation of Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a terrorist group effective Feb. 16, a reversal by the Biden’s administration …
U.S. revokes terrorist designation for Yemen’s Houthi rebels
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he’s revoking the terrorist designation of Houthi rebels in Yemen one week after the Biden administration said it would no longer support military …
U.S. to lift its terrorist designations of Yemen’s Houthis on Feb. 16: Blinken
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said he will revoke terrorist designations of Yemen’s Houthi movement effective Feb. 16, even as he warned that members of the group could be hit with …
Despite wave of violence, US to lift terrorist designation on Houthi rebels in Yemen after warnings of humanitarian crisis
The U.S. will lift the designation that Yemen’s Houthi rebels are a terrorist organization on Tuesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced, after humanitarian groups warned the legal label …
U.S. Blinken, Saudi Foreign Minister Discuss Yemen, Defense
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed diplomatic efforts to end the war in Yemen and bolstering Saudi Arabia’s defenses in a call with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al …
2 Million Children in Yemen Could Fall Victim to Malnourishment
United Nations agencies warned Friday that almost 2.3 million of Yemen’s children under the age of five are projected to fall victim to acute malnutrition in 2021. Without immediate care, 400,000 …
Biden Easing U.S. Role in Yemen War Raises Prospects of Iran Diplomacy
By ending the war in Yemen and supporting diplomacy, the Biden administration would be “opening the door to re-engaging with Iran on a full range of issues, including the nuclear file,” former U.S.