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“They have controlled the capital Sanaa and most of northern Yemen since the war broke out in September 2014.”

“Daily life disrupted After four years of relative calm, Yemen’s war has reignited in recent months, particularly since early September, when the Houthis launched a major offensive to seize government-held areas in the west of the country from the…”

“The operation involved a warship, a maritime surveillance aircraft and marine commandos.”

“Somali pirates have seized an Iranian fishing vessel carrying 23 people, the Maritime Security Centre Indian Ocean said, warning that the ship was approaching a commercial shipping lane and could become a floating base for further attacks.”

“Hospitals across Yemen are struggling to cope with a sharp rise in war casualties, while intensified fighting along multiple front lines has cut off vital aid to around 800,000 people, humanitarian agencies have said.”

“One month on, Salah Ahmed Ghaleb al-Majidi, acting director of the governorate’s Siege Affairs Department, described the situation as “the worst catastrophic siege imposed on a Yemeni city since the war began in 2014”.”

“Yemen's Houthis advance to within 80 km of Aden, sources say Nov 2 - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have advanced to within 80 km (50 miles) of Aden, the main stronghold and temporary capital of the country's internationally recognised government, four military…”

“The Iran-backed group is fighting a Saudi-led coalition supporting Yemen’s internationally recognised government after a civil war reignited in one of the world’s poorest countries.”

“The United States and Israel, both parties to this year’s war on Iran, would remain outside it and Yemen’s war involves actors whose agendas a Gulf arrangement could not easily bind.”

“Yemen slid back into war in July after four years of relative calm, amid fallout from the wider Middle East conflict, and hostilities intensified in September.”

“At least 290,000 have been displaced in Yemen since the country’s war re-erupted in August, according to the United Nations’ humanitarian office (OCHA), with a dire threat to pregnant women.”

“Nabil Shamsan said massacres were taking place in Yemen’s third city, that oxygen and water supplies were running out and that rubbish was piling up in the streets due to landfill sites being either full or inaccessible.”

“The war in Yemen has escalated sharply since the Houthis seized strategic territory from government forces along the Red Sea coast last month, prompting a counteroffensive.”

“The detentions come amid Yemen’s crippling civil war between the internationally recognized government and Iran-backed Houthis, which has devastated the economy and left millions dependent on humanitarian aid.”

“It published a trade union statement, called the "Istanbul Declaration," under the headline "Dockworkers will not become a link in the chain of their wars."”

“Hospitals near Yemen's front lines are facing large influxes of patients, treating up to 700 war wounded in a single week, according to the Red Cross.”

“Fighting has intensified in Yemen’s Taiz province between forces loyal to the country’s internationally recognised government and the Houthis, as the United Nations warns that thousands of civilians are being uprooted.”

“Watch: BBC reports from the front-line of an escalating war in Yemen In rare access to Yemen's conflict zone, the BBC has travelled with government forces from Taiz through checkpoints to the line where the Houthi control ends and no man's land begins.”

“How the civil war in Yemen could affect global shipping routes – explainer Houthi militants have made a lightning advance along the Red Sea coast, capturing strategically important territory in Yemen.”

“"Ultimately, Saudi Arabia wants a more secure Red Sea, but also wants to achieve that without becoming trapped in another war in Yemen," she added.”

“Saudi Arabia led a coalition into Yemen's civil war in 2015 to back the internationally recognised government, a year after the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa.”

“Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen's civil war in 2015 at the head of a coalition supporting the internationally recognized government, after the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa a year earlier.”

“Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen's civil war in 2015 at the head of a coalition supporting the internationally recognised government, after the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa a year earlier.”

“War in Yemen broke out in 2014 when the Houthis seized control of the capital Sanaa and other regions, triggering a military intervention led by Saudi Arabia in March 2015.”

“US fears rapid escalation in Middle East after Houthis attack Riyadh AI generated RIYADH – The United States warned on Sept 19 that hostilities between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthis could “escalate rapidly” after a missile attack targeted Riyadh for…”

“Smoke plume near Riyadh airport A large plume of smoke was visible near Riyadh’s main airport after booms were heard and Saudi Arabia sent alerts overnight warning of potential danger around the capital, amid an escalation in attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.”

“The conflict in Yemen has become another front line in the wider US-Israeli war on Iran as the Houthis have escalated their attacks on Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude exporter, targeting Riyadh’s international airport and the state oil company Saudi…”

“…ber 19, 2026) strike was part of a recent surge of fighting in Yemen, which began when forces from the internationally recognised government and the Saudi-led coalition launched airstrikes on the Houthi-held Sanaa International Airport in July 2026,…”

“• At least 53 killed, 200 wounded in attack on govt forces’ training camp in Shabwa • Egypt delays vote on military support for Saudi Arabia • US embassies urge ‘heightened vigilance’ across region; Riyadh residents get ‘hostile aerial threat’ warning; govt…”

“The latest attack in Aden, which is the seat of the internationally recognised government, comes amid continued heavy fighting in Yemen’s reignited civil war between the Saudi-backed government and the Iran-aligned Houthis.”

“The latest attacks come as Yemen’s war, largely frozen under a 2022 truce, has reignited and become another front in the wider regional conflict involving Iran.”

“Police said no casualties were reported as fighting escalates in the latest front in the Iran war, one in which the rebels have attacked both neighbouring Saudi Arabia and Yemen's internationally recognised government, which is backed by the kingdom.”

“… Saudi officials and the Houthis have not yet commented on the refinery fire, the Iran-backed group has in recent weeks launched attacks on oil facilities in the kingdom as part of the war in Yemen, where Riyadh backs the internationally recognised…”

“… Saudi officials and the Houthis have not yet commented on the refinery fire, the Iran-backed group has in recent weeks launched attacks on oil facilities in the kingdom as part of the war in Yemen, where Riyadh backs the internationally recognised…”

“…ramco has been under attack from the Houthi group targeting the kingdom as part of the war in Yemen Flames and smoke were seen rising from a facility belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco south of the kingdom’s capital Riyadh on Saturday, an AFP journalist…”

“The agenda covered the Palestinian issue, including settlement expansion, settler violence and the two-state solution, as well as security in the strait of Hormuz, Yemen and efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war and prevent spillover into the Black Sea.”

“A Turkish diplomatic source also told Reuters a day earlier that the seven countries would meet in the R-4+E-3 format for the first time at Turkiye’s initiative as wars involving Iran, Yemen and Ukraine threaten shipping routes and regional security.”

“A Turkish diplomatic source told Reuters that the seven countries would meet in the R-4+E-3 format for the first time at Turkiye’s initiative as wars involving Iran, Yemen and Ukraine threaten shipping routes and regional security.”

“Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday (October 20, 2026)that Russia and Iran have “never” worked so closely, as Moscow seeks to play a mediating role in the Middle East war.”

“…foreign minister says Russia, Iran have ‘never’ worked so closely AI generated TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Oct 20 that Russia and Iran have “never” worked so closely, as Moscow seeks to play a mediating role in the Middle East…”

“…foreign minister says Russia, Iran have ‘never’ worked so closely AI generated TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Oct 20 that Russia and Iran have “never” worked so closely, as Moscow seeks to play a mediating role in the Middle East…”

“On another front of an escalating conflict reignited by the Iran war, Yemen's Saudi-backed government said the Houthis also fired three ballistic missiles at coast guard sites in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden.”

“Saudi Arabia and the internationally recognised Yemeni government have come under sustained attack from the Iran-backed Houthis, shifting the focus of the wider West Asia war that erupted with U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran in February.”

“Yemen’s civil war, pitting the Iran-backed Houthis against the Saudi-supported and internationally recognised government, had been dormant since a ceasefire in 2022, but erupted again in July as the wider Middle East war roiled the region.”

“The reports came after the Saudi coalition fighting in Yemen announced it had intercepted two missiles fired by the Houthis towards Taif and Yanbu, in the kingdom's west.”

“The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis has launched daily raids in Yemen backing the internationally recognised government in the country’s long-running civil war.”

“An airstrike killed three children in Yemen and wounded others.”

“The US military has provided a starkly different outlook on the situation in and around the Strait of Hormuz, which accounted for roughly a fifth of global oil and natural gas flows before the war began.”

“The US military has provided a starkly different outlook on the situation in and around the Strait of Hormuz, which accounted for roughly a fifth of global oil and natural gas flows before the war began.”

“That report estimated that the Houthis had recruited up to 350,000 fighters by 2024, up from just 30,000 in 2015, when Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen’s civil war against the Houthis and imposed a naval blockade.”

“The deadliest week for civilians in the Gulf marks a turning point in the US-Iran war that has engulfed the Middle East from Beirut to Aden, and from Irbil to Salalah.”

“OF ALL THE WARRING GROUPS in all the various conflicts in the Middle East, the Houthis in Yemen seem to me to be the least well understood relative to their importance, at least based on news reports about them.”

“…that while these people go to discuss what they call 'peace in the region', Egypt and its parliament declare support for the so-called defence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and in doing so, declare war against the Republic of Yemen," said Mohammed Ali…”

“This follows a major escalation in fighting in Yemen’s war, in which Saudi Arabia is supporting the internationally recognised government fighting the Houthis.”

“Yemen has been in a state of war since Houthi forces captured the capital Sanaa in September 2014, forcing the government to flee south.”

“Repairs could also prove difficult during a war, with higher insurance costs and delays in obtaining permission to enter territorial waters potentially slowing the process.”

“They came into the world prematurely, as fighting surged in Yemen's long-running civil war between Houthi rebel fighters and government forces.”

“• Coalition downs six drones launched towards cities, including Madina, as interception debris kills two • Rebels deny ‘deep operations’ in Saudi territory • Iran says Egypt entering Yemen war makes situation ‘more difficult’ • Macron arrives in Riyadh for…”

“…as the US State Department ordered some diplomats and family members to depart from its missions in Saudi Arabia following the escalation of the fighting in Yemen, which has opened another front in the regional conflict triggered by the US-Israeli war on…”

“The humanitarian crisis in the besieged Yemeni city of Taiz is becoming unmanageable as the city runs out of water, gas and fresh food, Oxfam aid workers in the country have warned.”

“…ed mediation offer CAIRO, Oct 20 - Iran has not received a response from Saudi Arabia or Yemen's Houthis to its offer to help broker talks to end the fighting between them, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in a television interview aired on…”

“Yemen has become a widening front in the Iran war that began in February — and the Houthis have increasingly launched attacks on Saudi Arabia because it supports Yemen’s internationally recognized government.”

“Airport attacks deepen disruption The travel crisis follows a sharp escalation in fighting between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who have targeted airports and energy infrastructure in the kingdom in recent weeks.”

“Yemen’s internationally recognised government separately appealed to the UNSC to act against Houthi attacks on homes and state facilities.”

“An alleged Saudi airstrike in Yemen on Sunday (October 18, 2026) killed at least nine people and wounded 16 others, Houthi media reported, as fighting between the two sides in the country's revived civil war escalates further.”

“The United Arab Emirates has agreed to re-enter the Yemen conflict by resuming payments to some government forces fighting Iran-aligned Houthis in the south, according to sources in Yemen.”

“THEATRE IN WIDER REGIONAL WAR The city is fast becoming the most important front in Yemen's reignited civil war — itself a new theatre in the wider regional conflict that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran in February.”

“Guterres recalled in his 2022 biography, “Honest Broker”, that he warned Clinton during the second call that Portugal could reconsider its Balkan deployments if the international community failed to intervene.”

“The war in Yemen is no longer simply a domestic conflict.”

“This formulation gives Turkiye and Pakistan room to strengthen Saudi Arabia’s defences without committing themselves immediately to a wider war in Yemen.”

“During the previous war between the Iran-aligned Houthi group and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government, which began in 2014 and largely ended with a UN-brokered ceasefire in 2022, Houthi forces blocked most routes into the government-controlled city of Taiz for…”

“On Sept 22, a spokesman for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Hossein Mohebi, also mentioned ending the war in Yemen.”

“But considering the impact the war in Yemen—and beyond—is having on the global economy and American security, it’s worth breaking down all the moving parts.”

“The agency has documented that more than 104,000 people have recently fled the war in Yemen, alongside large-scale displacement out of Lebanon and Syria amid the region’s ongoing conflicts.”

“In depth: The fight for Yemen’s Red Sea coast The current escalation of violence in Yemen has its roots in a civil war that broke out in 2014 between the Yemeni army and the Houthi movement, which champions Yemen’s Shia Muslim minority.”

“The Foreign Ministry spokesperson also discussed the war in Yemen, where fighting between forces loyal to the Saudi Arabia-backed internationally recognised government and Houthi rebels escalated last week, with the Houthis also launching attacks on Saudi…”