October 16, 2016
4:42 am

The USS Mason in the Atlantic on January 14, 2011. (US Navy/Anna Wade)

Missiles fired at US warships in Red Sea, no casualties

Third attack in a week from territory held by Iran-backed Houthi rebels draws US closer to ongoing civil war in Yemen

By AFP

October 16, 2016
2:40 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry, top center, arrives on October 15, 2016 in Lausanne, Switzerland to meet with his Russian counterpart in a bid to ease the bloodshed in Syria. (AFP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini)

Kerry says Yemen’s Houthis have released 2 American citizens

Deal struck with Iran-backed rebels includes airlift to Oman of victims of Saudi bombing campaign

By Bradley Klapper

October 13, 2016
2:53 pm

A Yemeni collects items amidst the rubble of a destroyed building following reported airstrikes by Saudi-led coalition air-planes on the capital Sanaa on October 8, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS)

Rights group accuses Saudi-led coalition of war crimes in Yemen

After bombing of Sanaa funeral, Human Rights Watch urges US, UK to halt arms sales to kingdom; seeks international investigation

By MAGGIE MICHAEL

October 10, 2016
10:24 am

Missiles from rebel-held Yemen area land near US destroyer

Navy official says unclear if USS Mason intentionally targeted by Shiite militants; no American sailors injured or damage reported

By AP

October 9, 2016
10:15 am

Yemenis attend the funeral of members of the same family on October 8, 2016 a day after they were killed in a reported airstrike by Saudi-led coalition air-planes that hit their house in Bajil in the western province of Houdieda. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)

Saudi-led coalition to probe Yemen airstrike that killed 140

After US says it is reviewing support for air campaign, Riyadh announces investigation into deadly raid on funeral

By Ahmed al-Haj

October 9, 2016
2:28 am

A picture taken on October 8, 2016 shows Yemenis and rescue teams gather at the site of reported airstrikes by Saudi-led coalition air-planes in the capital Sanaa. (AFP/Mohammed Huwais)

More than 140 killed in airstrikes on Yemen funeral

Aid workers ‘shocked and outraged’ by attacks that hit mourners in a community hall in the capital Sanaa, UN official says

By AFP

October 8, 2016
8:35 pm

Saudi-led coalition airstrike hits Yemen funeral, kills 82

First responders describe scene of latest aerial attack on Shiite Houthi rebels in Sana’a as ‘lake of blood’

By AP

September 22, 2016
1:03 am

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 15, 2016. (AP/Susan Walsh, File)

Senate backs $1 billion weapons sale to Saudi Arabia

Opponents concerned over how the arms might be used, particularly in Yemen’s civil war

By Richard Lardner

August 29, 2016
1:34 pm

Smoke billows as supporters of exiled Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi clash with Shiite Houthi rebels near the International airport in the port city of Aden, on May 2, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/SALEH AL-OBEIDI)

IS claims bombing against Yemen recruits that killed 60

After initial uncertainty as to the culprits, Islamic State says it carried out suicide attack that left dozens killed, injured

By AFP

August 29, 2016
11:38 am

Flames and smoke billow from the site of an explosion that hit an arms depot in the Yemenite city of Aden on March 28, 2015. (AFP/SALEH AL-OBEIDI)

Suicide bombing kills 60 at Yemen army camp

No group takes responsibility for car bomb at basic training center in Aden that also injured dozens

By AFP

August 26, 2016
11:43 am

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif smiles during a meeting with Finland's Foreign Minister Timo Soini in Helsinki on Tuesday May 31, 2016. (Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva via AP)

Iran denies it delivered missiles to Yemen rebels

Foreign minister says comments by Kerry ‘completely baseless,’ insists military power ‘merely for defense purposes’

By AFP

August 25, 2016
9:20 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the press following a meeting on August 25, 2016 in the Saudi capital Jeddah with Gulf officials, a British minister and the UN peace envoy to Yemen. (AFP PHOTO/STR)

Kerry announces new Yemen peace initiative

In Saudi Arabia, secretary of state decries Iranian involvement in the civil war as a ‘threat to the US’

By AFP

August 25, 2016
5:45 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) is greeted upon his arrival at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, on August 24, 2016. AFP / STRINGER / Saudi Arabia

Kerry meets key Mideast allies before Syria parley with Lavrov

In Saudi Arabia, agenda includes push for Yemen peace, exploring ways to strengthen Libya government against IS

By IAN TIMBERLAKE

August 15, 2016
11:56 am

Mourners carry the body of Youssef al-Salmi, 10, who was killed when a bomb exploded while he was playing with it near his family's house in Hasn Faj Attan village, in the mountainous outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, July, 24, 2016. (AP/Hani Mohammed)

Unexploded bombs extend Yemen war’s deadly toll

Villagers caught in the crossfire are plagued by scattered munitions as Saudi-led coalition strikes Shiite Houthi rebels

By Ahmed al-Haj

August 14, 2016
12:45 am

A Yemeni child stands outside the family house which was destroyed several months ago in an air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition at a slum in the capital Sanaa, on March 12, 2016. (AFP/Mohammed Huwais)

Airstrike on Yemen school kills 10 children, wounds dozens

Saudi-led coalition’s raid in Saada, in the rebel Houthis’ northern heartland, follows faltering of peace talks

By AP

Topic: Yemen civil war

Missiles fired at US warships in Red Sea, no casualties

Third attack in a week from territory held by Iran-backed Houthi rebels draws US closer to ongoing civil war in Yemen

Kerry says Yemen’s Houthis have released 2 American citizens

Deal struck with Iran-backed rebels includes airlift to Oman of victims of Saudi bombing campaign

Rights group accuses Saudi-led coalition of war crimes in Yemen

After bombing of Sanaa funeral, Human Rights Watch urges US, UK to halt arms sales to kingdom; seeks international investigation

Missiles from rebel-held Yemen area land near US destroyer

Navy official says unclear if USS Mason intentionally targeted by Shiite militants; no American sailors injured or damage reported

Saudi-led coalition to probe Yemen airstrike that killed 140

After US says it is reviewing support for air campaign, Riyadh announces investigation into deadly raid on funeral

More than 140 killed in airstrikes on Yemen funeral

Aid workers ‘shocked and outraged’ by attacks that hit mourners in a community hall in the capital Sanaa, UN official says

Saudi-led coalition airstrike hits Yemen funeral, kills 82

First responders describe scene of latest aerial attack on Shiite Houthi rebels in Sana’a as ‘lake of blood’

Senate backs $1 billion weapons sale to Saudi Arabia

Opponents concerned over how the arms might be used, particularly in Yemen’s civil war

IS claims bombing against Yemen recruits that killed 60

After initial uncertainty as to the culprits, Islamic State says it carried out suicide attack that left dozens killed, injured

Suicide bombing kills 60 at Yemen army camp

No group takes responsibility for car bomb at basic training center in Aden that also injured dozens

Iran denies it delivered missiles to Yemen rebels

Foreign minister says comments by Kerry ‘completely baseless,’ insists military power ‘merely for defense purposes’

Kerry announces new Yemen peace initiative

In Saudi Arabia, secretary of state decries Iranian involvement in the civil war as a ‘threat to the US’

Kerry meets key Mideast allies before Syria parley with Lavrov

In Saudi Arabia, agenda includes push for Yemen peace, exploring ways to strengthen Libya government against IS

Unexploded bombs extend Yemen war’s deadly toll

Villagers caught in the crossfire are plagued by scattered munitions as Saudi-led coalition strikes Shiite Houthi rebels

Airstrike on Yemen school kills 10 children, wounds dozens

Saudi-led coalition’s raid in Saada, in the rebel Houthis’ northern heartland, follows faltering of peace talks

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