Yemen: Houthi rebels unilaterally release 153 war detainees

Yemen’s Houthi rebels unilaterally freed 153 war detainees Saturday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said, one of several overtures in recent days to ease tensions after the ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. Previous prisoner Read More …

Yemen: Annual Mine Action Update 2024

During 2024, the United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) has recorded 61 landmine and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) related incidents in Hudaydah Governorate. A total of 41 civilians were killed and another 52 were injured. 40 Read More …

Israel, US, UK launch coordinated airstrikes on Houthi stronghold in Yemen

The Israel Air Force, together with the United States and Britain, conducted the largest coordinated airstrikes of the war against the Houthis in Yemen on Friday, targeting a power station and two ports used by the Iran-backed group. For Israel, Read More …

Yemen: Israel strikes Sanaa airport, Hodeidah power plant

Israel’s military says it struck multiple targets linked to the Houthi rebels in Yemen, including Sanaa International Airport and three ports along the western coast. The attacks carried out on Thursday hit Yemen’s Hezyaz and Ras Kanatib power stations as Read More …

US-British airstrike targets Yemen’s Al-Tuhayta in Hodeida

Yemeni media report that a joint American-British airstrike has hit the Al-Tuhayta district in southern Hodeida governorate, located along the Red Sea in western Yemen. The latest airstrike on Yemen’s Al-Tuhayta district follows a month of intensive US-UK raids targeting Read More …

Houthis attacked US Navy ships and US merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden

US Navy destroyers responded to a range of Houthi-launched weapons while transiting the Gulf of Aden as they escorted merchant vessels, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement on Sunday. According to CENTCOM USS Stockdale (DDG 106) and Read More …

Houthis launch missile, drone attacks on US warships off Yemen’s coast

US warships came under sustained missile and drone attack from Houthi fighters as they sailed off the coast of Yemen, the Pentagon has confirmed, with the armed group claiming it attacked the US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and two US Read More …

UK, US carry out air strikes on Yemen, including Sanaa

The United States and the United Kingdom have launched air strikes in Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa, a television station run by the Houthi rebel group has reported, with the Pentagon saying it targeted advanced weapons storage facilities in the Read More …

Yemen: IDF hits Houthis with most powerful strike of war

Israel’s military says it has launched a series of air raids on Houthi targets in Yemen, further heightening fears of a wider regional conflict in the wake of intensified Israeli attacks on Gaza and Lebanon. In a statement on Sunday, Read More …

Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they downed another US-made MQ-9 Reaper drone

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed Monday that they shot down another American-made MQ-9 Reaper drone, with video circulating online showing what appeared to be a surface-to-air missile strike and flaming wreckage strewn across the ground. The U.S. military did not immediately Read More …

Yemen’s Houthis fire missile at central Israel

Yemen’s Houthis fired at least one ballistic missile, possibly more, on the Tel Aviv and central Israel areas, IDF sources said on Sunday. Nine people were lightly wounded while running to safe rooms following the sirens, Magen David Adom reported, Read More …

“The Largest Landmine Field” and its Youngest Victims: Harrowing Tales of Suffering in Yemen

Seventeen-year-old Yemeni Muhanad Mubarak Al-Aqili lost his life after a stray shrapnel from a landmine explosion settled in his abdomen. Muhanad was returning home from school in Harib district when the incident occurred last year. In January 2024 alone, 17 Read More …

Yemen: Suicide bomber kills 16 soldiers in Abyan province

A suicide bomber has killed 16 Yemeni pro-government soldiers and wounded 18 others in a military post in the southern province of Abyan, local authorities have said. The attacker “drove a booby-trapped car into a site for the security forces” Read More …

Yemen: YEMAC warns citizens not to approach cluster bombs swept away by floods in Hodeida​

The Executive Center for Mine Action renewed its warning to citizens in Hodeida governorate and the rest of the governorates, against approaching mines, cluster bombs, and remnants of aggression that were swept away by the floods to separate areas. The Read More …

Yemen’s Houthis claim first attack on container ship in two weeks

Yemen’s Houthi armed group says it has targeted a Liberian-flagged container ship in the Gulf of Aden, claiming its first attack on shipping since Israel carried out an air strike in the port city of Hodeidah on July 20. Houthi Read More …

Yemen: Houthis say they attacked MSC SARAH V vessel with ‘newly deployed ballistic missile’

Yemen’s Houthi group said Tuesday that it targeted an Israeli ship in the Arabian Sea with a new ballistic missile. In a recorded briefing, the group’s military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said its forces targeted the MSC SARAH V vessel, “resulting Read More …

Yemen: Suspected Houthi attack targets vessel in waters further away than many previous assaults

A possible attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Monday targeted a ship further away from nearly all of the previous assaults they’ve launched in the Gulf of Aden, officials said, potentially part of a widening escalation by the group. The Read More …

Yemen: One sailor injured, merchant ship on fire after Houthi missile attack

Two cruise missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have struck a bulk cargo carrier in the Gulf of Aden, severely injuring one of the crew. The M/V Verbena, a Palauan-flagged, Ukrainian-owned, and Polish-operated ship, “reported damage and subsequent fires on Read More …

Yemen’s Houthi rebels launch boat-borne bomb attack against Greek-owned ship in Red Sea

Yemen’s military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree claimed responsibility for the attack, identifying the vessel targeted as the Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned bulk carrier Tutor. He described the attack as using a “drone boat,” as well as drones and ballistic missiles. In Read More …

Yemen: Projectiles strike ships off city of Aden

Projectiles struck two cargo ships off the coast of Yemen on Saturday night without causing any casualties, maritime security agencies said. An Antigua and Barbuda-flagged cargo ship caught fire after being hit by a missile off Yemen on Saturday night, Read More …