Yemen’s Houthis claim missile attack on British ship
Yemen's Houthi group has claimed responsibility for attacking a British ship in the Gulf of Aden with several missiles.
Yemen's Houthi group has claimed responsibility for attacking a British ship in the Gulf of Aden with several missiles.
In a surprise move, Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, Yemen's foreign minister, has been appointed as the country's new Prime Minister
Houthi camps in Yemen's capital Sanaa have been reportedly hit by airstrikes.
The United Nations has asked Yemen's Houthi authorities to reconsider their decision to expel US and British nationals working for the world body in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
The US has reportedly conducted a series of fresh airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen's central province of Al Bayda.
Yemen has been mired in civil war since late 2014 when the Houthi group seized control of much of the country's north and forced the Saudi-backed government of President Abd-Rabbuh Mansour Hadi out of the capital Sanaa.
The Saudi-led coalition intervened in the Yemeni conflict in March 2015 to support Hadi's government
The airstrikes targeted the Houthis in four frontlines in the western districts of Sirwah and Rahabah, killing dozens and destroying several vehicles carrying weapons and combatants, the source told Xinhua news agency.
Yemen's civil war flared up in late 2014 when the Iran-backed Houthi rebels seized control of much of the country's north
According to the health office in Hayran, an average of 300 patients visit health centres on a daily basis in these areas, mostly children and women.
