The Latest Breaking News from Yemen

The US and UK have launched strikes on Houthi positions in Yemen’s west

The United States military has carried out strikes on multiple Houthi targets in Yemen, escalating tensions in the region.

Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis took to the streets in several cities on Friday to condemn the US and UK strikes on their country, in response to weeks of disruptive attacks on Red Sea shipping by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who say they act in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

The airstrikes on multiple Houthi targets in Yemen follow more than two months of attacks by the Iran-backed militants against cargo ships and U.S. warships in the Red Sea.

U.S. and British militaries are bombing more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship-launched Tomahawk missiles

It follows speculation that both nations would launch strikes against the Iranian-backed rebels in response to attacks by the group on commercial shipping lanes in the Red Sea

US Central Command says they found Iranian warheads for ballistic and anti-ship cruise missiles on the vessel bound for Yemen

Experts believe western allies most likely to target coastal sites in attempt to halt spate of Houthi attacks in Red Sea

Houthi leader says any US attack will trigger a greater response as the group steps up attacks in the Red Sea.

A spate of attacks by Yemeni rebels on Red Sea shipping has disrupted the vital trade route, but experts say stopping them appears difficult at best -- and risky at worst.

Resolution calling for cessation of attacks on shipping vessels by Yemen’s Houthis adopted despite abstentions from Russia and China