- 20 April, 2024
Geopolitics & National SecurityYemen
Saudi, Kuwait, Yemen return envoys to Lebanon in sign of easing tensions
RIYADH (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Yemen on Thursday announced a return of their ambassadors to Lebanon in a sign of improving ties that hit rock bottom last year when…
Saudi gives Yemen money, urges peace talks after Yemen presidential council announced
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia on Thursday welcomed the Yemeni president's decision to transfer his powers to a new presidential council, urged the body to start negotiations with the Houthi…
Iran welcomes Yemen truce, urges political solution
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran on Saturday welcomed a U.N.-brokered truce in Yemen between a Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi group aligned with Tehran, and called for seeking a negotiated solution…
Saudi-led coalition to halt military operations in Yemen to help negotiations -SPA
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Tuesday it will halt military operations in Yemen starting Wednesday to help create a positive atmosphere during the holy…
Senior Yemeni military leader killed in car bombing in Aden
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) -A car bombing killed a senior Yemeni military leader and three of his entourage in the southern port city of Aden on Wednesday, three security sources said.…
Saudi-led coalition foils Houthi attack on oil tankers -Saudi state TV
(Reuters) - The Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen destroyed two explosive-laden boats on Wednesday which the Iran-aligned group was planning to use in attacks on oil tankers…
16 injured after Saudi-led coalition destroyed drone launched towards airport
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Monday its forces had destroyed a drone launched towards King Abdallah airport in the southern Saudi Arabian city of…
Saudi-led coalition bombs telecoms compound in Yemen’s Sanaa -residents
ADEN (Reuters) -Warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen struck again at telecommunications compound in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Monday, residents said, following an earlier round of attacks…
Five U.N. staff abducted in southern Yemen
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Five United Nations staff have been abducted in southern Yemen while returning to Aden after a field mission, the United Nations said on Saturday. The staff were…
Shrapnel injures 12 at Saudi Abha airport as drone intercepted
DUBAI (Reuters) -Twelve people were injured at Saudi Arabia's Abha airport by shrapnel from an explosive-laden drone intercepted by air defences on Thursday, the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi…
Biden, Saudi king discuss energy supplies, Iran and Yemen
By Kanishka Singh and Timothy Gardner (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and King Salman of Saudi Arabia discussed energy supplies in the face of soaring fuel prices and developments in…
Saudi coalition invites Red Cross, UN to discuss fatal Yemen detention centre attack
CAIRO (Reuters) -The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen has invited the Red Cross and a U.N. agency to discuss its deadly attack https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/death-toll-rises-91-yemen-detention-centre-strike-houthi-minister-2022-01-25 on a detention centre holding hundreds of…
