Houthi Rebels

• U.S., Houthi rebels vow escalation after Yemen airstrikes

  The Houthi-run Health Ministry said the overnight U.S. strikes killed at least 53 people, including five women and two children, and wounded almost 100.

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  Mar 16
  
• Ship hit by Yemen’s Houthi rebels sinks in Red Sea, first to be lost in conflict

  The Belize-flagged Rubymar had been drifting northward after being struck by a Houthi anti-ship ballistic missile on Feb. 18.

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  Mar 2, 2024
  
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• Yemen’s Houthi rebels attack key energy sites in Saudi Arabia

  The attacks did not cause casualties, the Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen said, but damaged nearby civilian vehicles and homes.

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  Mar 20, 2022
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• Yemen: At least 82 detainees killed in airstrike on Houthi-run prison

  The airstrike in northern Saada province Friday was part of an intense air and ground offensive that marked an escalation in Yemen's yearslong civil war.

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  Jan 22, 2022
• UN Yemen envoy makes 1st visit to Iran to push for peace

  The trip comes just days after President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. will end its support, including some arms sales, of the Saudi-led coalition's war against the Houthis.

  Politics

  Feb 7, 2021
• Yemeni government, separatists agree to ceasefire: Saudi officials

  The agreement aims to close the rift between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, nominal allies in a war against Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

  Jun 22, 2020
• Saudi-led coalition in Yemen denies air strike killed civilians

  The Houthi health minister had said 13 civilians, including four children, were killed in Monday's air strike in Saada province,

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  Jun 17, 2020
• Saudi Arabia announces ceasefire in Yemen amid COVID-19 pandemic

  In a statement carried by Saudi Arabia’s official state news agency, a Saudi military spokesman said that the ceasefire would last two weeks and that it comes in response to U.N. calls to halt hostilities amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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  Apr 8, 2020
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• More than 30 civilians killed by Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen, UN says

  The attack came hours after Yemeni rebels, known as Houthis, said they shot down a warplane of the Saudi-led coalition over the province of Jawf.

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  Feb 15, 2020
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• Yemeni president condemns rebel attack on military camp as death toll rises to 79

  Ballistic missiles smashed into a mosque in the training camp in the central province of Marib late Saturday, wounding 81 others during evening prayers.

  Politics

  Jan 19, 2020