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  • Perspective: Yemen – Saudi Arabia preparing to exit costly war?

    Over the past decade, Yemen has been divided into three parts: a Houthi-controlled region in the north, the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council in the south and the government-controlled rest of the country, backed by the Saudi coalition.

  • Yemen: Saudi Arabia to form council to run Aden, counter STC 

    The formation of "the Aden Board of Directors" is seen as a similar development to the Hadramaut National Council (HNC), established in Riyadh last month following an earlier convention hosted in the kingdom involving political and tribal leaders from the southern governorate to discuss the issue of self-administration of the oil-rich region.

  • Analysis: Peace for Yemen elusive despite Iran-Saudi deal and Saudi-Houthi talks

    Even if the Saudis and the Houthis reach an agreement, it is unlikely to bring peace to all of Yemen. The still internationally recognized government of Yemen has not been allowed to participate in talks and the same is true for factions supported by the United Arab Emirates, such as Tareq Saleh’s Giant Brigades and the Southern Transitional Council. Meanwhile, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula remains capable of playing the spoiler.

  • ‘Economic warfare’: Yemenis struggle despite ease in fighting

    The market trader Eiad al-Alimi expected better business this year, following a lull in fighting and renewed efforts to end Yemen's eight-year-long conflict. But a grinding economic crisis -- marked by a collapsed currency and deepened by import bans and attacks on critical oil infrastructure -- has put holiday cheer on hold. "We had high expectations," Alimi told AFP from the southern city of Aden, the stronghold of the ousted government, as dozens of unsold sheep grazed behind him.

  • $300m in projects funded by Saudi Arabia launched in Yemen

    Rashad Al-Alimi, chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, on Sunday inaugurated 20 development projects financed by the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen, totaling SR1.2 billion ($320 million), in Hadramout, Yemen’s southeastern province. Al-Alimi, along with Yemeni and Saudi officials, attended a celebratory event in Al-Mukalla, the capital of Hadramout, to launch the projects in various sectors, aimed at alleviating Yemenis’ sufferings and addressing major issues in the health, education, transportation, and energy sectors. The projects include the construction of a cancer hospital, the renovation of a university hospital, the construction of a 25-megawatt power station, and the construction of roads in Al-Mukalla, Seiyun, and other Hadramout cities.

  • Saudi Arabia executes two Yemeni men for joining terror group

    Font Size Saudi Arabia has executed two Yemeni men for joining a terrorist group, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Saturday. Abdulrahman Fares Amer al-Marri and Mohammed Salah Omar al-Marri received the death penalty for “joining, supporting and pledging allegiance to a terror group.” According to SPA, Abdulrahman established “a terror entity to carry out an operation in the Kingdom and kill security forces.”

  • The Houthis’ Economic War Threatens Lasting Peace in Yemen

    The Houthi campaign to deny revenue and resources to Yemen’s U.N.-recognized government threatens the country’s long-term stability and risks upending any Saudi-Houthi deal.

  • Yemen’s Houthis accuse Saudi border guards of wounding 3 citizens

    Three Yemenis were wounded at the border "as a result of a Saudi artillery shelling" in the past day, the Houthi group in Yemen said on Sunday. According to the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, the three Yemeni citizens were wounded in the border district of Shada in the northwestern province of Saada and were taken to the hospital. There was no immediate response from the Saudi Arabian government. Saada is a stronghold of the Houthi group, which has been at war with the Saudi-led coalition since 2015.

  • Yemenis embark on first direct flight to Saudi Arabia since 2016

    The first direct flight between Yemen and Saudi Arabia in nearly seven years has taken more than 270 Yemenis from rebel-held Sanaa to Jeddah, signalling easing tensions between the two countries. The flight by Yemenia – also known as Yemen Airways – took place Saturday evening and carried Yemeni Muslims embarking on the annual Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj in the Saudi city of Mecca.

  • Path to Peace, Recovery Remains Fragile in Yemen

    Almost nine years into a protracted civil war, life in Yemen remains brutally challenging for millions in the country. Gallup’s first measure after two years of being unable to safely survey Yemen reveals that a record-high seven in 10 Yemenis (71%) struggled to afford food in late 2022 and early 2023.