The grinding six-year war in Yemen has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions, triggering what the United Nations calls the world’s worst humanitarian disaster. A State Department …
UN’s Yemen Envoy Visits Iran After Biden Pivot on Military Aid
The United Nations’ special envoy for Yemen has embarked on his first peacekeeping mission to Iran since President Joe Biden withdrew U.S. support for a Saudi Arabian-led military campaign against …
U.S. to drop Houthi terrorist designation due to Yemen crisis
The United States intends to revoke the Houthi movement’s terrorist designation in response to Yemen’s humanitarian crisis, reversing one of the Trump administration’s most criticised last-minute …
Viewpoint: From Ethiopia’s Tigray region to Yemen, the dilemma of declaring a famine
Every day, more and more reports of starvation trickle out of the Tigray region of Ethiopia that has been hit by conflict. On Wednesday, Mark Lowcock, chief of humanitarian affairs at the United …
Saudi-led coalition says intercepted Houthi armed drone attack
The Saudi-led military coalition engaged in Yemen said it had intercepted and destroyed an armed drone on Sunday launched by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement towards southern Saudi Arabia.
Five things to know about Biden’s Yemen move
President Biden’s announcement this week that he is ending U.S. support for offensive operations in Yemen’s civil war was his first major foreign policy move in office.Coupled with a commitment to …
Biden administration to remove terrorist designation for Yemen’s Houthi militia
The Biden administration said Friday that it is removing the terrorist designation for the Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen — reversing a move made in the final days of the Trump administration …
Biden administration to remove Yemen’s Houthi rebels from terrorism list in reversal of Trump-era policy
The move marks one of the first major shifts in U.S. foreign policy by the Biden administration as it reviews a range of Trump-era polices on Afghanistan, North Korea, Russia, China and beyond.
Biden revokes terrorist designation for Yemen’s Houthis
President Joe Biden’s administration is moving to revoke the designation of Yemen’s Houthis as a terrorist group, citing the need to mitigate one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters …
Biden’s 1st 100 days live updates: Biden to reverse Trump terrorism designation for Yemen’s Houthis
Weeks after the Trump administration announced new sanctions on the Houthi rebels in Yemen, the Biden White House is now moving to revoke them, a State Department official confirm …