The Latest Breaking News from Sanaa

It was midnight when Ali al-Yirimi, a Yemeni private sector breadwinner living under Houthi rule, received a phone call from the neighborhood supervisor urging him to rush to save his spot in a long queue of residents waiting for their monthly share of cooking gas. Yirimi had to wait for…

The Iran-backed Houthi militias have committed 1,230 violations of the two-month nationwide truce in Yemen that was declared by the United Nations earlier this month. UN envoy Hans Grundberg was in Sanaa for talks with Houthi officials in an attempt to consolidate the truce and persuade them to joint peace…

The United Nations envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, arrived in Sanaa on Monday to consolidate the truce that was announced earlier this month. He is set to meet with leading members of the Iran-backed Houthi militias as part of his efforts to resolve the crisis. A statement from his office…

The office of the U.N. special envoy for Yemen says the diplomat has arrived in the capital of Sanaa for talks with the Houthi rebels

The Houthi militia is forcing Sanaa residents to attend mobilization events and programs and listen to daily lectures for leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi. A local source in Sanaa accused the group of exploiting the UN truce to rearrange its ranks and mobilize more recruits by pushing them to attend lectures. Well-informed…

Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who ceded his powers to a presidential council on Thursday, fell foul of foes and allies in his efforts to cling to power from exile in Saudi Arabia, while often blocked from visiting his war-torn nation.

Aqeel bin Thabet, a university professor in the Yemeni city of Aden, used to buy one or two sheep to eat during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan but because of soaring prices this year can only afford meat from a butcher once a week.

The Yemeni army accused the Iran-backed Houthi militias of violating the recently declared truce in the country, specifically in the Marib, Taiz and Hodeidah provinces. United Nations envoy Hans Grundberg announced the two-month truce on Friday at the intra-Yemeni consultations underway in Riyadh. The consultations are being sponsored by the…

The legitimate Yemeni government is optimistic that the two-month truce declared in the war-torn country would lead to the lifting of the siege imposed by the Iran-backed Houthi militias on the Taiz province. The ceasefire was declared by United Nations envoy Hans Grundberg at the intra-Yemeni consultations in Riyadh on…

The announcement of a two-month truce in Yemen has been widely welcomed by the people and official circles in spite of concerns that the Iran-backed Houthi militias may not commit to it given their poor track record. The Houthis did welcome the announcement, which was made on Friday night at…

Yemenis welcomed a nationwide U.N.-brokered ceasefire due to come into effect on Saturday evening as a glimmer of hope in a country ravaged by a seven-year conflict that has forced millions into hunger, poverty and homelessness.