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The Iran-aligned armed Houthi movement targeted a Saudi Arabian warship off the coast of Saudi Arabia's province of Jizan, the group's Al Masirah TV said on Saturday on its Twitter feed.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, or comment from the Saudi-led coalition that is battling the Houthis in Yemen's civil war.
A bureau chief for Yemen’s official SABA news agency was killed in the central Al-Bayda province while covering fighting between the Yemeni army and Houthi rebels, a local military source said Thursday.The source, who asked not to be named as he lacked authorization to speak to the media, said that Ahmed al-Hamzi -- SABA’s director in Al-Bayda -- had been killed by a Houthi artillery barrage.A colleague of al-Hamzi was also killed in the shelling, the source added.In July, al-Hamzi sustained moderate injuries after having been shot by Houthi fighters while covering clashes in Al-Bayda’s Horan district.US aiding Saudi war crimes in Yemen: NY TimesAl-Hamzi's death comes only two weeks after another Yemeni journalist, Ahmed al-Musabi, was killed while covering fighting in the province’s Malgam district.Impoverished Yemen has remained wracked by conflict since 2014, when Shia Houthi rebels overran much of the country, including capital Sanaa. The conflict escalated the following year when Saudi Arabia and its Sunni-Arab allies launched a wide-ranging air campaign aimed at rolling back Houthi gains in Yemen. The violence has devastated the country’s infrastructure, prompting the UN to describe the situation as “one of the worst humanitarian disasters of modern times”.Yemen's Houthis say missile fired at Saudi Arabia's Najran region
Yemen journalist killed while covering Al-Bayda clashes
At least five soldiers were killed in a suspected attack by Al-Qaeda on a security checkpoint in Yemen’s southern Abyan province, according to local sources.“Five soldiers were killed -- and two others injured -- in Abyan’s Ahwar Directorate late Tuesday,” Ahmed al-Medahdah, a local health official, told Anadolu Agency without providing further details.A security source in Abyan told Anadolu Agency on Wednesday that the attackers had targeted a checkpoint affiliated with the Al-Hizam Brigade (or “Security Belt”) -- a military force backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) -- with machine-guns and hand grenades.According to the same source, who spoke anonymously due to restrictions on speaking to media, the attackers seized the slain soldiers’ weapons before fleeing the scene.No party has yet claimed responsibility for the reported attack, but the security source pointed the finger at the Al-Qaeda terrorist group, which maintains a significant presence in southern Yemen.Established by the UAE in mid-2015, the Al-Hizam Brigade is currently deployed in the coastal city of Aden and in adjacent areas.Currently led by Hani Bin Brek, the Brigade is known to be close to the Southern Interim Council, which calls for the secession of southern Yemen from the rest of the country.Yemen has remained wracked by violence since 2014, when Shia Houthi rebels overran much of the country, including capital Sanaa.The conflict escalated the following year when Saudi Arabia and its Sunni-Arab allies, including the UAE, launched a massive air campaign aimed at rolling back Houthi gains in Yemen and supporting the country’s pro-Saudi government.Yemen's Houthis say missile fired at Saudi Arabia's Najran region
Five soldiers killed in suspected Qaeda attack in S. Yemen
Yemeni Houthi rebels fired a ballistic missile at Saudi Arabia's Najran region near the border between the two countries, the Houthi-controlled Masirah TV said on Wednesday.The Badr-1 missile targeted "a new military camp," it said, without indicating when the missile was launched.Saudi Arabia's military said on Tuesday its air defences intercepted a missile fired towards the southern city of Najran but there were no casualties.Saudi Arabia is leading a Western-backed alliance of Sunni Muslim Arab states trying to restore the internationally recognized government of Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, ousted from the capital Sanaa by the Houthis in 2015.The Iran-aligned Houthis control most of the west of Yemen, including its Red Sea coast.U.N. human rights experts said in a report on Tuesday that both the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi militia may be guilty of war crimes in the conflict, which has raged for more than three years.The experts' panel said air strikes by the coalition in Yemen have caused heavy civilian casualties, raising concerns about its targeting process.The panel also accused Houthi fighters of restricting access on humanitarian aid and conscripting child soldiers. The Houthis regularly fire missiles on southern Saudi Arabia and occasionally aim for higher-value targets, such as the capital Riyadh or facilities of state oil company Aramco.The United Nations has convened talks in Geneva on Sept 6, the first effort to negotiate the war in more than two years.Saudi-led coalition to respond to UN Yemen reportSaudi Arabia says ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthis interceptedSaudi-led coalition air strikes in Yemen may amount to war crimes: UNSaudi detains Meccaimam for criticizing mixed gatheringsSaudi Arabia intercepts Houthi missile from Yemen
Yemen's Houthis say missile fired at Saudi Arabia's Najran region
The Saudi-led coalition said Tuesday it will respond to a UN report that suggested war crimes may have been committed in war-torn Yemen.The coalition “will take an appropriate stance on the report after a legal review of it,” the coalition said in a statement.UN experts earlier Tuesday said that individuals in the Yemeni government and coalition forces conducted attacks in Yemen that may amount to war crimes.Saudi Arabia says ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthis intercepted“The Group of Experts have reasonable grounds to believe that individuals in the Government of Yemen and the coalition may have conducted attacks in violation of the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution that may amount to war crimes,” said the 41-page report issued by the UN experts, which was mandated by UN Human Rights Council.Yemen has been wracked by conflict since 2014 when Shia Houthi rebels overran much of the country.The conflict escalated one year later when Saudi Arabia and its allies launched a wide-ranging military campaign aimed at rolling back Houthi gains in Yemen.Riyadh accuses the rebel group of serving as a proxy force for Shia Iran, Saudi Arabia’s arch-foe in the region.Saudi-led coalition air strikes in Yemen may amount to war crimes: UNThe coalition airstrikes, according to the report, caused “most direct civilian casualties after hitting residential areas, markets, funerals, weddings, detention facilities, civilian boats, and medical facilities.”Some 6,660 civilians were killed and 10,563 injured in the Yemeni conflict since March 2015, the UN Human Rights Office said and warned that the real figures are likely to be “significantly higher."The report also highlighted the crimes of Houthi forces, including killing of civilians and child recruitment.
Saudi-led coalition to respond to UN Yemen report