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Yemen

October 5, 2025

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Images of a fireball exploding on a cargo ship are shown on a giant screen during a protest called for by Yemen's rebel Houthi movement in Sanaa on March 17, 2025.

Dutch-flagged cargo ship struck off Yemen in latest attack

If claimed by the Houthis, the strike on the Minervagracht would mark their most successful attack on a civilian cargo vessel since July.

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Middle East internet slows after Red Sea cables cut: What to know

Yemen's internationally recognized government accused the Houthi rebels of planning to attack underwater cables in the Red Sea in February 2024.

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Analysis

Inside Israel's Yemen operation that decapitated Houthi leadership

Since Israel's intelligence began focusing on the Houthi threat in July, efforts to quell the threat from Yemen have grown much more precise.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Yemeni boys walk on a flooded road during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians in the Houthi-run capital Sanaa on Aug. 1, 2025.

Yemen: Flash floods injure 10+ in Aden as climate toll mounts

Yemen has experienced deadly flooding in recent years, further impacting the ongoing displacement crisis in the country.

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Pentagon steers clear of new Israel-Houthi escalation: What to know

A Yemeni woman holds up a mock missile decorated with the colors of the Palestinian flag and the checkered keffiyeh during a protest in Sanaa to denounce strikes on Yemen and Israel's bombardment of Gaza, on Jan. 15, 2025.

Yemeni pro-government faction seizes new Houthi weapons shipment

Armed supporters of Yemen's Houthi rebels attend a rally in the capital Sanaa on Jan. 29, 2024.

Analysis

Is Red Sea truce over? What Houthi attacks mean for US, regional stability

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Adam Lucente

By Adam Lucente , Rosaleen Carroll

In first attack after truce, Houthis claim to have sunk ship in Red Sea: What to know

A picture taken during an organized tour by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Nov. 22, 2023, shows the Galaxy Leader cargo ship, seized by Houthi fighters two days earlier, approaching the port in the Red Sea off Yemen's province of Hodeida.

Jennifer Gnana

Gulf Correspondent

In Dubai, reporting on Gulf energy policy and politics

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a meeting with Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak at the State Department, Washington, May 17, 2022.

US urges Yemen's Houthis to extend truce amid fears of renewed fighting

The United States is seeking the renewal of a nationwide truce that brought a much-needed pause in violence to Yemen before it expired on Sunday.

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US calls on Yemen's Houthis to release embassy staff

US Special Envoy Yemen Tim Lenderking said the rebels' detention of US and UN staff "sends an extremely negative signal."

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Biden's Yemen envoy heads to region to press for truce extension

US special envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking will visit Riyadh and Amman for talks focused on renewing the truce set to expire on Aug. 2.

An undated image of the FSO Safer.

Analysis

World looks away as oil disaster looms off Yemen’s coast

Time is running out to prevent what Yemen envoy Tim Lenderking warns will be a "massive oil spill the likes of which the world has not seen."

Elizabeth Hagedorn

By Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights

Palestinian bread baker

World Bank official: Lebanon, Yemen, Syria most food-insecure in region

Many states across the Middle East and North Africa meet the criteria for food insecurity, experts said at a US Institute of Peace event.

An undated image of the FSO Safer.

US envoy urges funding for Yemen’s ‘ticking time bomb’

Envoy Tim Lenderking called on donor governments and the private sector to help prevent a dilapidated tanker in the Red Sea from spilling its cargo of oil.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken (2L) and Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak (2R).

US welcomes 2-month extension of Yemen truce

Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Yemen's warring parties to "seize this pivotal moment."

A young woman runs while a fighter approaches a man.

Displaced Yemenis grow desperate in camps

Humanitarian organizations are struggling to meet the needs of millions of internally displaced Yemenis amid the ongoing war.

A firefighter truck celebrates with a water jet the first Yemen Airways flight in six years.

US welcomes Sanaa's first commercial flight in six years

The Jordan-bound flight on Monday came as part of a UN-brokered truce struck in April.

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As dialogue falters, Khamenei says 'no possibility' of Saudi victory in Yemen

The comments on Twitter by the supreme leader follow the suspension of talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

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US welcomes Yemen's leadership shakeup as president cedes power

The exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's transfer of power to a newly formed presidential council comes days after a nationwide cease-fire took hold in Yemen.

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US sanctions smuggling network backing Yemen's Houthis

The latest Houthi-related sanctions come as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia push the Biden administration to designate the Iran-supported group as a terrorist organization.