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A council fighting against Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Wednesday it expelled the leader of Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC), Aidarous al-Zubaidi, and charged him with treason after he reportedly declined to travel to Saudi Arabia for talks. The statement from SABA accused al-Zubaidi of “damaging the republic’s military, ...
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The leader of Yemen's separatists is heading to Riyadh on Tuesday for talks, a Yemeni official told AFP, after days of fighting between his UAE-backed forces and pro-Saudi rivals. The Saudi-organised talks indicate the beginning of de-escalation efforts after the clashes in Yemen's government-run areas that exposed a rift between Gulf powers ...
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Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces have regained control of the eastern governorates of Hadramout and al-Mahra from the United Arab Emirates–supported Southern Transitional Council (STC), marking a major shift in the balance of power as tensions among Gulf allies intensify. Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership ...
This is Beirut, 2025-12-30 10:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The leader of Yemen's presidential council declared a state of emergency and cancelled a security pact with the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday after Abu Dhabi-backed separatists seized swathes of territory. "The Joint Defence Agreement with the United Arab Emirates is hereby cancelled," a statement said, while a separate decree announced a ...
This is Beirut, 2025-12-25 10:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Yemen's Houthi rebels and its internationally recognised government said they agreed on Wednesday to recover and exchange bodies as part of a major prisoner swap, sparking hope for families of those missing in the war. A day earlier, the warring sides had agreed to a prisoner swap of nearly 3,000 people -- the largest such exchange in 11 years of ...
This is Beirut, 2025-12-23 13:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels and its internationally-recognised government have agreed to a prisoner swap that includes nearly 3,000 people in total, including seven Saudis, officials from both sides said Tuesday. The deal came after nearly a fortnight of discussions between Yemeni officials from both sides in Muscat, the capital of ...
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Several Yemenis working for the United Nations in the rebel-held capital Sanaa have been detained on accusations of spying for Israel, a Houthi security official told AFP Friday, in the latest arrests targeting the world body's staff. Earlier this week, 20 UN staff, including 15 foreigners, were released after being held in their compound since a ...
This is Beirut, 2025-10-22 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Twelve international United Nations employees who had been held by Yemen's Huthis inside their compound flew out of the rebel-held capital on Wednesday, the UN said. The Iran-backed Huthis raided the UN compound in the capital Sanaa last weekend, holding 20 staff including 15 foreigners. Five Yemeni nationals were released on Sunday. The rebels ...
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The military chief of Yemen's Houthi rebels has been killed in an Israeli attack, the Iran-backed group said on Thursday, threatening revenge. Major General Mohammed al-Ghamari died in "honourable battle against the Israeli enemy", a military statement said, without giving further details. His death was announced days into a ...
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Israeli air strikes on Yemen's capital Sanaa killed at least eight people and wounded 142 others on Thursday, the Houthis said, a day after a drone attack hit an Israeli resort. Israeli forces struck several Houthi-linked targets in the capital, Israeli officials said, warning of more attacks to come. AFP correspondents in Sanaa heard ...
This is Beirut, 2025-09-11 09:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's army said it had intercepted a missile on Thursday fired from Yemen, a day after Israeli forces carried out air strikes there that killed 35 people and wounded more than 130. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the missile attack on Israel. But the Iran-backed Houthi have repeatedly launched missiles and drones at Israel ...
This is Beirut, 2025-09-06 14:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Yemen’s Interior Ministry announced on Saturday that it had arrested a group of Lebanese and Syrian nationals in Aden who were preparing to move into Houthi-controlled areas to oversee the establishment of a new factory for producing narcotic pills. In a statement, the ministry said security forces in the temporary capital, Aden, apprehended ...