Yemen's Houthis claim responsibility for fatal drone attack on Tel Aviv

On Friday, Houthi rebels in Yemen launched a drone strike on Tel Aviv. The attack hit an apartment building in the city center, killing one man and wounding at least 10 others. Israel says it's investigating how its defenses failed to prevent the strike, which deployed an Iranian-made drone. Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the strike was in retaliation for Israel's war in Gaza. The Houthis are an Iranian-backed rebel group that controls several provinces in Yemen, and is aligned with Hamas and Hezbollah. This is the first deadly Houthi strike on Israeli territory.

American mercenaries hired by UAE to kill in Yemen

US says it seized Iranian weapons bound for Houthis in Yemen

The United States says it has hit more Houthi military targets inside Yemen, after seizing Iranian weapons intended for the rebels. US navy Seals raided a vessel near the coast of Somalia last week.

Hamas reports 150 Palestinians die in airstrikes as US claims 10 Houthi rebels killed

The US military says it has killed 10 Yemeni Houthi rebels who attacked a merchant ship in the Red Sea. Navy helicopters responded to a distress call from the vessel and sank several Houthi boats, as the rebels attempted to board. Shipping giant Maersk says it has now suspended all shipping through the Red Sea.

How Houthi shipping attacks could make everyday items more expensive

Several major companies have halted shipping through the Rea Sea and are already considering new routes while insurers could soon raise rates. This follows an increase in attacks by Houthi fighters from Yemen. The Red Sea route connects trade between Asia and Europe for consumer goods and commodities like oil and liquefied natural gas. The Houthi militants – who are backed by Iran – have attacked and seized several ships in the Red Sea since October, claiming that the vessels were 'linked' to Israel.

Global supply chain under threat amid militant attacks on vessels in Red Sea

On Monday, British oil giant BP and Taiwan's Evergreen became the latest to suspend transit in the Red Sea amid drone and missile attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen. The firms join several of the world's biggest freight companies in avoiding the waterway, though which 12% of global trade passes every year.

Houthi propaganda targets Saudis & Israel, 'tries to portray themselves as liberators of Palestine'

Iran's U.N. envoy Amir Saeid Iravani said his country has not been involved in any actions or attacks against U.S. military forces, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday. The United States has blamed Yemen's Iran-allied Houthi group for a series of attacks in Middle Eastern waters since war broke out between Israel and the Palestinian militant groupHamas on Oct. 7.

Yemen's Houthi rebels claim attacks on ships in the Red Sea

Yemen's Houthi rebels claim they attacked two ships in the Red Sea. But an Israeli spokesperson denied the group's claims they were linked to Israel. According to the Pentagon, an American warship also came under attack. The Iran-backed Houthis did not mention the US vessel, but said the attacks would continue as long as Israel continues its war with Hamas, which has been designated a terrorist organization by multiple countries.

This photo does not show Israeli weapons in cargo ship seized by Houthis

On November 19, Houthi rebels hijacked an Israeli-linked cargo ship in the Red Sea, taking 25 of its crew members hostage. Some users are sharing a photo that they claim show that this cargo ship was carrying weapons

 

UN salvage mission aims to avert massive oil spill from abandoned tanker

The United Nations is preparing to drain over a million barrels of oil from a rusting tanker off the Yemeni coast. The abandoned FSO Safer has been anchored near the port of Hodeida for years, threatening an ecological disaster.

Saudi officials visit Yemen for peace talks with rebels, sparking hope — is it justified?

 

A Saudi delegation has been to the Yemeni capital Sana'a for talks with Houthi rebels over a potential end to Yemen's long-running civil war. Saudi Arabia has supported Yemen's government against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who control much of northern Yemen, including the capital. The fighting, which has been going on for eight years, has pushed the country to the brink of famine.

Yemen's dirty war | DW Documentary

 

At least 370,000 people have already died in the Yemen conflict, while millions have been displaced. The United Nations ranks the bloody proxy war and its effects as the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

The conflict in Yemen, in the south of the Arabian Peninsula, has been going on for years, and has recently seen renewed intensity. In January, an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition on a prison in the north of the country killed at least 70 people and left hundreds injured. The war has now effectively divided Yemen in two. Its causes are more than just economic and religious ones. It is seen as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. At stake are regional dominance, untapped oil reserves and access to the Red Sea, including the all-important Suez Canal.

Turkey stops flying citizens of Iraq, Syria, Yemen to Belarus

 

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The UN says the window to stop famine in war-torn Yemen is closing fast.

After a pause during the pandemic, rival groups are back to fighting.

Air raids coordinated by a Saudi-led coalition have also resumed.

Yemen struggles to deal with coronavirus outbreak

It's been nearly 6 months since coronavirus spread to Yemen. The BBC is the first international broadcaster to reach the country since it arrived to see how the country is dealing with the pandemic.

 

Can an environmental catastrophe in Yemen be averted?

Years of civil war have torn Yemen apart.

Fighting has divided the cities, destroyed the economy and triggered a humanitarian crisis and Yemen is also on the verge of an environmental disaster.

For five years, the oil tanker FSO SAFER has laid idle off the coast, with 1.1 million barrels of oil on board.

As Yemen's Houthi rebels battle with the Saudi-backed government for control of the country, the ship has been left to rust.

Yemen ravaged by coronavirus — intensifying world’s worst humanitarian crisis

Covid-19 has brought Yemen’s health system to a complete collapse according to the medical charity Doctors Without Borders. The number of deaths in the country — which was already wracked by civil war — is almost impossible to determine.

What can be done to resolve the conflict in Yemen?

A UN study says development in Yemen has been pushed back by two decades as civil war enters its fifth year.

A child dies every 12 minutes in Yemen. The civil war in the country, now in its fifth year, has killed more than one-quarter of a million people.

Peace efforts have made little progress and fighting appears to be no closer to an end. 

The United States and some other Western powers continue to support the Saudi-UAE coalition against Houthi rebels.

Every day brings horrific stories of civilian deaths - including women and children - from violence, famine or disease.

A United Nations study identifies 44 million Yemenis, nearly 40 percent of the population, as living in extreme poverty.

When will the world stop failing the people of Yemen?

Tawakkol Karman accuses Saudi Arabia and the UAE of committing war crimes in Yemen and we debate Brexit.

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The US House of Representatives voted on Thursday to end US support for the Saudi-UAE war in Yemen. But the White House has signalled that US President Donald Trump will likely veto the measure.

A Saudi-led coalition, allied with the internationally recognised government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, has been fighting Houthi rebels since 2015. Aid groups estimate as many as 60,000 civilians have been killed and an additional 85,000 children may have starved to death.

Is the world failing Yemen?

Yemenis mark the eighth anniversary of the revolution which toppled President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Millions of Yemenis saw an opportunity for change in 2011.

Protesters inspired by the Arab Spring demanded the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

He eventually stepped down after three decades in power, but hopes of democracy soon faded.

Four years of civil war has led to what the United Nations calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis - with widespread famine, disease and suffering.