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“Taiz city has been bitterly contested throughout Yemen’s civil war.”

“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.”

“The United States warned that fighting between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthis could “escalate rapidly” after a missile attack targeted Riyadh for the first time since the Yemen conflict resumed.”

“Widening conflict This is the first time since Yemen’s civil war resumed that strikes have threatened the Saudi capital, piling further pressure on a global economy already rocked by seven months of war between the US and Iran.”

“The United States warned on Saturday (September 19, 2026) that hostilities between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthis could "escalate rapidly" after a missile attack targeted Riyadh for the first time since the Yemen conflict resumed.”

“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.”

“The surge in fighting, which has revived Yemen's devastating civil war, began months ago amid tensions in the wider Iran conflict.”

“The Yemen conflict has become another front in the wider regional war that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran in February.”

“The Houthis have been engaged in renewed fighting with Saudi-backed government forces since Yemen’s civil war reignited in July, when the group declared a maritime blockade on Riyadh and began targeting its ships in the Red Sea.”

“The Houthis have been engaged in renewed fighting with Saudi-backed government forces since Yemen’s civil war reignited in July, when the group declared a maritime blockade on Riyadh and began targeting its ships in the Red Sea.”

“The group, fighting the Saudi-backed, internationally recognised government, last week seized control of Yemen's Red Sea coast and the Bab al-Mandab Strait, which has become vital as the wider U.S.-Iran war chokes the Strait of Hormuz.”

“Following several years of relative calm, Yemen's civil war reignited in July against the backdrop of the wider conflict in the Middle East.”

“Yemen was plunged back into civil war in July after years of calm, pitting the Iran-backed Houthis, who control most of northwest Yemen including Sanaa.”

“US media outlet Axios reported earlier on Friday that US President Donald Trump’s top cabinet members “met secretly at the presidential retreat at Camp David to discuss the Saudi-Houthi conflict in Yemen and next steps in the Iran war”.”

“Yemen has been wracked by a horrific civil war that has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions since 2014.”

“…ept 18 — At least 112,000 people have been displaced inside Yemen within the last two weeks as fighting continues along the country’s west coast amid a renewed conflict, while nearly 3,000 have fled by sea to Djibouti, the United Nations migration agency said…”

“At least 112,000 people have been displaced inside Yemen within the last two weeks as fighting continues along the country’s west coast amid a renewed conflict, while nearly 3,000 have fled by sea to Djibouti, the United Nations migration agency said on…”

“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.”

“… 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, shattering a…”

“…across region; Riyadh residents get ‘hostile aerial threat’ warning; govt staff told to work from home • ‘Davos in the Desert’ postponed to next year RIYADH: At least 53 people were killed and 200 others injured on Monday in a Houthi attack on a government…”

“Yemen's devastating civil war has flared up in recent months.”

“Yemen has been embroiled in a civil war since 2014, when the Houthis and allied forces took the capital city of Sana’a and pushed the then government out of power.”

“Yemen, embroiled in more than a decade of civil conflict, in July became the latest country to be drawn into the West Asia war as the Houthis upended a 2022 truce with the Saudi-backed government.”

“Both sides in Yemen's long-running civil war have sustained losses in a new push from the Houthi militia to try to seize control of the gateway to the Red Sea in the west.”

“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.”

“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 West Asia war roiled the region.”

“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.”

“Saudi-backed pro-government forces are battling to push back Houthi fighters, who swept down the coast of the Red Sea earlier this month, taking control of a key shipping chokepoint and escalating Yemen's civil war.”

“Tarek’s father carried him on foot from the southwestern city of Mokha as Iran-backed rebels swept in this month, bringing a return to civil war.”

“Tarek’s father carried him on foot from the southwestern city of Mokha as Iran-backed rebels swept in this month, bringing a return to civil war.”

“At least one person – a Yemeni resident in Saudi Arabia – was killed, and two others were injured after a Houthi drone was intercepted in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern governorate of Taif on Thursday, according to the kingdom’s civil defence agency.”

“The escalation in the Saudi-Yemen conflict runs as another theatre of the Iran war and could threaten Red Sea shipping after the Houthis seized Yemen's western coast and islands inside the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb.”

“Yemen’s civil war, which began in 2014 with the Houthi capture of the capital Sanaa, had been dormant since a ceasefire in 2022 but roared back to life in July.”

“What to know about the Iran war: - Iranian state media said early Sunday that 1 person was killed and 3 were injured after one of their commercial vessels was struck near the Strait of Hormuz. - Yemen's Houthis, a group backed by Iran, have in recent days…”

“Earlier, Riyadh's civil defence agency broadcast warnings of "potential danger" for four western Saudi regions, including Taif and Yanbu as well as Mecca, home to Islam's holiest city, and Jeddah.”

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

“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.”

“Iran-backed Houthi rebels struck a residential area in Yemen’s third-largest city on Tuesday, killing two teenage girls and renewed attention to the dangers faced by civilians in Taiz, which has been under attack and siege during the country’s escalating…”

“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 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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Al Jazeera’s Mawry said Saudi Arabia “has much more to lose” from tit-for-tat attacks disrupting air traffic, as Sanaa international airport has been closed for many years due to the damage it has sustained over the years of civil war.”

“Taiz, Yemen's third-largest city, has emerged as a major theatre of the conflict between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed government, after their war was reignited last month by the U.S.-Iran confrontation in the Gulf.”

“Yemen remains engulfed in a devastating civil war which has lasted more than a decade.”

“Drone strike kills at least 40 people in Sudan, rights group says A drone strike killed at least 40 people, including children, in Sudan along the border with Ethiopia, according to Emergency Lawyers, a group that tracks the war.”

“United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg says that the country has slid back into “full-scale war” as fighting between the Houthis and internationally recognised government forces continues.”

“But getting dragged into the Yemeni civil war — which has pit Ansarallah against the Yemeni government, backed by Saudi Arabia — is another story altogether.”

“Yemen’s civil war flared up again in July after years of relative calm, opening a new front in the wider Middle East war that began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran in February.”

““Recent escalations present a dire threat to civilians in Yemen, who have already endured more than a decade of conflict and humanitarian crisis,” says Oxfam Yemen’s country director Ferran Puig.”

“Inside the movement reigniting Yemen's civil war The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, are an Iran-aligned political, military movement controlling most of northwestern Yemen and the country's main population centers.”

“As Yemen returns to a level of fighting intensity not seen since the 2022 truce, the civil war has entered a decisive phase, with several possible avenues forward.”

“On the surface, the clashes look like the revival of the 2020-2022 civil war that pitted the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) against the federal government and killed hundreds of thousands of people.”

“The city itself remains under the control of government forces but has long been besieged by Houthi fighters and remains one of the main fronts in Yemen’s civil war.”

“…ation, Yascha Mounk and Simon Sebag Montefiore discuss how the collapse of the Ottoman Empire gave rise to modern nationalism and ethnic cleansing in the Middle East, how the region’s history has shaped today’s conflicts, and the long-term impact of October…”

“Yemen’s Saudi-led coalition said early on Saturday (September 26, 2026) it had intercepted two drones launched by the Iran-backed Houthis towards the Saudi capital Riyadh.”

“Saudi Arabia has intercepted ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis in Yemen after issuing warnings for several regions including Mecca, as France vowed to send "military means" to help shield the key Saudi oil terminal of Yanbu.”

“The latest escalation comes alongside renewed fighting in Yemen's civil war.”

“The US military campaign in Iran, which has widened into a regional conflict since it began in February, has reignited Yemen’s civil war and a decade-long conflict between the Tehran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia.”

“When Saudi Arabia intervened in the Yemeni Civil War against the Houthis in 2015, it possessed overwhelming technological superiority.”

“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.”

“A casualty of war The conflict in Ukraine is just one of the panoply of wars in recent years that have revealed once again the disastrous impact of conflict on cultural heritage.”

“The attacks have also reignited major fighting in Yemen’s yearslong civil war, which killed 150,000 people and created one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.”

““We know very well that continued war between Islamic countries in the region only has one winner, and that winner is no one but the Zionist regime, which is after persisting tensions and conflict in our region and between Islamic countries,””

“The Iran-aligned Houthis have been fighting Saudi Arabia for more than a decade as part of the Yemen civil war.”

“Yemen’s more than a decade-long civil war has flared up once again after the Houthi armed group launched an offensive in several locations against Saudi-backed government forces earlier this month.”

“Sudan’s civil war, a conflict credibly described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, has seen violence matched only by the belligerents’ rapacity in pillaging the country’s riches.”

“The two sides have been at war since 2015, when Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen's civil war on the side of the Western-backed government, against the Houthis.”

“The escalation threatens to reignite Yemen's civil war more than four years after a 2022 truce stopped major fighting in the impoverished Arab country.”