The Latest Breaking News from Yemen

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud have held a call to discuss Saudi Arabia's efforts to prolong a truce in Yemen, the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia tweeted on Tuesday.

The Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council announced on Monday the formation of a joint security and military committee. Veteran military official Haitham Qassem Taher was named as head of the 59-member committee. The formation of the body is part of the Council's efforts to consolidate its authority and efforts to unify…

The committee tasked with preparing the work rules for Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) and its affiliated bodies has completed the preparation of a final draft that it will submit to Rashad Al-Alimi, PLC Chairman, to make final observations before presenting it to parliament for approval. Ahmed Attia, a member…

The two-month nationwide truce in Yemen is set to end on Thursday with negotiations failing to reach a lasting agreement over lifting the siege imposed by the Iran-backed Houthi militias on Taiz and reopening vital roads between the provinces. The warring parties did not reach an agreement Saturday to lift…

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has distributed 14 tons and 231 kilograms of food baskets to needy groups in the directorate of Dhibab and Mayon Island in Taiz governorate, Yemen, benefiting 1,200 people, the Saudi Press Agency reported Saturday. This comes within the framework of the…

President of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Rashad al-Alimi stressed the need for the government to carry out its duties and implement financial and administrative reforms, according to official sources. Saba news agency reported that Alimi and his deputies reviewed the government plans on the country's economic and financial…

Katebah Sayyad, a 60-year-old woman in Quhal, describes fetching water as “an exhausting task for people, especially women.” In the Yemeni village of Quhal, in Amran governorate in northern Yemen, the main source of water used to be the old rainwater ponds that filled during the summer. This water fed…

The two countries warn of potential economic, environmental and humanitarian effects if FSO Safer spills or explodes.

Yemeni Permanent Representative to the UN, Abdullah Ali Fadhel Al-Saadi urged the international community and the Security Council to take measures to protect civilians in both cities and refugee camps from terrorist attacks by Iran-backed Houth militias and to protect civilian objects in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab…

US calls on Yemeni rebels to ‘end injustice’ and free current and former employees of the US embassy in Sanaa.

At least four people were killed and more than 30 injured at a Yemen fish market when an explosive device planted in a trash can detonated, police in the port city of Aden said on Thursday.