A leader of Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah Movement said fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi will have no place in “the political future” of the Arabian Peninsula country. Faisal Abu Talib held talks with the deputy UN envoy to Yemen, Maeen Sharim, about issues surrounding a ceasefire agreement between Yemeni warring sides recently reached in […]

Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, says the Islamic Republic has gone into Syria in order to reinforce the Syrian defense infrastructure. In an interview published on Monday, Shamkhani said so long as the legal government in Syria and Iraq ask for Iran’s help in fighting terrorism and establishing security in their […]

Yemen’s army, backed by fighters from revolutionary committees, foiled an infiltration attempt by Saudi-backed mercenaries on Yemen’s soil near the border region of Najran. Yemeni troops on Wednesday pushed back militants as they attempted to sneak into Rashaha Gharbian area from a district in Najran, a military source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Saba […]

The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to deploy a team of up to 75 UN observers to the city of Hudaydah in Yemen for six months. The UN team will monitor a cease-fire and the redeployment away from Hudaydah by both government and Houthi forces, as mandated by an agreement reached in Sweden last […]

Jordan agreed Tuesday to a UN request to host a meeting between forces loyal to Yemen’s fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and Ansarullah troops to discuss a prisoner swap deal, a Jordanian foreign ministry statement said. The statement did not say when the meeting of a follow-up committee set up to discuss implementing […]

The forces of the Yemeni army and Popular Committees, in a retaliatory attack against the Saudi-led coalition, fired a domestically made ballistic missile at Saudi Arabia’s border region of Najran, a military source said. Yemeni forces on Monday targeted Saudi Arabia’s Bir Aska military camp in the western part of Najran with a Badr-1 ballistic […]

The chairman of Yemen’s Supreme Revolutionary Committee, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, deplored the US-led coalition’s continued violations of a recent UN-brokered ceasefire in Yemen and said the aggressors’ attacks have increased. The Riyadh-led alliance has intensified its attacks on various fronts and the truce violations are continuing, Houthi said, according to the Arabic-language al-Masirah TV. “The […]

Scores of militants were killed and injured on Thursday after Yemeni drones targeted a military parade of Saudi-backed forces loyal to the ex-regime in the country’s southern province of Lahij. The parade was taking place inside a military base in al-Anad district in Lahij when a loud explosion rocked the area, eyewitnesses said, adding high-ranked […]

Iran national football team started their AFC Asian Cup campaign with a 5-0 win over debutants Yemen at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the UAE on Monday. Mehdi Taremi scored Iran’s first goal after Yemen goalkeeper failed to save Sardar Azmoun’s shot from outside the box and the Al-Gharafa forward took the […]

Iran won’t make the mistake of underestimating Yemen while the tournament debutants won’t be overawed when facing one of the Continent’s biggest teams in their AFC Asian Cup Group D opener at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium on Monday. Iran are chasing a fourth AFC Asian Cup title, but their first since 1976, while Yemen […]