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Yemen: Prime Minister Salem bin Breik resigns; Shaya Mohsen Zindani named as replacement

Yemen Prime minister Salem bin Breik resigned Yemen’s Prime Minister Salem bin Breik gave his resignation on Thursday. The country’s Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Council accepted his resignation and appointed foreign minister Shaya Mohsen Zindani as the new prime minister, as reported by Reuters citing state news agency Saba.Bin Breik formally tendered his resignation, which the […]

Yemen conflict: Saudi-led airstrikes hit UAE-backed separatist camps; at least seven killed

File photo: Southern Yemen soldiers of Southern Transitional Council (STC) at a check point, in Aden, Yemen (Picture credit: AP) Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed at least seven people and wounded more than 20 others in eastern Yemen on Friday, after warplanes targeted camps held by UAE-backed southern separatists, according to officials from the group.The strikes […]

In Yemen, southern power push challenges Houthi stalemate

Representative image (IANS Photo) Recent territorial gains by Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council, or STC, have shifted the fragile power balance in the south of war-torn Yemen.As of Friday, the STC controlled almost all of Yemen’s south and east, including most of the governorates of Hadramout and Mahra, local oil facilities and the city of Aden […]

Who are Yemen’s Houthis, the group behind the recent Red Sea cargo ship attack? | World News

UAE rescue vessel arrives at the damaged Magic Seas cargo ship after Houthi attack in the Red Sea/ Image: File TL;DRYemen’s Houthi rebels attacked the cargo ship Magic Seas in the Red Sea with drones, missiles, and explosive boats, forcing the crew to abandon ship.The UAE rescued all 22 crew members after the attack.This is […]

Yemen’s Huthi rebels blame US for fresh strikes

Representative Image (AI) SANA: Yemen’s Huthi rebels on Monday blamed Washington for around 10 strikes in and around the capital Sanaa, as the United States pursues its campaign against the Iran-backed force.The Huthi-run Saba news agency said two US strikes had targeted Arbaeen street in the capital, another the airport road, having earlier reported two […]

Yemen’s Huthis say US strikes on Sanaa kill at least 12

SANAA: Yemen’s Huthis said early Monday that US air strikes on Sanaa killed at least 12 people and wounded 30, with a military spokesperson later claiming attacks on US aircraft carriers and Israel.The Huthi-run Saba news agency cited the ministry as saying the dead and injured had come from overnight strikes “by the American enemy” […]

Suspected US airstrikes kill at least 6 people in Yemen, Houthi rebels say

DUBAI, UAE: Suspected US airstrikes around Yemen’s rebel-held capital killed at least six people and wounded 30 overnight, the Houthis said Monday as they also claimed shooting down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone. Since its start nearly a month ago, the intense campaign of US airstrikes under President Donald Trump targeting the rebels over their […]