At least 43 civilians were killed on Sunday in rebel bombing of Yemen’s second city of Aden, where Saudi-backed pro-government forces have advanced against Shia Houthi militia fighters, a health official said. More than 100 others were wounded in the bombing of the Dar Saad neighbourhood in the north of the[…]
Yemen’s internationally recognised government has announced the “liberation” of the country’s second city, Aden, following four months of intense battles between Houthi rebels and forces trying to oust them. Exiled Vice President Khaled Bahah said on his Facebook account on Friday that his government will try “to restore life” to[…]
Yemen’s ruling General People’s Congress (GPC) party has announced it is backing the internationally recognized government of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, directing a powerful blow to his rival and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. In a statement issued by the GPC’s second-in-command, the ruling party declared its support for[…]
Dozens of Arab special forces soldiers arrived in the Yemeni port city of Aden on Sunday to bolster the anti-Houthi forces amid a fierce offensive by the Shia rebels and their allies, sources told Al Jazeera. Saudi Arabia denied that a ground operation was under way by the anti-Houthi coalition[…]
Yemen’s besieged city of Aden has seen one of its worst days of violence yet, as Houthi fighters clashed with forces loyal to the country’s president for control of the city’s main airport. Sources told Al Jazeera on Thursday that fighting was raging at Aden’s international airport as Popular Resistance[…]
Two Iranian warships reached the Gulf of Aden just off the coast of Yemen on Wednesday, as Saudi Arabia said Iran had “absolutely no role to play” in the impoverished country. Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency reported that two warships had arrived at the Gulf of Aden, a strategic waterway[…]
Saudi-led air strikes against suspected Houthi fighters in Yemen have continued for the 15th day, with intense fighting occurring in the southern city of Aden, where rockets have reportedly landed on houses.. The World Health Organisation says at least 643 people have died and more than 2,200 have been injured[…]
Rebel forces have withdrawn from Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi’s palace in his former southern stronghold in Aden after overnight air raids by the Saudi-led coalition, a senior official said. “The Houthi militia and their allies withdrew before dawn from the Al-Maashiq palace,” the official in Aden, who did not[…]
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