Insurers are set to raise the cost of providing cover for merchant ships through the Red Sea after a series of incidents that have hit vessels around Saudi Arabian waters, industry sources said. The possibility of more attacks on commercial shipping carrying oil and commodities through these waterways is growing …
Read More »Houthis launch latest missile attack against Saudi-coalition
The Saudi-led Arab coalition announced that the terrorist Iran-backed Houthi militias fired on Tuesday morning two ballistic missiles from Yemenâs Sanaa province. Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki said Tuesday the Houthis launched the missiles from residential areas. One rocket crashed 121 kilometers away, in the Amran province, and the second, …
Read More »Saudis and Yemenites join hands to beautify Yemeni capital
The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) launched a program late March aimed at beautification, environmental sanitation and cleaning of the Yemini city of Aden. The 3-month initiative, called âBeautiful Adenâ, will be carried out in cooperation with the Cleaning and Improvement Fund in Aden (CIFA). By Emad …
Read More »Saudis avert attack on oil tanker off Yemen coast
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said it had foiled an attack on an oil tanker off Yemenâs coast on the Arabian Sea, the Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Wednesday. The tanker was sailing 90 nautical miles south of Yemenâs Nishtun port toward the Gulf of Aden when …
Read More »Yemen PM ‘holed up’ as Aden palace surrounded
Southern Yemeni separatists have surrounded the presidential palace in the city of Aden following clashes with previously allied government forces. Prime Minister Ahmed bin Daghar and members of his cabinet were believed to be holed up inside the compound. The separatists – who had been backing the government in its …
Read More »War pushes Yemen to partition, thwarting peace efforts
By Noah Browning for REUTERS| DUBAI | Yemen has endured thousands of air strikes and the deaths of more than 10,000 people in a 19-month war that has also unleashed hunger on the desperately poor country – but its biggest challenge may be yet to come. The conflict has led …
Read More »UAE Announces âWar Is Overâ in Yemen as Talks Falter
The Levant News — The United Arab Emirates announced that, in its view, the war in Yemen is winding down, possibly signaling a drawdown for its participation in operations in the Saudi-led intervention. The UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash, said in remarks released yesterday that the …
Read More »Children in Yemen bear brunt of brutal war: UNICEF
THE LEVANT NEWS — Hundreds of thousands of children in Yemen face life-threatening malnutrition and millions lack access to health care or clean water due to the year-old war there, the U.N. Children’s Fund said on Tuesday. A UNICEF report also said all sides in the war had “exponentially increased” …
Read More »ISIS claims attacks on Yemeni Aden gvmnt.
The Levant News —Â ADEN, Yemen: ISIS claimed responsibility for a series of deadly attacks on the Yemeni government in Aden as well as Gulf Arab troops on Tuesday, it said in a statement released on twitter. “In a blessed operation facilitated by God, four martyrdom operations targeted a gathering of …
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