yemen
21 Jan
The Houthi rebels are already winners in the current Red Sea confrontation, observers say. Thanks to US strikes, they have boosted their own legitimacy in Yemen and further afield. Even critics have praised them.
19 Jan
The US says it has seized a shipment of Iranian weapons bound for Houthi rebels in Yemen. They include warheads for medium-range ballistic missiles and anti-cruise-missiles. Washington says the weapons are proof that Iran continues to deliver advanced military aid to the Houthis who use it to attack international ships in the Red Sea.
19 Jan
From Lebanon to Iraq and Syria, the ripple effects of the war between Israel and Hamas are being felt, but nowhere more so than Yemen. For months now, Houthi rebels there have been firing missiles at cargo ships in the Red Sea, prompting the US and UK to bomb targets inside Yemen this past weekend. FRANCE 24 spoke to Dr Elisabeth Kendall, a Yemen specialist at the University of Cambridge.
30 Dec
For tightrope-walking Saudi Arabia, the UN-brokered peace plan offers the much-desired exit option from the war in Yemen. But some have said the Houthis stand to gain in power.
21 Dec
The militant group based in northern Yemen are on one side of the country's long-running civil war. Now, they're threatening maritime traffic on the Red Sea. Who are the Houthis? And what do they want?
26 Nov
The hijacking of the Galaxy Leader cargo ship in the Red Sea is a further escalation by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in their support of Hamas. Yet it's unlikely the militia will be a severe threat to Israel.
25 Nov
The hijacking of the Galaxy Leader cargo ship in the Red Sea is a further escalation by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in their support of Hamas. Yet it's unlikely the militia will be a serious threat to Israel.
18 Nov
Floods, droughts and other extreme weather events have contributed to millions of children lacking access to basic water services, according to the latest report by UNICEF.
12 Nov
Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, there’s been concern about the conflict spilling over in the region and Muslim-majority countries. Viral videos have circulated claiming to show Algeria’s parliament ‘unanimously voting’ to go to war with Israel, as well as allegations that Yemen has already attacked Israeli territory.
6 Nov
Aerial attacks by the Iran-backed militia are unlikely to reach Israel at the moment, but analysts worry about anti-ship missiles and regional instability.
24 Sep 2023
The five-day negotiations in Riyadh marked the latest hopeful sign since Yemen's devastating war began in 2014.
10 Sep 2023
It's sometimes called a forgotten war: fighting in Yemen has killed hundreds of thousands of people. Hunger has claimed even more lives, while 4.5 million Yemenis are internally displaced. Yet the complex conflict between Saudi-led forces and Houthi rebels doesn't always make headlines. This September, nine years after the Houthis attacked the capital Sanaa, triggering Saudi Arabia's intervention, the country is not in the grips of all-out war, but it's still not at peace either.
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