CAIRO — Saudi Arabia accused Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels of trying to attack Islam’s holiest city, as the region responded with condemnation Wednesday but no sign of military support. The kingdom, a key U.S.
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Iran-backed Houthi fighters now control Yemen’s entire Red Sea coast as U.S. officials say projectiles struck pump stations along the Saudi pipeline system that bypasses the Strait […]
Gulf states called off Monday's planned meeting with Iran on reopening the Strait of Hormuz the same day Yemen's Houthis fired dozens of missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia's King Khalid airbase in Khamis Mushait, calling it retaliation for more than 300 Saudi airstrikes on Yemen in five days.
Three civilians were martyred in Saudi airstrikes on Dhubab, Maqbanah, as the Yemen conflict intensified with continued strikes targeting Taiz, Mocha and Bab al-Mandab, and Houthi forces launching missiles and drones at sites including King Khalid Air Base.
Yemen's Houthi rebels seized more islands in the strategically crucial Bab al-Mandab Strait and now control the west coast of the country. This comes as a crucial pipeline in Saudi Arabia will be out of commission for weeks. Ali Rogin discussed the latest with Michael Ratney, the U.S.
By Timour Azhari RIYADH, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis launched a new wave of attacks on Saudi Arabia and were digging into positions on the western coast of Yemen along the Red Sea, Yemeni officials said, as urgent deliberations took place in Riyadh over how to respond to their l…
A series of attacks carried out by Yemen's Houthis using ballistic missiles and drones wounded 13 civilians in southern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. Meanwhile the US Defence Department's inspector general revealed that the United States is facing a shortfall in ammunition as a result of its costly war i…
Saudi Arabia vowed Tuesday to respond "firmly" to attacks by Yemen's Houthis, after the Iran-backed fighters wounded 13 people in the kingdom in an assault using ballistic missiles and drones.
TAIZ, Yemen/DUBAI — Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis launched a new attack on Saudi Arabia on Monday and Gulf Arab states postponed planned talks with Iran, raising concerns the Middle East conflict could spread further and threaten global oil supplies.
Saudi Arabia activated emergency alerts in the holy city of Mecca for the first time since Yemen's Houthi group intensified its drone and missile attacks on the kingdom.
Saudi Arabia faces growing security and economic problems as it seeks to balance deterrence and diplomacy amid an escalating conflict with the Iran-backed Houthis in neighboring Yemen.
Saudi Arabia faces growing security and economic problems as it seeks to balance deterrence and diplomacy during its escalating conflict with the Iran-backed Houthis in neighboring Yemen.
The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen continued attacking targets in Saudi Arabia on Monday, prompting Saudi authorities to issue civil defense alerts in several southern cities — including, for the first time, the Muslim holy city of Mecca.
ADEN, Yemen (AP) — The escalation — especially Houthi attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure and its shipping in the Red Sea — adds pressure on global oil supplies and prices, and that could give Iran leverage in its war with the United States.
Estimated 100,000 Yemenis displaced amid renewed fighting as Qatar sounds alarm over Bab al-Mandab strait Saudi cities faced the threat of a second day of Houthi attacks as fighting across Yemen led the UN to warn of a humanitarian crisis with 100,000 Yemenis already displaced.
Despite the official Iranian view reiterated last week that it “does not control the Houthis [in Yemen]”, it was senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders in Tehran who ordered the 8 September attacks on Saudi Arabia, while several IRGC officers and men on the ground in Yemen co-ord…
As Iran-backed Houthis broaden attacks on Saudi Arabia, Tehran's delicate calculation is exploiting the current conflict without being dragged into an escalation of its own making.
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