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Houthi rebels say they targeted Saudi military assets in a rare attack on the interim seat of Yemen's internationally recognized government. Meanwhile, vessels are again under fire near the Strait of Hormuz. More on DW.
Saudi-led coalition accuses Houthis of obtaining missile parts from regional states.
Houthis attempt to raise the cost of the Yemen war for Saudi Arabia as attacks, fighting intensify.
Yemen's Houthis denied carrying out an attack on Saudi Arabia on Thursday, shortly after Riyadh said it had intercepted a missile targeting the region around the holy city of Medina.
What is the strategic logic behind the Houthis’ increasingly high-risk confrontation with Saudi Arabia? “Their experience in the past is that threats pay,” explains Dr. Elizabeth Kendall, Middle East specialist and President of Girton College, University of Cambridge. Dr. Kendall argues that the movement’s increasingly audacious military operations are not merely expressions of ideological hostility or Iranian influence, but calculated instruments of political coercion aimed at securing legitimacy, expanding territorial control and strengthening its negotiating leverage.
Almost one million people cut off from food aid as health infrastructure overwhelmed by war-wounded.
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen released footage said to show operations in the Taiz governorate. Fighting between the Houthis and forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognised government, backed by Saudi-Arabia, has escalated dramatically in recent weeks after the Houthis managed to seize a number of strategically important areas, according to reports.
Yemen's Houthis said Wednesday they had targeted facilities belonging to Saudi Aramco, after Saudi officials reported a strike on a building in an area housing the energy giant's operations centre. Powerful explosions meanwhile rattled the Saudi capital, as the coalition fighting the Houthis said it had intercepted a missile fired by the Iran-backed group towards Riyadh.
What comes next is either a retreat for the Houthis or a war of attrition.
A Saudi Aramco building has been hit in Dhahran, following Saudi-led coalition strikes on Houthi 'vital assets' in Yemen
Yemeni government forces are encircled by the Houthis in Taiz, where blockades on road routes have worsened shortages.
US president suggests that Yemen-based group are 'purposefully trying to drive up oil prices' before November vote.
The Saudi energy ministry says the Houthi attack caused a "limited fire" at Aramco's headquarters complex in Dhahran.
Yemen has reported 8,034 suspected cases and 27 deaths this year, with a quarter of the total coming in last four weeks.
Houthi attacks on airports and energy facilities are putting Saudi Arabia under pressure. Could a Saudi-led international military offensive succeed against the Iran-aligned Houthi militia in Yemen?
Houthi media reported an attack by Saudi Arabia on the Yemen Oil Company in Sanaa on Tuesday, which came shortly after the Saudi-led coalition ordered the evacuation of the facility ahead of a military operation. The Iran-backed rebels had warned that they would target Riyadh's airport and other sites in the country if Saudi Arabia followed through on its threat.
Government forces engage in intense clashes as Houthi shelling targets residential areas and hospitals in Taiz.
Hundreds of people have gone missing in Yemen, with families not knowing whether they were killed in fighting or detained.
The risk of a region-wide war is increasing, but if cooler heads prevail, a peaceful arrangement can still be reached.
Orla Guerin travelled through Yemen, with forces loyal to its internationally recognised government, to a remote desert battlefield where Houthi rebels were dislodged just days ago.
