The Latest Breaking News from Yemen

Iran and Saudi Arabia on Friday agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after years of tensions, including a devastating attack on the heart of the kingdom's oil production.

The Iran-backed Houthi militias’ eight-year siege of Yemen’s southwestern city of Taiz was partially broken on Thursday. A cooking gas shipment was delivered to the city through an under-construction road, revealed official government sources. Two tankers, loaded with 25 tons of cooking gas, managed to access the city through the…

The United Nations says it has signed an agreement to purchase a very large vessel that can transfer more than 1 million barrels of crude now stranded in a rusting old tanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen

Officials from the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) are taking part in the 5th UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries being held in the Qatari capital, Doha. Besides sharing the organization’s development experience in Yemen, SDRPY officials affirmed that the program would continue supporting initiatives and…

The chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), Rashad al-Alimi, confirmed on Wednesday his commitment to partnership and national consensus during the transitional phase until the Houthi-waged coup is stopped. Moreover, al-Alimi vowed a strong collective response in the face of the Houthi attacks against liberated regions and governorates in…

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, held talks with Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad al-Alimi in Riyadh on Tuesday, reported the Saudi Press Agency. The talks focused on the developments in Yemen, with Crown Prince Mohammed underscoring the Kingdom’s ongoing support to the…

U.S. President Joe Biden thanked the sultan of Oman on Tuesday for the country's support of a UN-mediated truce in Yemen and for its decision to open its airspace to all civilian aircraft, including those flying to and from Israel, the White House said in a statement.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah presented in London on Tuesday the rapid developments the Kingdom is witnessing in light of its Vision 2030. He took part at a roundtable meeting organized by Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank. The talks focused on the historic and…

Yemenis are optimistic that a Saudi deposit in the Central Bank will contribute to economic recovery, stop the collapse of the local currency, and control prices, especially with the approach of the month of Ramadan. Saudi Arabia deposited $1 billion in the Central Bank of Yemen’s legitimate government, in a…

Member of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Othman Mujalli held Iran responsible for the chaos, poverty and hunger suffered by his country as a result of the support it is providing to the Houthi militias. Speaking at the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Doha, he accused…

On February 20, 2023, a man convicted of murder was pardoned moments before he was supposed to be executed in the Marib region of central Yemen. Many locals have been sharing the story on social media as a source of inspiration and to ease the burden in a country scarred…