US military forces shot down a drone early Saturday over the Red Sea in international waters near several commercial vessels, the Pentagon said. The incident came days after a 12-nation group led by the US warned Houthi rebels in Yemen…
Saudi-led project dismantles over 800 mines in Yemen
The Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance (Masam) announced on Monday that it dismantled 866 landmines in the conflict-ridden country in April. Masam, a landmine clearance project in Yemen said in a statement that “the mines were planted previously by the…
Yemen war: Saudi-Houthi talks bring hope of ceasefire
A Saudi Arabian delegation is in Yemen’s capital Sana’a for talks with the Houthi rebel movement aimed at reaching a new and potentially permanent ceasefire. A mediation team from Oman is also in Sana’a. The capital has been controlled by…
French forces seize shipment of weapons headed from Iran to Yemen
French naval forces in January seized thousands of assault rifles, machineguns and anti-tank missiles headed from Iran to Yemen, officials have told the Wall Street Journal and The Associated Press news agency, the latest such incident amid the country’s long-running…
8 migrants drown after forced off boat by smugglers
At least eight migrants have drowned and 12 are missing after human smugglers forced them off a boat near Djibouti, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Another 14 migrants survived and are receiving medical care, a statement said.…
Fragile calm in Yemen’s ceasefire hub, Hodeida (DW)
Yemen’s Hodeida city is reported calm after the start of a UN-brokered ceasefire agreed in Sweden. The Red Sea port city, crucial for aid to feed starving civilians, had seen clashes even beyond a midnight deadline. Hodeida residents and a…
Air strikes, clashes hit Yemen’s Hodeida despite ceasefire (Guardian)
Air strikes and fierce clashes shook the outskirts of Yemen’s rebel-held port city of Hodeida overnight, pro-government sources and residents said Sunday, despite a UN-brokered ceasefire. At least 29 fighters, including 22 Huthi rebels, were killed on Saturday night in…
Truce breakthrough in Yemen talks (BBC)
Warring parties in Yemen have agreed to a ceasefire for the port city of Hudaydah, principal lifeline for two-thirds of the country. They reached agreement at talks in Sweden brokered by the United Nations. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said…
Theresa May refuses to back US calls for Saudi Arabia to stop bombing Yemen (Independent)
Theresa May has stopped short of calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Yemen, where a three-year civil war has led to the “most terrifying humanitarian catastrophe on the planet”. The prime minister was urged to support a United…
Yemen airstrikes kill nearly 30 people as WHO warns of new cholera outbreak (Independent)
Medical officials in Yemen said airstrikes on a fishing port and fish market in the rebel-held port city of Hodeidah killed nearly 30 people and injured 70. Officials said the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Shia rebels conducted the strikes, but…
