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Who is smuggling weapons to Yemen?
Essential Middle East examines why some countries may be supplying arms to the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Published On 19 Jan 2023
Saudi foreign minister sees progress towards ending Yemen war
Speaking in Davos, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said a political settlement was needed to end the 8-year conflict.
Published On 18 Jan 2023
Thousands of Iran assault rifles bound for Yemen seized: US Navy
Weapons discovered off the coast of Oman on a route used ‘to traffic illicit cargo’ to Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Published On 10 Jan 2023
US Navy says trawler carrying arms haul was bound for Yemen
US Navy says boat carrying more than one million rounds of ammunition intercepted along a sea route from Iran to Yemen.
Published On 4 Dec 2022

Several leaders of the Houthi rebels initially congratulated the Saudi team, before retracting their comments.

Children between ages of three and 15 suffering from leukaemia died after receiving smuggled doses in war-torn Yemen.

Yemeni government and Houthis failed to extend a six-month truce that saw a lull in fighting in the eight-year conflict.

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels had promised to stop the practice, but their own officials say otherwise.

Two-month truce is set to expire on Wednesday, prompting calls for an end to ‘the cycle of violence and suffering’.

US calls on Yemeni rebels to ‘end injustice’ and free current and former employees of the US embassy in Sanaa.

Two-month nationwide truce between Saudi-led coalition and the rebel Houthi group is due to expire at beginning of June.

Saudi officials say the move is aimed at solidifying a two-month truce that went into effect in early April.

Rival sides trade blame after the Amman-Jordan flight planned as part of the UN-brokered truce indefinitely postponed.

It’s unclear whether government and presidential council will remain in Aden or in Riyadh, as was previously the case.

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