Special to WorldTribune.com Houthi rebels unleashed a rocket attack on Aden that killed 20 civilians and wounded 41 on July 1. The Iran-backed forces fired 15 Katyusha rockets at the Al-Mansura district of Aden, controlled by forces loyal to Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, according to AFP. The attack came 12 days after peace […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Houthi rebels on June 27 launched missiles at a Yemeni oil refinery while 14 people were killed in clashes between the rebels and Saudi-led forces. The missiles started a huge fire at storage tanks at the Aden refinery in the Buraiqah area. The fighting had forced the refinery to shut down operations […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A day after Saudi Arabia shot down a Scud missile fired by Houthi rebels, the Saudi-led coalition carried out air strikes on the Houthi-held armed forces headquarters in Sanaa. “At least 20 civilians and 25 soldiers and officers were killed” in four raids on June 7 that hit the headquarters in Sanaa, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Amid reports the U.S. was flying Iran-backed Houthi officials in Yemen for secret talks in Oman, warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition continued to pound Houthi targets throughout Yemen. “We have been informed that there are meetings, at American request, and that a private American plane carried the Houthis to Muscat,” Rajeh Badi, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey The resignation of Prof. David Gilo as head of Israel’s Antitrust Authority is undoubtedly good news. His reneging last December on the agreement he had made with the natural gas companies Noble, Delek and Ratio the preceding March had thrown the whole development of Israel’s offshore natural gas resources […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Saudi Arabia intensified its air campaign on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen this week in some of the deadliest fighting since the start of the war. On May 28, Saudi coalition jets hit Houthis in Saada and Hajja near the Saudi border, according to Al Arabiya News Channel. That followed May 27 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Houthi rebels claim tribesman shot down a Moroccan F-16 fighter that was part of a Saudi-led airstrike over Yemen on May 11. The F-16 reportedly went down during a strike on Houthi-controlled positions in Sanaa and was seen as threatening a humanitarian truce called between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthis. The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty An Iranian-flagged cargo ship that is bound for Yemen in defiance of U.S. warnings has entered the Gulf of Aden and is expected to reach port on May 21. The development on May 17 came hours ahead of the scheduled end of a five-day humanitarian pause […]
Special to WorldTribune.com As President Barack Obama convened a Camp David summit for “key Arab allies” in which only two Gulf leaders will attend, the Pentagon on May 13 urged Iran to change the course of a cargo ship said headed for Yemen. On May 12, the Pentagon said it was tracking the ship Iran […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Saudi Arabia said May 7 it is prepared to begin a five-day, renewable cease-fire in Yemen so that humanitarian aid can reach millions of civilians threatened by the conflict. The cease-fire offer in a joint announcement by the Saudi foreign minister and U.S. Sec. of State […]