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Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The United Arab Emirates said early Saturday it had withdrawn all its troops from Yemen after …

The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that it was pulling out its remaining forces in Yemen after Saudi Arabia backed a call for the U.A.E. forces to leave the country within 24 hours, in a major crisis between the two Gulf powers and oil producers. The move followed a …

The Iran-backed Houthis said Saturday an Israeli airstrike killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. Ahmed al-Rahawi died Thursday along with a number of ministers, the rebel group said in a statement. The Israeli military said it “precisely struck a Houthi terrorist regime military target in …

The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels said Israeli airstrikes hit multiple areas across Yemen’s capital on Sunday. According to the Houthi-run Health Ministry, at least two people were killed and 35 were wounded. The rebels’ Al-Masirah satellite television reported a strike on an oil company; video on social media showed a fireball …

U.S. President Donald Trump stands behind Pete Hegseth, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said Monday, after reports the defence secretary shared details of a March attack on Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis in a message group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer. “The president absolutely has confidence in Secretary Hegseth. I spoke …

U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details of a March attack on Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis in a message group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday. The revelations of a second Signal chat raise more questions about Hegseth’s use …

The Atlantic magazine on Wednesday released the entire text chat involving senior U.S. national security officials about recent strikes against Yemen’s Houthis, a top-secret conversation that had accidentally included the magazine’s editor-in-chief. The full-length disclosure follows two intense days during which senior members of the U.S. intelligence and defence agencies have struggled to …

The United States and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are both vowing escalation after the U.S. launched airstrikes to deter the rebels from attacking military and commercial vessels on one of the world’s busiest shipping corridors. The Houthi-run Health Ministry said the overnight U.S. strikes killed at least 53 people, …

Yemen’s Houthi spokesperson, Mohammed Abdulsalam, said the country would continue to defend itself after several U.S. strikes targeted facilities in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday. The U.S. military said it carried out strikes against Houthi targets in Sanaa and coastal locations in Yemen on Monday and Tuesday. “On Dec. 30 …

Israel launched strikes against ports and energy infrastructure in Houthi-held parts of Yemen early on Thursday and threatened more attacks against the Iran-aligned militant group, which has launched hundreds of missiles at Israel over the past year. As Israeli jets were in the air, the Israeli military said it intercepted …