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By Idris Okuduci BEIRUT (AA): Saudi Arabia on Friday recalled its ambassador to Lebanon for consultations and asked the Lebanese ambassador to leave the kingdom within 48 hours, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Saudi Arabia also banned all imports from Lebanon until further notice after Lebanese Information Minister George Kurdahi criticized the Saudi-led war […]

1st Mar 2021

Yemen Houthis claim drone attacks on ‘sensitive sites’ Saudi Arabia

By Muhammad Al-Samei and Aziz Al-Ahmadi SANA’A, Yemen (AA): Yemen’s Ansar Allah [Houthi] movement on Sunday claimed to have carried out missile and drone attacks on “sensitive sites” in Saudi Arabia. Rebel spokesman Yahya Saree described the attacks as “massive”, saying that six drone attacks targeted military sites in Abha and Khamis Mushait in […]

31st Dec 2020

Yemen: Death toll from Aden airport blasts rises to 22

By Halime Afra Aksoy, Laith Al-jnaidi, Safiye Karabacak and Zehra Nur Duz ADEN, Yemen/ISTANBUL/ANKARA (AA): At least 22 people were killed in three explosions that rocked the airport in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Wednesday soon after the newly formed government members arrived in the temporary capital. At least 50 others were […]

16th Jul 2020

Yemen: 9 civilians killed in Saudi-led airstrike

By Aziz al-Ahmadi SANA’A (AA): Yemen’s Houthi group said Wednesday nine civilians were killed and seven others injured in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in the northern al-Jawf province. The group’s website, citing a security source, said two women were among the victims, while five children were injured in the attack. The source said the […]

9th Apr 2020

Saudi Arabia announces Yemen cease-fire amid pandemic

By Ali Semerci ISTANBUL (AA): Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces declared Wednesday a two-week long cease-fire in Yemen starting from Thursday amid coronavirus outbreak, according to local media. The unilateral cease-fire could be extended, the official SPA news agency quoted coalition spokesman Col. Turki al-Maliki as saying. Al-Maliki said the move supports Yemeni Government’s decision […]

16th Feb 2020

Yemen: UN says 31 civilians incl children killed in Saudi-led airstrikes

By Mohamed al-Samei SANA’A (AA): UN said Saturday 31 were killed, including women and children, in Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in northern Yemen. “Preliminary field reports indicate that on 15 February as many as 31 civilians were killed and 12 others injured in strikes that hit Al-Hayjah area… in Al-Jawf governorate,” said a statement from […]

21st Sep 2019

Yemen: Houthis propose truce with Saudi Arabia

By Murad al-Urayfi (AA): Yemen’s Houthi rebel group announced Friday that they had halted attacks on Saudi Arabia and called on Riyadh to make a similar move. “We announce the cessation of targeting the territory of Saudi Arabia with unmanned aerial vehicles and ballistic missiles, and we expect the same from Saudi Arabia,” Mahdi […]

15th Sep 2019

Saudi Arabia oil facilities set on fire by Houhti drone attacks

By Hussein Mahmoud Ragab Elkabany and Ali Semerci AA: On Saturday, the official Saudi Press Agency reported the blazes at the Abqaiq and Khurais facilities. Abqaiq is home to the state-owned, Saudi Aramco’s largest oil processing plant. Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday took responsibility for the attacks, saying 10 drones targeted state-owned Saudi Aramco oil […]

2nd Sep 2019

Yemen: 100 killed in Saudi-led raid on prison

SANA’A, Yemen (AA): At least 100 people were killed and scores injured in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a prison in southwestern Yemen, International Red Cross said Sunday. At least 40 survivors were being treated for their injuries in hospitals in the city, south of the capital, Sana’a. Earlier, the Houthi-run Health Ministry said 50 bodies […]

8th Aug 2019

Yemen: 335 Yemeni children killed, 600 injured in past year in attacks

By Ali Oweida SANA’A (AA):- A total of 335 Yemeni children have been killed in Yemen in the past year, Oxfam said Wednesday. The international humanitarian group said the “children have been killed by violent attacks including airstrikes, mines and shelling since 9 August 2018,” and that almost 600 have been injured during that […]

2nd Aug 2019

Yemen: Death toll rises to 49 in attacks in Aden

By Leila Thabti and Mehmet Nuri Ucar ADEN, Yemen (AA): Yemen’s Interior Ministry said Thursday that at least 49 people have lost their lives in attacks in the temporary capital of Aden. Meanwhile, Saudi-led coalition air attacks on July 29, on Al-Thaabet market in Qataber area in Saada killed 14 including four children. The […]

17th May 2019

Yemen: Saudi-led airstrikes kill 8, injure 50

By Hacer Baser SANA’A (AA): The Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces on Thursday carried out airstrikes, killing eight people, including 4 children and injuring 50 others when missiles struck a home near Rabat Street in Yemen’s capital Sana’a. In a Twitter post, Doctors without Borders said the wounded were rushed to hospitals after the […]

15th Oct 2018

Yemen: Saudi-led attacks kill 17 civilians in Hudaydah

By Mohamed al-Samei SANA’A (AA): At least 17 civilians were killed and 20 others injured in Saudi-led coalition attacks on minibuses in Yemen’s western strategic Hudaydah [Hodeidah] province, according to the United Nations on Sunday. “This is a horrific incident,” Lise Grande, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, said in a statement. “The United […]

27th Jun 2018

Yemen: 9 civilians killed in Saudi coalition airstrike

By Murat al-Arifi and Ali Oweida SANA’A (AA): At least nine civilians were “mistakenly” killed on Tuesday and another 11 wounded in an air raid by the Saudi-led coalition in western Yemen’s Hudaydah province, a local military source said. The coalition’s fighter jets struck a bus carrying displaced people near a checkpoint for Yemen’s […]

13th Feb 2018

UN warns of escalating violence in Yemen

By Fatih Erel GENEVA (AA): The UN human rights chief on Monday warned about the escalating violence and the increasing civilian casualties in Yemen, where nearly 6,000 civilians have been killed in the three-year conflict. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said in a statement on Monday that the conflict […]

29th Jan 2018

Yemen: UAE backed southern rebels capture Govt HQ in Aden, killing 20 people

By Fouad Mussad ADEN (AA): Yemen’s southern separatists, who are supported by the UAE, have reportedly captured the seat of the government in the coastal city of Aden after clashes with government forces amid reports of casualties. Twenty people have been killed and dozens injured. Forces loyal to the Southern Transitional Council (STC), who […]

2nd Nov 2017

Yemen Saudi raid kills 26 civilians in Saada

By Mohamed al-Samei SANA’A (AA) A Saudi-led coalition airstrike has killed 26 people in Yemen’s northern Saada province, the Ansar Allah [Houthi] group, medics and a Reuters witness claimed Wednesday. The Houthi-run Saba news agency, citing a security source, said the raid targeted a small hotel in a marketplace in Sahar district in the province. […]

27th Jul 2017

Saudi soldier killed near Yemen border

By Zakaria al-Kamali SANA’A (AA): Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday the death of one of its soldiers in clashes with Houthi [Ansar Allah] rebels near its southern border with Yemen. “The dead soldier belonged to ground forces as he was killed at the southern border of Jazan, which has seen battles with Houthis for more […]

11th Feb 2017

Yemen: Houthis manufacturing drones, long range missiles

By Zakaria al-Kamaali SANA’A, Yemen (AA): The leader of Yemen’s Houthi group said Friday that it had begun manufacturing unmanned aerial drones and surface-to-air missiles (SAMs). In a statement broadcast by Yemen’s Houthi-run Al-Maseera television channel, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said the group was now “manufacturing artillery shells and air defenses”. These, he said, included surface-to-air […]

31st Jan 2017

Yemen: Houthi rebels attack Saudi warship off Yemen

By Zakaria al-Kamali SANA’A (AA): Two sailors were killed Monday in alleged suicide attack by Yemen’s Houth [Ansar Allah] rebels on a Saudi frigate in the Red Sea, the Saudi-led coalition said. A frigate on patrol came under attack from alleged three suicide boats belonging to the Houthis west of Hodeidah port, the coalition […]

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