Yemen: 1,000 Houthi fighters killed last month, government says
The Yemen war erupted in late 2014 when the Iran-backed Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and much of the country’s north.
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Some facts about the war in Yemen
The Yemen war began in 2014 when the Houthi movement took advantage of the weakness of the new Yemeni president and took control of the northern Saada governorate and surrounding areas. Then they took control of the capital, Sanaa, which forced the new Yemeni president to flee abroad. Who are the ...
Will UAE, Bahrain normalization with Israel affect the war in Yemen?
The normalization agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain with Israel may not be sufficient to push Iran to rearrange its priorities in the region, but it provides an inevitable push to build the capabilities of the Arab Gulf armies in the face of the growing Iranian threat. In 2014, ...
Houthis violated children’s rights almost 66,000 times in 4 years
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Iran fuels humanitarian crisis in Yemen, says Yemeni Foreign Minister Mohammed Al-Hadrami.
“Iran has caused great harm to Yemen and the region, as it uses the wealth of its people to arm and finance a militia outside its territory to blatantly interfere in the internal affairs of Arab countries,” the Yemeni minister said, adding that his government has sought a peaceful solution to ...
Yemenis fear decaying oil tanker could cause major disaster
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