The Latest Breaking News from Yemen

Oman facilitated the release of 14 foreigners who were held in Yemen and transferred them from Sanaa to Muscat on Sunday, Oman's foreign ministry said. The people freed included a British man, his wife and child, seven Indian nationals, a Filipino, an Indonesian, an Ethiopian and a Myanmar national, the…

Luke Symons, 27, from Cardiff, had never been charged but has been in jail in Yemen since 2017. He was suspected of being a spy having been found with a British passport

The Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Negotiations at the Gulf Cooperation Council, Dr.

It may be naive to speak of optimism seven years since the coup by the Iran-backed Houthi militias and the consequent eruption of the war. The recent changes however, have led to optimism because they have allowed the Yemenis to draw up scenarios that may have been impossible up until…

Chairman of the new Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), Rashad al-Alimi, underlined the importance of international pressure to make the Iran-backed Houthi militias commit to the two-month truce. Alimi received a telephone call on Thursday from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who congratulated him on his new position. He…

A two-month ceasefire has given aid groups a chance to step up aid to Yemen's hungry millions, but malnutrition ravaging children is projected to worsen if fighting returns or humanitarian funding does not pick up.

The Yemeni parliament approved on Thursday the state budget that was submitted by the government. The budget was approved after extensive deliberations. The government was requested to present answers to inquiries posed by the lawmakers. A senior Yemeni official told Asharq Al-Awsat that state institutions are now functioning in an…

A new presidential council may mean change in Yemen, but what influence will Iran have on their Houthi allies?

Arab and Gulf countries and organizations welcomed the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council’s swearing-in before the House of Representatives on Tuesday in the interim capital Aden. Everyone considered this step a historic milestone for Yemen, and a real beginning that would achieve security and stability and end the protracted crisis. Saudi…