The Latest Breaking News from Sanaa

‘Relish this moment, forget about the war’: Yemenis on World Cup

For some in the Yemeni capital, the tournament provides a welcome break from discussions about the continuing conflict.

Al Jazeera · Dec 2, 2022

Houthis Escalate Suppression Against Women

The Houthi militia increased its suppression against women in Sanaa, and other areas under its control, amid several accusations of local and international parties accusing the group of escalating its repressive campaigns and committing numerous attacks against Yemenis. The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms revealed in a recent report…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 1, 2022

Yemeni Army Accuses Militias of Testing Anti-Ship Missile

The Yemeni army accused the Houthi militia of testing an anti-ship missile launched from Sanaa, which landed in the Red Sea waters off Hodeidah. The army spokesman, Brigadier General Abdo Majali, announced that the Houthis conducted an anti-ship missile test from the Nehm district, which landed west of Hodeidah in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 19, 2022

‘Unidentified Corpses’ Raise Doubts about Houthi Killing of Detainees

Houthi militias in Yemen announced a few days ago that dozens of bodies were buried in mass graves in Sanaa.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 30, 2022

Yemeni Markets Flooded With Expired Food Items, Boost Houthi’s Profits

Markets in the Houthi-controlled governorates and the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, are flooded with expired food items. Regulatory bodies constantly announce the confiscation and destruction of large quantities of expired products from Yemeni stores and markets, and of referring those responsible to justice. However, Houthis have recently started confiscating the expired…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 29, 2022

Yemen: Houthi-Run Hospital Holds Bodies of 22 Newborns

A Houthi-run hospital in Sanaa is keeping the dead bodies of 22 newborns whose families could not pay the discharge costs due to deteriorating living conditions. In a precedent, the hospital published an ad in a Houthi-run newspaper calling on the bereaved families to come forth to pay their dues…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 25, 2022

Houthis Escalate Oppression Against Tribes in Sanaa, Amran

Houthi militias have escalated their attacks against the tribesmen and their leaders near Sanaa and Amran governorates to seize their lands and real estate and undermine opponents. Local sources in Sanaa told Asharq Al-Awsat that only a few weeks after the militias’ raids, killings, sieges, assaults, and kidnappings in Saraf…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 22, 2022

UN flight from rebel-held Yemen capital returns 129 migrants

The U.N. has returned 129 Ethiopian migrants stranded in war-torn Yemen to their homeland in its first humanitarian repatriation flight to depart from the rebel-held capital of Sanaa this year

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022

Yemen: Militias Reopen Iranian Hospital That Was Used as Spy Center

The Iranian-backed Houthi militias reopened an Iranian hospital in Sanaa, 13 years after closing it and using it as a center for spying and promoting extremism. The militias changed the hospital's name and allocated more than 3.5 billion riyals to equip it. The move is considered one of the group's…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 7, 2022

End of Yemen’s truce leaves civilians afraid dark days are back

The truce lasted for six months and expired on October 2, with efforts to renew it unsuccessful so far.

Al Jazeera · Oct 7, 2022