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US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

Yemeni army

Trump vetoes bill to end US support for Saudi-led Yemen war

By AFP

The resolution was a harsh bipartisan rebuke to Trump that took the historic step of curtailing a president's war-making powers - a step he condemned in a...

  • A Yemeni man carries gas cylinders after filling them up amid increasing shortages in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, on 2 September, 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Yemenis divided by war share hope for peace

    For residents of the impoverished country, there is little escape from the daily propaganda and fiery speeches of warring parties urging their supporters to fight "the enemy".

    1318 days ago
  • Humanitarian aid efforts have reached over five million people in Yemen since January 2016. Picture: United Nations

    Yemen humanitarian situation likely to worsen with Saleh death: Mattis

    Saleh was killed in a roadside attack on Monday after switching sides in Yemen’s civil war, abandoning his Iran-aligned Houthi allies in favour of a Saudi-led coalition.

    1664 days ago
  • Yemenis inspect the site of a suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group on 269 August 2016 at an army recruitment centre in the southern Yemeni city of Aden. Yemeni security officials told AFP that the attacker drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a gathering of army recruits at a school in northern Aden, killing at least 60. Picture: AFP

    Saudi-led coalition air strike kills at least 19 in Yemen - residents

    Fighter jets of an Arab alliance launched missiles on Wednesday at a presidential palace in the Red Sea.

    2104 days ago
  • FILE: In a written statement posted to its social media accounts, Islamic state said the attack targeted “the apostate Yemeni army” and named the attacker as Abu Ali al-Adeni. Picture: AFP.

    Islamic State suicide bombing kills 40 army recruits in Aden

    Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has taken advantage of chaos in Yemen since its civil war began.

    2225 days ago
  • Picture: AFP.

    Saudi intercepts missile from Yemen but truce holds

    The Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015 with air strikes in support of the Yemeni government.

    2239 days ago
  • FILE: Smoke billows following an air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition on the headquarters of the Special Security Forces, formerly known as the Central Security, on May 27, 2015, in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Picture: AFP.

    More than 800 militants killed in Saudi-led coalition in Yemen

    The militants were killed in an offensive by Yemeni government forces & its Arab allies in Mukalla.

    2253 days ago
  • Smoke billows following an air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition on the headquarters of the Special Security Forces, formerly known as the Central Security, on May 27, 2015, in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Picture: AFP.

    Warring Yemen sides begin truce, warn against violations

    A halt in fighting from Sunday midnight precedes peace talks set to begin on 18 April in Kuwait.

    2268 days ago
  • File picture of Jihad training camps. Picture: AFP

    Al-Qaeda mourns death of top commander in Yemen

    Jalal Baleedi was killed by a drone strike as he was travelling in a car with two others in coastal Abyan.

    2332 days ago
  • FILE: A screebgran picture shows people carrying an injured child in Yemen after Saudi-led air strikes in an ongoing war between the two countries.

    Yemen ceasefire to begin today as UN talks open

    Two earlier UN attempts at talks failed and the accompanying ceasefires quickly unraveled.

    2385 days ago
  • FILE: Yemeni supporters of the separatist Southern Movement gets into position during clashes with Shiite Huthi rebels on 4 April, 2015 in the Mansura district of the the southern Yemeni port city of Aden. Picture: AFP

    Yemen forces seize Aden airport in sudden advance

    The airport and some city districts were captured from Houthi militia fighters on Tuesday.

    2539 days ago
  • Smoke billows following an air-strike by Saudi-led coalition on May 11, 2015, in the Yemen capital of Sanaa. Picture: AFP.

    Saudi forces & Yemen's Houthis trade heavy fire

    The Haradh border crossing was evacuated amid shelling which razed its departure lounge and passport section.

    2589 days ago
  • embers of Shiite factions hold banners and flags during a demonstration to protest against the Saudi-led Arab coalition which is carrying out air strikes on Huthi militia targets across Yemen on 31 March, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    Moroccan F-16 jet crashes in Yemen

    Yemen's dominant Houthi militia said tribesmen had shot down the Saudi-coalition aircraft.

    2603 days ago
  • FILE: US Secretary of State John Kerry. Picture: AFP.

    Saudi Arabia considering five-day Yemen truce

    John Kerry welcomed the proposal, saying neither Saudi Arabia nor the US was talking about sending troops.

    2607 days ago
  • FILE: A flag of the United Nations floats at their Geneva’s offices during the third day of face-to-face peace talks in Geneva on 27 January 2014. Picture: AFP.

    UN set to approve new Yemen envoy on Monday

    Violence has been spreading across the country since last year when the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa.

    2620 days ago
  • Yemeni soldiers block streets around the presidential palace in the capital Sanaa on 19 January, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    Saudi-led coalition bombs Yemen

    Warplanes bombed Yemen despite an announcement it was ending its campaign of air strikes.

    2621 days ago
  • FILE: Ambassadors attend a meeting at the United Nations Security Council called by Russia 13 April 2014 at the United Nations in New York. Picture: AFP.

    UN names new Yemen envoy as peace efforts stall

    Mauritanian diplomat Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed will be the new special envoy to Yemen.

    2627 days ago
  • FILE:Members of Shiite Huthi movement check people as they arrive for a gathering in a northern Sanaa stadium to watch on a giant screen a televised address by their chief Abdel Malek al-Huthi on 7 February, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    Iran leader: Saudi air strikes causing genocide

    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei condemned as genocide the military intervention by Saudi Arabia in Yemen.

    2635 days ago
  • FILE: The International Committee Red Cross hopes to bring vital medical supplies and aid workers into Yemen after receiving approval from the Saudi-led military coalition. Picture: Supplied.

    Red Cross gets approval from Saudi-led coalition for Yemen aid

    The aid agency has been negotiating for nearly a week to deliver life-saving supplies and equipment to Yemen.

    2639 days ago
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