Iran-backed militias Houthis rally in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP) April 15, 2021 The Iran-backed Houthis are not committed to reaching a solution to the war in Yemen, and their offensive on Marib must stop, the US ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday. “Houthi actions to date do not lead us to believe they are committed to a peaceful [...]
The monthly children’s 'educational' magazine produced by the Houthis in Yemen called ‘Jihad’. (Supplied) April 9, 2021 Iran-backed Houthis have targeted the mainstream education system in Yemen by spreading its rhetoric of hate in textbooks circulated in the curriculum designed to influence the country’s children, a study published by the Institute for Monitoring Peace [...]
UN envoy Martin Griffiths attends a news conference in Geneva, Sept 5, 2018. (Reuters) April 5, 2021 UN-brokered peace efforts to end the war in Yemen have made no progress, with the Houthis and government squabbling over key issues such as flights from Sanaa airport, halting military operations and airstrikes, and Hodeidah seaport [...]
Houthi rebel fighters are seen in Sana'a on December 4, 2017. (AFP) April 2, 2021 Yemen’s internationally recognized government has officially accused the Iran-backed Houthis of harboring Al-Qaeda and Daesh terrorists, with militants from both groups being set free to fight and spread terror among the Yemeni people. In the wake of a [...]
Houthi fighters in Yemen chant slogans as they take part in a gathering in the capital, Sana’a, in July 2020. (AFP) April 2, 2021 A Yemeni military court held a public session to hear charges against an Iranian Revolutionary Guard officer accused of espionage and war crimes, pan-Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat reported. The [...]
Newly recruited Houthi militants take part in a gathering in the capital Sanaa. (AFP) March 30, 2021 A group of US lawmakers wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urging him to redesignate Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia as a terrorist organization. Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said attacks in [...]
A Houthi supporter holds up his rifle during a rally in the Yemeni capital Sana'a. (Reuters) March 26, 2021 The Iran-backed Houthi militia’s attack on a petroleum distribution terminal in Saudi Arabia’s Jazan confirm the group’s rejection of all peace efforts put forth by the Kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) cited the Ministry of [...]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is seen as he faces reporters in Washington, U.S., Jan 27, 2021. (REUTERS) March 22, 2021 The U.S. State Department says Secretary of State Antony Blinken has “strongly condemned” recent attacks against Saudi territory from “Iranian-aligned groups” in the region, and discussed cooperation to end the war [...]
The Iran-backed Houthis continue to launch bomb-laden drones and ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabia on an almost daily basis. (REUTERS) March 20, 2021 Attacks on Saudi Arabia in recent weeks had links to Iran as they were carried out using Iranian-made or Iranian-supplied weapons, a senior Saudi official said Friday. “All of the missiles and drones [...]
Houthi rebels gathered in Sana'a, Yemen. (Reuters) March 19, 2021 The US accused Iran of fueling the conflict in Yemen, saying Tehran takes a negative stance by supporting the Houthi militias, which in turn assault Yemeni civilians and attack Saudi territory. US Special Envoy Tim Lenderking intensified talks with Arab and other ambassadors [...]
