The deal aimed to avert an all-out offensive on the lifeline port city, which is the key entry of Yemen's most commercial imports and international aid. The over four-year grinding war has pushed more than 20 million people to the verge of starvation. Iran-allied Houthi rebels control muc...
The Houthi movement is an Islamic fundamentalist movement in northern Yemen and one of the main actors in the Yemeni Civil War (2014– ).
Shabwa holds strategic importance due to its oil fields and access to the Arabian Sea coast. The region was fully taken back from the Houthis last year after prolonged fighting. Yemen has been embroiled in a devastating civil war since 2014, with the Houthis fighting against the Yemeni governm...
The areas in the north and west of the government-controlled province of al-Dhalea have been witnessing continuous fighting between government forces and Houthi fighters for four years. Yemen has been plagued by a civil war since late 2014 after Houthi rebels revolted and forced the internationall...
How War in Yemen Transformed the Iran-Houthi PartnershipThomas Juneau
The Yemeni Civil War is a devastating conflict in Yemen that began in 2014 when the capital, Sanaa, already destabilized by the Arab Spring uprising that began in 2011, was overtaken by Houthi rebel forces.
The Biden administration has focused on preventing the Israel-Hamas conflict from turning into a wider regional war across the Middle East, but since the war started, Iranian-backed proxies have been launching attacks both in the Red Sea and against U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria. There have...
The Houthis control much of northern Yemen, including the capital Sanaa and the strategic Red Sea port city of Hodeidah. The Houthis said they only attack those Israel-linked or Israel-bound ships to press Israel to stop its war on...
● 图片来源:YEMEN: THE 60-YEAR WAR(Middle East Institute) 也门政府忙于应对民众抗议和政权更迭时,胡塞武装在不断扩大自身统治基础。2011年,胡塞武装首次采用正式名称“真主卫士运动”(Ansar Allah),将自身定位为长期受萨利赫政权迫害、被边缘化的少数群体。同年在黎巴嫩真主党支持下,胡塞武装开设了总部位于贝鲁特的“...
Since January, the U.S. and British forces have beenstriking targets in Yemen, in response to the Houthis' attacks on commercial shipping that the rebels have described as retaliation for Israel's actions in the war in Gaza. However, many of the ships targeted are not linked to Israel. ...