Sanaa, July 13 (IANS) An Iranian passenger plane carrying a senior Houthi delegation landed Monday in Houthi-controlled Hodeidah in western Yemen, after airstrikes claimed by the Yemeni Armed Forces hit Sanaa International Airport to prevent the plane from landing.The Mahan Air aircraft landed in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah after it was prevented from landing in the Houthi-held capital, a military commander with the Houthi group said.”Saudi warplanes also launched airstrikes on Hodeidah ai…
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Aden, July 5 (IANS) The death toll from a Houthi attack on Yemeni government forces in the Red Sea province of Hodeidah has risen to 14, with several others wounded after fierce clashes on the Hays frontline, military and medical officials said on Sunday.The Houthi assault targeted two barracks of the 2nd Zaraniq Brigade on the Hays frontline in the southern part of Hodeidah province on Saturday, where fierce fighting erupted between the two sides, a military official told Xinhua news agency on …
Aden (Yemen), June 23 (IANS) Fierce clashes erupted Tuesday between Houthi militants and troops affiliated with the pro-secession Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC) in the southern province of Al-Dhalea.The fighting began after Houthi militants launched coordinated attacks on STC positions in the Battar and Tabat Othman areas northwest of Al-Dhalea, prompting STC troops to respond with medium and heavy weapons, a military official told Xinhua news agency on condition of anonymity.The at…
Sanaa, June 11 (IANS) A powerful explosion rocked a military camp belonging to pro-government forces in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden early Thursday, killing 12 soldiers and injuring several others.A security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the blast occurred at a camp operated by the pro-government Giants Brigades in the Al-Mimdarah area of Aden and was heard across much of the city, Xinhua news agency reported, citing local sources.Preliminary information indicates that…
Sanaa, June 8 (IANS) Yemen’s Houthi group said on Monday that it had launched a barrage of missiles targeting what it described as sensitive Israeli sites in the Jaffa area and announced a complete ban on Israeli-linked maritime navigation in the Red Sea. In a televised statement, Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said the group’s forces carried out a missile attack against targets in Jaffa, claiming the operation achieved its objectives, reports Xinhua news agency.Sarea also announced a …
Aden, May 28 (IANS) Former Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, whose presidency was closely tied to Yemen’s prolonged civil war and fragile political transition, died on Thursday at the age of 80, according to Yemeni state television and a source close to his family.Yemen TV, the Yemeni state-run broadcaster operating from Saudi Arabia, reported that Hadi passed away in Riyadh.A family source confirmed to Xinhua that he died “this morning in a hospital in Riyadh after experiencing a sudden …
Sanaa, April 5 (IANS) Yemen’s Houthi group has said that it had carried out a joint military operation targeting Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, along with other key military sites, using a ballistic missile and multiple drones. In a statement broadcast by the group’s al-Masirah television on Saturday (Local time), Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said the operation was conducted with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Iranian army, and Hezbollah in Lebanon, adding that the mission …
Aden, Jan 3 (IANS) Chief of Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC) Aidarous Al-Zubaidi announced here on Friday the launch of a two-year transitional period during which the council will administer the southern parts of the country, to be followed by a referendum on the independence of the south.In a televised speech delivered via the STC-affiliated AIC channel, Al-Zubaidi said the move was based on what he called a popular mandate and recent security and administrative developments in the …
Aden (Yemen), Dec 25 (IANS) Yemen’s internationally recognised government and the Houthi group have signed an agreement to recover and exchange thousands of bodies from both sides of the conflict, said officials from the two warring parties.Abdul Qader al-Murtada, head of the Houthis’ prisoner affairs committee, said on social media platform X on Wednesday (local time) that the deal covers bodies from all frontlines and regions in Yemen, and that joint field committees will be formed for impleme…