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Oil prices surge most on record after Houthis hit Saudi Aramco

Sep 17, 2019

Oil surged the most on record after a devastating attack on Saudi Arabia intensified concerns about growing instability in the world’s most important crude-producing region.In an extraordinary start to the week’s trading,…

Yemeni government condemns UAE’s support for separatists, says their warplanes killed over 300

Aug 31, 2019

About 300 civilians were killed or wounded in recent raids carried out by United Arab Emirates-backed militias in Yemen’s Aden and Abyan provinces, according to Yemeni news reports. Yemen’s SABA news agency cited the country’s human…

Yemen’s government forces retake Aden from UAE-backed separatists

Aug 28, 2019

Forces loyal to Yemen's internationally recognised government have reclaimed control of the port city of Aden, a minister said, three weeks after the interim capital was seized by United Arab Emirates-backed separatists, Aljazeera has…

UAE begins “tactical” pullout of troops from Yemen

Jul 14, 2019

The UAE has begun an operation redistributing its troops in Yemen for “strategic and tactical” reasons, Al Arabiya has reported citing an official, who added that the move had been coordinated with coalition ally Saudi Arabia.The move…

Yemen’s Houthis target Saudi’s Abha Airport with drones for third time

Jul 09, 2019

Nine people were reported injured on Tuesday after Houthi rebels launched a drone attack on a civilian airport in southern Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen, Saudi officials said.According to Turki al-Maliki, a spokesman for the…

Yemen’s Houthis fire cruise missile at Abha Airport in Saudi Arabia

Jun 12, 2019

Yemen's Houthi movement carried out an attack on Abha Airport in Saudi Arabia with a cruise missile, the group's Almasira TV reported early on Wednesday.The latest attack, which is yet to be confirmed by the Saudis, comes a day after…

Houthis say seven drone attacks on Saudi oil plants caused Riyad 2 million bpd

May 14, 2019

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree has said that seven drones carried out the strikes on the Saudi oil installations."It was a successful operation. We found assistance from people living in Saudi Arabia, and we had excellent…

Drones strike two of Saudi Arabia’s oil stations

May 14, 2019

Saudi Arabia said drones attacked one of its oil pipelines as other assaults targeted energy infrastructure elsewhere in the kingdom on Tuesday, shortly after Yemen's rebels claimed coordinated drone attacks on the regional power.The…

Peace campainers in France prevent weapons shipment to Saudi Arabia

May 12, 2019

A cargo vessel that was due to pick up arms for Saudi Arabia has docked in the French port of Le Havre following demonstrations by peace campaigners against the shipments.The ship had been anchored just outside the port but then left…

Saudi-led air attacks on Yemen’s Saada kill over 29 children on a bus

Aug 09, 2018

Over 29 children have been killed and 30 wounded in a Saudi-led coalition air strike in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross says. The children were travelling on a bus that was hit at a market in Dahyan, in the northern…

Yemen’s Houthis say attacked Abu Dhabi airport with a drone

Jul 26, 2018

Yemen's Houthi rebels say they attacked Abu Dhabi's international airport in the United Arab Emirates with a drone. According to the Houthi-run Al-Masirah television channel, the Sammad-3 drone launched three attacks on the airport on…

Iran denies supplying Houthis with missile launched toward Saudi Arabia

Dec 21, 2017

Iran refuted accusations by Saudi Arabia and the US about it supplying Yemen's Houthis with the missile that targeted the Saudi capital on Tuesday.A spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry said the accusations are "baseless,"…

Saudi Arabia’s capital targeted by ballistic missile from Yemen

Nov 04, 2017

Saudi Arabia has intercepted a ballistic missile from Yemen, reports say, after a loud explosion was heard near Riyadh airport.Saudi air defence forces were quoted by broadcaster Al-Arabiya as saying they intercepted the missile…

Yemeni army commander killed by Houthi missile strike

Feb 22, 2017

Yemen's deputy army commander has been killed in a missile strike by Houthi rebels on a Red Sea army camp, military officials say, the BBC wrote.Maj Gen Ahmed Saif al-Yafei is said to have died in the attack outside the port city of…