Special to WorldTribune.com Islamist gunmen opposed to the mixing of sexes on campus dragged students out of Yemen’s University of Aden on Dec. 29 and shut down three faculties. Students said the Islamists shouted: “No mixing. We have warned you before,” and said university authorities did not attempt to stop the gunmen. “They dragged us […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Saudi Patriot missile batteries on Dec. 21 intercepted a missile fired from Yemen by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The Saudi-led coalition said its air defenses stopped the missile from reaching the kingdom’s southern Jazan district. “Air forces immediately destroyed the launch pad inside Yemen,” the coalition said. At least two other missiles have […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A Saudi special forces commander and his UAE counterpart were among the dead in the attack which targeted coalition forces near the southwestern city of Taiz. A Saudi-led coalition command center in Yemen was hit by a missile attack by Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Dec. 14. News reports said the troops were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Arab states are mostly “laying low” in the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) for a few main reasons, analysts say. While several states are part of the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, others are dealing with ISIL jihadists in their own backyards. The U.S., UK, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A Saudi-led coalition force of 4,000 troops is preparing for what is expected to be a grueling ground war against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. UAE Brig. Gen. Nasser Mushabab Al Otaibi is leading the combined land force that consists of soldiers from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Sudan. The troops […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Mercenaries from the U.S. contractor formerly known as Blackwater were among the dozens killed in fierce fighting near the Yemeni city of Taiz. Killed in battle were an Australian mercenary and six Colombians hired by the UAE to fight in the Saudi-led coalition battling Iran-backed Houthi rebels. If confirmed, the Australian casualty […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) has claimed responsibility for a car bombing that killed the governor of the Yemeni city of Aden and six bodyguards. Jaafar Saad’s convoy was at the branch of the Ministry of Telecommunication in the southern city of Aden when the blast occurred, local officials said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) is now claiming responsibility for a deadly attack in Yemen that sources initially said was carried out by Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). The attack on an army base in the eastern region of Hadramawt on Nov. 20 killed at least 19 Yemeni […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iran-backed Houthi rebels reclaimed key positions near Aden, the temporary capital of Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi’s government. Military sources said the Houthis re-took positions on Nov. 8 that they had lost to Saudi-led coalition forces in recent months, including a key overlook to the strategic Al-Anad airbase in Lahj province […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A group of senior Iranian and Houthi commanders were killed in a Saudi-led coalition air strike in Yemen’s capital on Oct. 23. The air strike targeted the home in Sanaa of former Yemeni Gen. Mohsen Ali Ahmar, an ally of exiled President Abbed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, according to media reports in Yemen. […]