Houthis Aim To Repair Unrepairable Oil Tanker In Vital Shipping Lane
The Houthi rebels in Yemen claim they have sent a team to repair an oil tanker full of 1 million barrels of oil sitting off the Yemeni coast for five Continue Reading
UN Warns Abandoned Full Oil Tanker Off Yemen Could Explode
A tanker with 1 million barrels of oil, which has been moored off the Yemeni coast for five years, could explode or sink, the United Nations (UN) warn , in Continue Reading
Yemen’s health system ‘has in effect collapsed’ as COVID spreads: U.N.
Coronavirus is believed to be spreading throughout Yemen, where the health care system “has in effect collapsed”, the United Nations said on Friday, appealing for urgent funding. Referring to aid Continue Reading
Yemen’s Houthis Reject Peace Talks as Saudi-Led Truce Ends
Yemen’s Houthi rebels demanded more concessions from Saudi Arabia, including lifting a five-year blockade, before they would resume United Nations-backed peace talks, raising the risk of a new flare-up of Continue Reading
Saudi-led ceasefire in Yemen begins, lifting hopes for peace
A nationwide ceasefire in response to the global coronavirus outbreak went into effect in Yemen on Thursday, raising hope for an end to the five-year-old war that has pushed millions Continue Reading
Saudi-led coalition to announce Yemen ceasefire at midnight: sources
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement will announce at midnight on Wednesday it is halting military operations nationwide to support a U.N. ceasefire initiative, three sources familiar with Continue Reading
Saudi-Led Coalition Thwarted Oil Tanker Attack
A spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen announced on Wednesday that it had staved off an attack on an oil tanker in the Arabian Sea, Saudi news agency SPA Continue Reading
Houthis Launch Attack On Saudi Arabia
The Houthi rebels in Yemen launched a missile attack on Saudi Arabia early this morning but the missiles were intercepted by the Saudi defense system, Reuters reported , citing a Continue Reading
Yemen’s air strikes ‘kill 31 civilians’ after Saudi jet crash
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement accused the Saudi-led coalition of carrying out retaliatory air strikes on Saturday that killed at least 30 people including civilians, in the latest flare-up of a Continue Reading
Promising signs for Yemen’s oil industry, but civil war rages
Nearly five years into a devastating civil war that has spiraled into a humanitarian crisis, Yemen continues to pump a trickle of oil. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & Continue Reading
Saudi coalition says Houthi rebels have hijacked ship in Red Sea
The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen on Monday accused Houthi rebels of hijacking a tugboat towing a South Korean-owned drilling rig in the south of the Red Sea, according to Continue Reading
Saudi-Backed Yemeni Government, Separatists Sign Power-Sharing Deal
The Saudi-backed Yemeni government signed a power-sharing deal with a local group seeking a separate state in the south, an agreement designed to keep the country from fracturing and pave Continue Reading
Yemeni govt, separatists close to deal on ending Aden stand-off – sources
Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and southern separatists are close to a deal that would end a power struggle in the southern port of Aden and see Saudi forces take temporary control Continue Reading
Queues as far as the eye can see: new fuel shortage hits Yemen
A fuel shortage is deepening Yemen’s humanitarian crisis, forcing drivers to wait for days in queues that stretch back from some petrol stations as far as the eye can see. Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia Agrees to Partial Cease-Fire in War-Shattered Yemen
Houthi leaders initially said they were responsible for the attack on the oil facilities, but Saudi, U.S. and European officials have dismissed the claims as a transparent attempt to obscure Continue Reading
Yemen war: Houthi missile attack on Saudi airport ‘injures 26’
At least 26 civilians have been injured in a missile attack by Yemen’s rebel Houthi movement on an airport in south-western Saudi Arabia, state media say. Three women and two Continue Reading
Houthis Threaten Attacks On 300+ Saudi, UAE Targets
The Houthi rebels in Yemen said over the weekend that last week’s attack on an Aramco oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia was the start of military operations against some 300 Continue Reading
Saudi Coalition Targets Houthis In Yemen In Response To Oil Pipeline Attack
The Saudi-led coalition conducted air strikes on Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Thursday, targeting bases of the Iran-aligned Houthis after the Houthis claimed responsibility for the drone attacks on an oil Continue Reading
Houthis Block Access To ‘Floating Bomb’ Oil Tanker Off Yemen
A floating oil tanker that hasn’t been maintained since the conflict in Yemen erupted in 2015 is currently under the control of the Houthi rebels, who are preventing a United Continue Reading
Yemen aims to export about 75,000 bpd oil in 2019: minister
The Saudi-backed government in Yemen hopes to scale up its crude production to 110,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2019, with exports touching about 75,000 bpd, its oil minister told Continue Reading
Yemen To Resume Oil Exports On U.S. Threat To Withdraw Support
Saudi-led forces and Yemen-based Houthi rebels announced that oil and gas exports will resume in an effort to restore revenues to the troubled country, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The U.S. Continue Reading
U.S. and Britain Seek Yemen Cease-Fire as Relations With Saudis Cool
Diplomatic pressure from the United States and Britain, Saudi Arabia’s biggest arms suppliers, abruptly intensified on Wednesday for a cease-fire in the Yemen war, the world’s worst man-made humanitarian disaster. Continue Reading
Southern Yemen Province Threatens To Stop Oil Shipments
The governor of a southern Yemeni province pumping 100,000 bpd—half of Yemen’s total oil production— threatened on Thursday to suspend oil shipments from the region if the internationally recognized Yemeni Continue Reading
Houthis Claim Successful Attack On Aramco Oil Facility
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed a successful attack on an unidentified oil facility of Saudi Aramco in Jizan, according to a report in Iranian state news agency IRNA. The strike Continue Reading
Japan to import Yemeni Masila crude oil for the first time since 2015
Japan is set to import a Masila crude oil cargo from Yemen for the first time since 2015 as part of its efforts to expand its supply sources. The move Continue Reading
Warship Or Oil Tanker – What Did The Houthis Hit?
Late last month, reports emerged from Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies that the Yemen Houthi rebels had attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the strait of Bab el-Mandeb, one Continue Reading
Saudi oil shipments moving near Yemen again
After a halt due to militant attacks, oil shipments through a Red Sea strait near the coast of Yemen resumed during the weekend, Saudi Aramco announced. In a statement Saturday, Continue Reading
War-Torn Yemen Restarts Oil Exports
Despite a worsening humanitarian crisis in Yemen amid a war between the Houthi rebels and a coalition between Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the poorest Arab country has found a Continue Reading
Israel Threatens Military Response Against Houthi Forces
The past year has witnessed a more out in the open proxy war between the two grow in Syria, but the role of both in Yemen has been more obscured: Continue Reading
Israel warns Iran of military response if it closed key Red Sea strait
Israel would deploy its military if Iran were to try to block the Bab al-Mandeb strait that links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Continue Reading
Houthis Prepared To Halt Oil Tanker Attacks
The Iran-aligned Houthi group in Yemen is ready to unilaterally suspend attacks in the Red Sea to support efforts to reach peace, a Houthi leader said on Tuesday, a few Continue Reading
Houthi attack damages Saudi ship off Yemen’s coast
Yemen’s Houthis attacked a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea, causing slight damage, an Arab coalition said on Wednesday, after the Houthis reported targeting a Saudi warship in the Continue Reading
Houthis Say They Targeted Aramco Refinery In Riyadh With Drone
The Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen say that they targeted Saudi Aramco’s refinery in the Saudi capital Riyadh with a long-range drone on Wednesday, Houthi-run media outlet Almasirah reported . Continue Reading
Fears of New Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen After Attack on Port
An Arab military coalition invaded Yemen’s main Red Sea port on Wednesday, threatening to worsen what is already the world’s most severe humanitarian disaster by disrupting the pipeline that millions Continue Reading
The Decisive Battle For Yemen’s Oil Port
An Arab coalition, led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have started their expected military assault on the Yemeni port of Hodeidah. This military operation will most probably decide the Continue Reading
U.S. Weighs Expanding Military Role in Yemen War
The Trump administration is weighing an appeal from the United Arab Emirates for direct U.S. support to seize Yemen’s main port for humanitarian aid from Iranian-backed Houthi fighters, according to Continue Reading
Saudi-led Coalition Destroys Houthi Boats Threatening Oil Tanker
The UAE Armed Forces, as part of the Arab Coalition Forces, destroyed two boats of the Houthis militias who were threatening one of the commercial oil tankers in the Red Continue Reading
Houthi Rebels Fire Missile At Aramco Facility
Armed Yemeni Houthis launched yet another ballistic missile at Saudi Arabia’s state-run oil company, Saudi Aramco on Monday, according to Houthi TV station al-Masirah tv. No damage has yet been Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia says it intercepts missile above Riyadh: Al Arabiya TV
Saudi Arabia’s air defense forces intercepted a missile above the capital Riyadh, Saudi-owned broadcaster Al Arabiya said on Wednesday after several loud booms were heard in the city center. In Continue Reading
Brent Rises To 4-Year High As Houthis Target Saudi Oil Facility
Houthi rebels in Yemen claim to have fired two ballistic missiles toward an oil facility in the southern Saudi city of Jizan, close to the border with Yemen, Houthi-controlled Saba Continue Reading
Saudi-led airstrike hits presidential office in Yemen’s Sanaa, kills 6
A powerful airstrike by Saudi-led coalition hit the headquarters of the presidential office in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday, targeting a secret meeting of Iranian-allied Shiite Houthi leaders and killing Continue Reading
Yemeni Rebels Begin Attacking Saudi Oil Infrastructure: You Know What That Means
The Houthi rebels in Yemen, officially known as Ansurallah, have vowed to intensify rocket attacks on Saudi Arabia’s critical oil infrastructure, warning that they are now manufacturing their own ballistic Continue Reading
EU naval force unaware of Red Sea tanker seizures after Saudi embassy report
The European Union naval force responsible for monitoring shipping around the Horn of Africa region is unaware of a tanker security situation off Yemen reported by the Saudi Embassy in Continue Reading
19 Oil Tankers Held Hostage Off Yemeni Coast
The Yemeni Houthis have captured 19 oil tankers and are keeping them from entering the Hodeidah port, according to reports from Saudi media quoting the Kingdom’s ambassador in Yemen. The Continue Reading
Riyadh: No major damage to oil tanker after Yemeni attack
An oil tanker moving through the Red Sea suffered only minor damage after it was attacked by Houthi rebels in Yemen, the Saudi government said. Col. Turku al-Maliki, spokesman for Continue Reading
Houthi Missile Hits Saudi Oil Tanker
A Saudi oil tanker was targeted by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement on Tuesday afternoon local time off Yemen’s port of Hodeidah, sustaining minor damages and completing its course north, Saudi-owned Continue Reading
Yemen’s Houthi rebels fire missiles toward Saudi cities, 1 dead
A rebel group in Yemen said it fired a volley of ballistic missiles toward cities in Saudi Arabia late Sunday, including the capital, Riyadh, where at least one person was Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia deposits $2 billion in Yemen central bank to back currency
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman ordered a deposit of $2 billion to be paid into Yemen’s central bank on Wednesday to shore up the weak Yemeni currency, the Saudi government said. Continue Reading
Yemen’s ex-president Saleh shot dead after switching sides in civil war
Veteran former president Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed in a shooting on Monday after switching sides in Yemen’s civil war, abandoning his Iran-aligned Houthi allies in favor of a Saudi-led Continue Reading
Houthi Rebels Threaten To Attack Saudi Oil Tankers
The Houthi rebel group in Yemen has threatened to start attacking oil tankers and warships sailing under enemy flag if the Gulf coalition fighting it in the country does not Continue Reading