Houthi militants man a checkpoint in the Yemeni capital Sana’a on December 2, 2017. (AFP) November 19, 2021 The US Treasury Department said on Thursday it sanctioned Saleh Mesfer Alshaer, a senior military officer of the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen and commander of the Houthi-controlled military logistics support organization. "Alshaer has overseen [...]
Smoke billows from a fire at a Houthi-controlled military site after it was hit by Arab coalition air strike in Sanaa, Yemen, June 3, 2015 (Reuters) November 18, 2021 Airstrikes took out a secret hideout in Yemen housing experts belonging to the Iran Revolutionary Guard and Hezbollah, the Arab coalition said on Thursday. [...]
Houthi fighters chant slogans as they ride a military vehicle, on January 3, 2017. (AFP) November 11, 2021 At least 25 Yemenis working for the US in Sanaa have been detained in recent weeks by the Iran-backed Houthi militia who controls the capital, according to two people familiar with the matter. Those rounded [...]
Weapons and equipment, believed to be from Iran, are displayed aboard the deck of USS Forrest Sherman after they were seized from a smuggling boat on Sept. 27, 2015. (AP) November 10, 2021 Guns supplied by Iran to its Houthi allies in Yemen are being smuggled across the Gulf of Aden to Somalia, [...]
The UN headquarters in New York is shown in this photo taken 12 August 2003. (AFP) November 10, 2021 A Houthi financier has been sanctioned by the United Nations for violating international law by seizing private assets to fund the Iran-backed group’s armed militia, the UN said. Saleh Mesfer Saleh al-Shaer was sanctioned [...]
A Yemeni soldier aims a machine gun at a Houthi position in Marib, on Oct 19, 2015. (Reuters) November 9, 2021 Fighting continued near the city of Marib in Yemen on Sunday between Iran-backed rebels and forces loyal to Yemen's internationally recognized government. Last week, security officials said at least 200 fighters were [...]
A man stands amid the rubble in Yemen's capital Sana’s. (Reuters) November 2, 2021 The US blasted the Iran-backed Houthis for their latest attack on civilian targets inside Yemen as they continue to refuse a ceasefire to end the yearslong war. “I deplore the latest Houthi attacks on Marib, which killed and injured dozens, including [...]
Mahmoud Nabavian, an Iranian cleric and hardliner MP. (Tasnim) November 2, 2021 Iran has expanded it borders to Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, a senior lawmaker in Iran’s parliament has said, rejecting any talks with the West over the issue. Mahmoud Nabavian, a cleric and a hardliner politician representing a constituency near Tehran told [...]
Bystanders and a soldier stand near a damaged portion of the airport of Yemen’s southern city of Aden’s after an explosion, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. (AP) November 2, 2021 A ballistic missile attack by Iran-backed Houthis on a mosque and a religious school in Yemen has killed and injured 29 civilians, including women [...]
A Houthi supporter holds up his rifle during a rally in the Yemeni capital Sana'a. (Reuters) October 14, 2021 Iran’s role in Yemen remains negative, said a US official while pointing out that Tehran has chosen to fuel the conflict that has been going on in the war-torn country for nearly seven years. [...]
