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The United Arab Emirates said early Saturday it had withdrawn all its troops from Yemen, after escalating tensions in the war-torn country that pitted the UAE against fellow Gulf powerhouse Saudi Arabia. CBC | World News
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Why the escalation in Yemen threatens to reignite civil war, create wider tensions
The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that it was pulling out its remaining forces in Yemen after Saudi Arabia backed a call for the U.A.E. forces to leave the country within 24 hours, in a major crisis between the two Gulf powers and oil producers. CBC | World News
Read More »Houthis in Yemen say PM of rebel-controlled government killed in Israeli airstrike
The Iran-backed Houthis said Saturday an Israeli airstrike killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. Ahmed al-Rahawi died Thursday along with a number of ministers, according to a statement. CBC | World News
Read More »Houthi-run Health Ministry says 2 killed by Israeli strikes on Yemen capital
The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels said Israeli airstrikes hit multiple areas across Yemen’s capital on Sunday. The Houthi-run Health Ministry said at least two people were killed and 35 were wounded. CBC | World News
Read More »Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth shared sensitive Yemen war plans in second Signal chat: source
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details of a March attack on Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis in a message group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday. CBC | World News
Read More »The Atlantic publishes entire text chat about U.S. attack on Yemen shared with its editor
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Read More »Democrats blast Trump officials over Signal chat ‘fiasco’ on Yemen airstrikes
A previously scheduled U.S. Senate intelligence committee hearing on global threats was upstaged Tuesday by the revelation that top Trump administration officials mistakenly disclosed war plans in a messaging group that included a journalist shortly before the U.S. attacked Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis. CBC | World News
Read More »Mike Waltz admits ‘mistake’ in ’embarrassing’ sharing of Yemen strike plans with journalist
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Read More »White House official confirms Yemen strike plans were mistakenly texted to journalist
Top Trump administration officials, including the defence secretary and vice-president, mistakenly texted war plans for military strikes in Yemen to a group chat in a secure messaging app that included a journalist, the White House said on Monday, following a first-hand account by the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine. CBC | World News
Read More »Houthi rebels vow to ‘meet escalation with escalation’ after deadly U.S. airstrikes in Yemen
The Houthi-run Health Ministry said the overnight U.S. strikes killed at least 53 people, including five women and two children, and wounded almost 100 in the capital of Sanaa and the northern province of Saada, the rebels’ stronghold on the border with Saudi Arabia. CBC | World News
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