Latest Yemen News

An airstrip is being built on a Yemeni island during the ongoing war, with 'I LOVE UAE' next to it

Mar. 28, 2024 01:36 AM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As Yemen’s Houthi rebels continue to target ships in a Mideast waterway, satellite pictures analyzed by The Associated Press show what appears to be a new airstrip being built at an entrance to that crucial maritime route. No country has publicly...

An al-Qaida attack in Yemen kills 2 troops loyal to a secessionist group, officials say

Mar. 25, 2024 04:27 AM EDT

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An attack by al-Qaida in southern Yemen killed at least two troops loyal to a secessionist group, officials said Monday, in the first attack since the extremist group's branch in the Arab country announced the death of its leader earlier this month. The attack,...

US fighter jets strike storage facilities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen

Mar. 22, 2024 21:47 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighter jets from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier struck three underground storage facilities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen late Friday, according to a U.S. official. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a military operation not...

Houthis in Yemen blow up a resident's house, killing at least 9 from the same family, residents say

Mar. 19, 2024 20:34 PM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen blew up a house Tuesday in a town southeast of the capital, Sanaa, killing at least nine people from the same family, officials and residents said. This came a day after two Houthi fighters were killed in an ambush allegedly set up...

India's navy takes control of bulk carrier hijacked by Somali pirates and evacuates crew

Mar. 16, 2024 23:55 PM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian navy said late Saturday that it had taken control of a bulk carrier hijacked by Somali pirates and evacuated the 17 crew members on the vessel. In a statement on X, the navy said all 35 pirates on board the Maltese-flagged MV Ruen had surrendered and...

A suspected attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels has targeted a ship in the Gulf of Aden

Mar. 16, 2024 22:27 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A suspected attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels saw an explosive detonate near a ship early Sunday in the Gulf of Aden, potentially marking their latest assault on shipping through the crucial waterway leading to the Red Sea. The British military's...

Attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels targets a ship in the Red Sea, though its crew is reportedly safe

Mar. 16, 2024 00:02 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted a tanker in the Red Sea early Friday but the ship's crew was unharmed, authorities said. It was the latest in the rebels’ campaign against shipping over Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. ...

Yemen's Houthis reported to have a hypersonic missile, possibly raising stakes in Red Sea crisis

Mar. 14, 2024 23:46 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels claim to have a new, hypersonic missile in their arsenal, Russia's state media reported Thursday, potentially raising the stakes in their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and surrounding waterways against the backdrop of Israel's war with...

UN envoy warns Gaza war and Red Sea attacks by Houthi rebels risk propelling Yemen back into war

Mar. 14, 2024 19:42 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The longer the war in Gaza goes on and Yemen’s Houthi rebels keep attacking ships in the Red Sea the greater the risk that Yemen could be propelled back into war, the U.N. special envoy for the poorest Arab nation warned Thursday. Hans Grundberg told the...

Middle East conflicts revive clash between the president and Congress over war powers

Mar. 14, 2024 16:34 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A major deadline under the half-century-old War Powers Resolution came this week for President Joe Biden to obtain Congress' approval to keep waging his military campaign against Yemen's Houthis, in line with its sole authority under the U.S. Constitution to declare war and...