- 23 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityYemen
Lebanon draws up ‘roadmap’ to end row with Saudis – presidency
DUBAI (Reuters) -Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Thursday he had agreed with President Michel Aoun on a "roadmap" to solve a diplomatic row with Saudi Arabia, according to…
Bahrain urges citizens in Lebanon to leave, Yemeni gov’t recalls envoy
CAIRO (Reuters) - Bahrain's foreign ministry on Tuesday urged citizens in Lebanon to leave immediately, the state news agency reported, amid a deepening row over comments by a Lebanese minister…
Houthi missile attack on mosque, religious school kills and injures 29 civilians in Yemen – minister
CAIRO (Reuters) -A Houthi ballistic missile attack on a mosque and a religious school killed and injured 29 civilians, including women and children, in the Yemeni province of Marib, the…
Explosion near Yemen’s Aden airport kills at least six – sources
ADEN (Reuters) -An explosion near the entrance to the international airport of Yemen's southern port city of Aden on Saturday resulted in at least six deaths and around 20 injured,…
Crisis with Lebanon rooted in Hezbollah dominance – Saudi minister
By Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Saturday the latest crisis with Lebanon has its origins in a Lebanese political setup that reinforces the…
Saudi-Lebanon diplomatic crisis worsens as envoy expelled, imports banned
By Laila Bassam and Maha El Dahan BEIRUT (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia ordered the Lebanese ambassador to the kingdom to leave within 48 hours on Friday and banned all Lebanese imports…
U.N. appeals for fresh injection of funds for famine-threatened Yemen
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - Funds needed to feed millions of people in war-ravaged Yemen could run out in a matter of weeks, a senior United Nations official warned,…
UNICEF says 10,000 children killed or maimed in Yemen since 2015
GENEVA (Reuters) - Ten thousand Yemeni children have been killed or maimed since a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia intervened in March 2015 after the Iran-aligned Houthi group ousted…
Yemen’s Houthis advance in Shabwa and Marib
ADEN (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Sunday it has seized new territory in the energy-rich provinces of Shabwa and Marib, gains confirmed by sources, as it presses…
Saudi lobbying jeopardises UN Yemen war crimes probe, activists say
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has lobbied heavily against a Western resolution that would extend the mandate of U.N. investigators who have documented possible war crimes in…
Saudi Crown prince discusses Yemen plans with U.S. National security adviser – SPA
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed the kingdom’s initiative to end the Yemeni crisis during discussions with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Saudi state…
White House aide discusses Yemen with Saudi crown prince
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, had a detailed discussion about the war in Yemen on Tuesday in a meeting with…
