US lawmakers said on Wednesday they expect Congress will pass a resolution ending US involvement in the Yemen war, which would force President Donald Trump to issue the first veto of his presidency in order to continue supporting the Saudi-led coalition. Republican and Democratic senators and representatives said on Wednesday they were re-introducing a war […]

The International Committee of the Red Cross is preparing for a prisoner swap to move hundreds of detainees held by forces loyal to Yemen’s fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and the Ansarullah movement, according to a statement released by the agency. The prisoner swap will be done with two aircraft with a combined […]

Yemen is one of the most populous countries on the Arabian Peninsula. With a population that is 35 percent Shia, Saudi Arabia has also been concerned by what it sees as Iranian meddling in Yemen. Saudi Arabia has worried that the presence of Iran in Yemen could be risky for Sunni order, especially along part […]

The UN envoy for Yemen landed in Sana’a on Monday for talks aimed at shoring up a truce between forces loyal to Yemen’s fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and he Ansarullah movement in the port city of Hudaydah. Martin Griffiths landed in the capital at around 10:30 am local time (1330 GMT), an […]

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 […]