Houthis Warn Oil Firms To Leave Saudi Arabia And The UAE
Yemen’s Houthis have warned oil companies operating in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to pack up and leave as the warring sides in the Yemeni conflict failed Continue Reading
Yemen’s Warring Parties to Begin First Cease-Fire in 6 Years
The two-month truce, brokered by the United Nations, offers hope for a reduction of violence in a war that has rattled the Arabian Peninsula and caused a humanitarian crisis. Forces Continue Reading
Gulf Oil Producers Seek U.S. Military Support Against Yemen Attacks
Some of the largest Gulf oil producers, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are seeking to sign a written treaty with the United States under which the U.S. Continue Reading
Saudi Led Coalition in Military Oil Operation
The move follows a series of drone and rocket attacks by Houthi Rebels against Saudi Arabia in the past week. The Saudi-led Coalition has announced a military operation to neutralize Continue Reading
Saudi-Led Coalition Strikes Yemen After Aramco Depot Attack
A Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen launched airstrikes against sites in the southern Arabian country in response to multiple attacks Friday, including one that caused a fire at Continue Reading
Yemen Houthis attack Saudi energy facilities, refinery output hit
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group fired missiles and drones at Saudi energy and water desalination facilities, causing a temporary drop in output at a refinery but no casualties, the Saudi energy Continue Reading
Saudis Fight to Turn the Tide in Yemen’s Civil War
Enemy bullets ripped overhead. A barefoot Yemeni soldier who calls himself Fouad the Brave grabbed a rifle and returned fire from behind a sand berm, taking aim at Iran-backed Houthi Continue Reading
UAE foils missile attack as Israeli president visits
Yemen’s Houthis threaten more attacks on UAE Israeli president presses on with visit to Expo Dubai UAE prides itself as safe business haven Attacks mark escalation in Yemen conflict UAE, Continue Reading
Canada’s Calvalley says it suspended oil operations in Yemen’s Hadramout
Canada’s Calvalley Petroleum has suspended its operations and exploration in Yemen’s Hadramout province due to deteriorating security conditions after having resumed activities in the war-torn country in mid-2019, the company Continue Reading
EXPLAINER: Why Yemen’s war has spilled into the Emirates
Twice in the past week, Yemen’s rebels have launched attacks with missiles and drones on the United Arab Emirates, a major escalation for one of the world’s most protracted conflicts. Continue Reading
UAE intercepts Houthi attack, Saudi Arabia reports two injured by fallen missile
The United Arab Emirates intercepted and destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles targeting the Gulf country on Monday with no casualties, its defence ministry said, following a deadly attack a week Continue Reading
Attack on Abu Dhabi risks upsetting a cautious detente in the Gulf
Abu Dhabi, federal capital of the United Arab Emirates, was this week hit by a drone attack claimed by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. The assault risks ending the first Continue Reading
Houthis Fired Drones and Missiles in Abu Dhabi Attack, Investigation Finds
Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen used advanced missiles and drones to target the United Arab Emirates on Monday, according to people briefed on the investigation—a deadly demonstration of the expanding threat to Continue Reading
More than a dozen dead in coalition strikes on Yemen’s Sanaa
An airstrike killed about 14 people in a building in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, residents said on Tuesday, during strikes across the city launched by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Continue Reading
UAE says suspects drones behind Abu Dhabi fires, Yemen’s Houthis claim attack
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Monday it had carried out an attack on the United Arab Emirates after authorities in the Gulf state reported two fires in the capital Continue Reading
Saudi-led coalition accuses Yemen’s Houthis of hijacking cargo ship in Red Sea
UAE-flagged RWABEE hijacked off Yemen’s coast: Saudi-led coalition Vessel on way from Yemen’s Socotra island to Saudi Arabia’s Jazan Port RWABEE was carrying medical field equipment A Saudi-led coalition has Continue Reading
Iran’s Top Diplomat to Houthi-Controlled Yemen Dies of Covid-19
Iran’s top diplomat to Houthi-controlled Yemen has died of Covid-19 after a hastily arranged flight out of the country over the weekend, Iranian officials said. Hassan Irloo, a member of the Islamic Continue Reading
Iran’s Top Diplomat in Yemen Leaves the Country
Iran’s top diplomat in Yemen flew out of the country on Saturday in an agreement between Houthi militants controlling the capital and Saudi Arabia, according to regional officials. Hassan Irloo, Continue Reading
Houthis Claim Drone Attacks On Saudi Oil Facilities
The Iran-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen targeted on Tuesday oil infrastructure and military compounds in Saudi Arabia with drones and ballistic missiles, the movement said today on its broadcast channel Continue Reading
Houthis Advancing Toward Yemen’s Oil And Gas Fields
Military forces of the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen are advancing amid heavy fighting in the regions of Yemen that hold its oil and gas fields and assets, sources from Continue Reading
War-Torn Yemen Sees Virus Cases Spike, Charity Says
War-torn Yemen, where the overwhelming majority of the population is unvaccinated, is seeing coronavirus cases multiply and deaths soar, according to a report this week by the British charity Oxfam. Continue Reading
Devastated by war, Yemen’s still surviving oil and gas sector needs peace to recover
Highlights Oil output has plummeted to below 100,000 b/d TotalEnergies, OMV players in Yemen Petsec Energy could restart soon Yemen’s oil and gas industry could be at a crossroads after Continue Reading
Mysterious air base being built on volcanic island off Yemen
A mysterious air base is being built on a volcanic island off Yemen that sits in one of the world’s crucial maritime chokepoints for both energy shipments and commercial cargo. Continue Reading
U.S. Navy shares photos of enormous Arabian Sea weapons seizure
The U.S. Navy has shared photographs of an illicit arms shipment that it said it found aboard an intercepted ship in the Arabian Sea. The images, taken Saturday, showed thousands Continue Reading
Yemen’s Houthis fire drone at Saudi military base, says spokesman
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement launched a drone attack on a military base in the southern Saudi city of Khamis Mushait at dawn on Monday, the group’s military spokesman said on Continue Reading
Yemen’s Houthis claim attack on Aramco facility; no Saudi confirmation
Yemen’s Houthi movement launched an attack with a drone on an Aramco facility in the southwestern Saudi city of Jizan as well as targeting the King Khalid air base with Continue Reading
Yemen’s Houthis say attacked Saudi Aramco refineries in Jeddah and Jubail; no Saudi confirmation
DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi movement said on Monday it had fired 17 drones at Saudi targets, including 10 launched towards Saudi Aramco refineries in Jubeil and Jeddah, according to Continue Reading
Iranian ‘spy ship’ damaged by explosion in Red Sea
CIC The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen says the Saviz is an Iranian military ship An explosion has damaged an Iranian cargo ship anchored off Yemen’s Red Sea coast that Continue Reading
A Critical Week For The Yemen Ceasefire
It’s the 11th hour for a true ceasefire in Yemen now as the world waits to see what Saudi Arabia will do next and the Houthis continue to apply pressure. Continue Reading
Saudi-led coalition clears fuel ships to dock at Yemen’s Hodeidah port
Move comes after renewed calls from US lawmakers for Saudi Arabia to lift its air and sea blockade UN data shows food imports through ports of Hodeidah and Saleef dropped Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia Offers Cease-Fire Deal in Yemen War
Saudi Arabia unveiled a proposal for a cease-fire aimed at disentangling itself from Yemen’s civil war, as rebel forces press an offensive and the Biden administration seeks to extricate the U.S. Continue Reading
Houthis says Blinken statement
U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s comments about supporting a Yemen free from foreign influence are “positive”, Houthi official Mohammed Ali al-Houthi said on Twitter on Monday. He said the United Continue Reading
‘This is hell’: UN food aid chief visits Yemen, fears famine
The head of the U.N. food agency warned after a visit to Yemen that his underfunded organization may be forced to seek hundreds of millions of dollars in private donations Continue Reading
Yemen’s Houthis Claim New Attacks on Saudi Base, Airport
Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Friday they launched a drone attack on a military airbase and an airport in Saudi Arabia, stepping up their offensive on the kingdom’s energy and security Continue Reading
Yemen’s Houthis Claim Strike on Saudi Base, Aramco Oil Depot
Yemen’s Houthi rebels said they launched missile and drone strikes against a Saudi Arabian oil facility and a military base, as their attacks on the kingdom’s energy and security installations multiply. Continue Reading
Yemen War: Biden pulls U.S. support; Houthi rebels push to Marib
The shells started landing inside Hussein Ali Wuhaish’s refugee camp days after the Biden administration ended U.S. support for a Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen and took steps to lift sanctions Continue Reading
U.S. to revoke terrorist designation of Yemen’s Houthis due to famine
The United States said on Friday it intends to revoke the terrorist designation for Yemen’s Houthi movement in response to the country’s humanitarian crisis, reversing one of the most criticised Continue Reading
Biden Announces End of U.S. Support to Saudi War in Yemen
President Biden outlined a sweeping vision of restored American global leadership on Thursday, announcing an end to U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s military campaign in Yemen and vowing to confront Continue Reading
US Marks Houthi Rebels As Terrorists After Attacks On Oil Assets In Middle East
The United States is designating the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen as a foreign terrorist organization, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday, after the Houthis are believed Continue Reading
Yemen Airport Is Attacked as New Government Arrives
An attack on an airport in Aden, Yemen, killed at least 20 civilians and wounded about 100 on Wednesday just as a plane carrying members of the country’s newly formed Continue Reading
Yemen Airport Attack Kills 22 as New Saudi-Backed Government Arrives
An attack on an airport in Yemen killed at least 22 people moments after members of the country’s newly sworn-in cabinet arrived, the latest blow to a country struggling to emerge Continue Reading
Saudi-led coalition carries out air raids on Houthi barracks in Sanaa area – residents
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen carried out a series of air raids on barracks used by the Iran-aligned group in and around the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Continue Reading
Oil Tanker Hit By Mine Explosion Near Saudi Arabia
An oil tanker was damaged in the Red Sea near Saudi Arabia after a mine exploded on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported , citing the tanker’s operator and a maritime Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia Urges The UN To Intervene As Houthi Attacks Persist
The United Nations Security Council should “stop the threat” of more Houthi attacks on Saudi energy infrastructure, the Saudi ambassador to the UN said in a letter to the governing Continue Reading
Houthis Rebels Attack Saudi Oil Facility
The Houthi rebels in Yemen said today they had fired a missile against a target in the Saudi city of Jeddah and had hit it, Reuters reports , citing their Continue Reading
Saudi Aramco Says No One Hurt in Blast, Fire From Missile Strike
Iraq is seeking an upfront payment of about $2 billion in exchange for a long-term crude-supply contract, the latest sign of Baghdad’s growing desperation for cash as its economy unravels. The Continue Reading
U.N. chief says Yemen in imminent danger of famine, warns against unilateral moves
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that war-torn Yemen is in “imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen for decades,” warning against any unilateral moves as Continue Reading
Socotra residents resort to logging amid gas shortages
Residents on the Yemeni island of Socotra have reportedly resorted to logging due to a shortage of domestic gas, heightening fears of its impact on the island’s unique biodiversity. Al-Mahriya Continue Reading
Yemen’s war shifts focus to Marib, thousands of displaced at risk
In Yemen’s gas-rich region of Marib, fighters loyal to the Saudi-backed government recited Koranic verses before launching a hail of mortar and machine gun fire towards rocky mountains, in a Continue Reading
In Yemen, Sanaa’s ancient Old City battered by rain and floods
Four generations of Ayman Alameer’s family have lived in a large burnt-brick house in this capital’s ancient Old City. He says the house dates back 500 years and in recent Continue Reading