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Saudi Arabian F1 Grand Prix continues despite rebel attack

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 26 05:34 PM

The Saudi Arabian Formula One Grand Prix will continue "as planned" despite an attack by Yemeni rebels on an oil facility which set off a huge fire visible from Jeddah's street circuit. Read more »

Yemen rebels attack Jeddah oil facilities

Raphaëlle Peltier, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 26 04:55 PM

A Yemeni rebel attack on a Saudi oil plant set off a huge fire near Jeddah's Formula One circuit during televised practice sessions on Friday, part of a wave of assaults on Aramco facilities. Read more »

UAE blocks drone attack; shadowy group claims responsibility

Reuters
Posted at Feb 03 07:43 PM

Wednesday's drone attack was claimed by little-known "True Promise Brigades", citing UAE interference in Yemen and Iraq as justification. Read more »

UAE intercepts Yemen rebel ballistic missile

Dana Moukhallati, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 31 05:38 PM

The United Arab Emirates said Monday it shot down a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Huthi rebels, in the third such incident this month, as Israel's president visited the country. Read more »

US vows to hold Huthi rebels accountable for UAE attack

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 04:38 PM

The United States condemned Monday's drone strike on Abu Dhabi claimed by Yemen's Huthis, and vowed to hold the rebels accountable for the "terrorist attack" that left three people dead. Read more »

Yemen rebels seize vessel in Red Sea

Haitham El-Tabei, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 03 08:21 PM

Yemeni rebels have seized an Emirati-flagged vessel in the Red Sea, the insurgents and a Saudi-led coalition said on Monday, giving contrasting explanations for the latest escalation in a seven-year war. Read more »

Saudi-led coalition strikes Yemen airport

Reuters
Posted at Dec 21 08:21 PM

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen on Monday said it carried out air strikes on what it called military targets at Yemen's Sanaa international airport, from where drone strikes have been launched against Saudi targets. Read more »

US to sell advanced air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 05 07:12 AM

The US State Department announced the approval Thursday of the sale of $650 million worth of air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia. Read more »

Attack on Saudi airport injures five

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 09 07:43 AM

Five people were injured on Friday evening in an attack on an airport in the Saudi Arabian city of Jazan, near the border with Yemen. Read more »

Ano'ng nasa ilalim ng 'Well of Hell'?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 08:44 PM

Ano'ng sikreto ang itinatago ng "Well of Hell" sa Yemen? Read more »

At least 30 killed in Houthi strikes on Yemen base, spokesman says

Reuters
Posted at Aug 29 08:18 PM

ADEN - At least 30 soldiers were killed and 60 wounded on Sunday in Houthi strikes on a military base belonging to forces of the Saudi-led coalition in southwest Yemen, a spokesman for the southern forces and medical sources said. Read more »

Philippines ranks last in finance magazine's 'safest countries' list

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 09:32 AM

MANILA (3rd UPDATE) — The Philippines has landed at the bottom of an international business magazine's list of the "world's safest countries" in 2021, with Iceland figuring at the top of 134 countries evaluated. Read more »

Danger and demons: Yemen's mysterious 'Well of Hell'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 21 06:58 PM

Surrounded in mystery and tales of demons, the Well of Barhout in Yemen's east -- known as the "Well of Hell" -- is a little-understood natural wonder. Read more »

Saudi air defenses intercept 17 Houthi armed drones - state TV

Reuters
Posted at Jun 20 11:32 AM

Saudi Arabian air defenses late on Saturday destroyed six armed drones launched by Yemen's Houthi movement towards the kingdom, bringing the total it intercepted during the day to 17, state TV cited the Saudi-led coalition as saying. Read more »

US commits to Saudi defense after Houthi attacks on oil heartland

Reuters
Posted at Mar 08 11:50 PM

DUBAI - The United States said on Monday it is committed to defending Saudi Arabia following drone and missile strikes claimed by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement, including on a Saudi facility vital to oil exports.   Read more »

Yemen 'step away' from devastating famine: UN

Mohamad Ali Harissi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 03 02:42 AM

DUBAI - Famine could become part of war-torn Yemen's "reality" in 2021, the UN warned Tuesday, after a donor conference raising funds to keep millions from starvation fell short by over half. Read more »

Saudi Arabia says Houthi missile attack on Riyadh thwarted

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 28 02:50 PM

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Yemen's Houthis say they carried out drone attack on Saudi airport

Reuters
Posted at Feb 10 10:27 PM

DUBAI - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group said it carried out a drone attack on Saudi Arabia's Abha airport on Wednesday which the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen said caused a fire in a civilian aircraft. Read more »

20 killed in attack on Yemen airport moments after new Cabinet lands

Mohammed Mukhashaf, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 31 02:46 AM

ADEN - At least 20 people were killed and dozens wounded in an attack on Aden airport on Wednesday moments after a plane landed carrying a newly formed Saudi-backed cabinet for government-held parts of Yemen. Read more »

Child malnutrition reaches new highs in parts of Yemen — UN survey

Reuters
Updated as of Oct 27 09:23 PM

According to a UN Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis of malnutrition in southern Yemen, acute cases in children under five increased about 10% in 2020, to more than half a million.   Read more »