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Iran-backed militias

Pro-Iran factions raise spectre of wider conflict amid US naval build-up

Iran-backed militias

Risk of expanding the scope of any regional conflict

Pro-Iran factions raise spectre of wider conflict amid US naval build-up

Risk of expanding the scope of any regional conflict

Yemen prisoner swap

One of the country’s most sensitive humanitarian files

Yemen government, Houthis trade blame over stalled prisoner swap

UAE-Saudi ties

Looking to stabilise relations

Saudi statements suggest Yemen row with UAE may be easing

Solar energy

Several renewable energy projects under development in Yemen have been paused after the UAE’s exit from Yemen

UAE utility completes handover of solar power plants to Yemen govt

UAE-Yemen rift

The UAE reiterated that its forces officially withdrew from Yemen in December 2025.

UAE denies Saudi-backed Yemeni govt's claim it was running 'secret prisons'

Yemen’s vicious circle must be broken

Khairallah Khairallah

Why a decisive victory in Hodeidah is crucial

Khairallah Khairallah

Yemeni government dismisses UN report, warring factions prepare for Geneva talks

Aden

Hadi's government has asked Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia's main coalition partner, to stop arming separatists

UAE hands control of Aden to Saudi

Yemeni government

The agreement will be signed within days

Yemen govt strikes power-sharing deal with secessionists

Aden standoff

Coalition forces will be temporarily deployed in Aden

Saudi talks close to unifying Yemen govt, STC

Yemen Talks

Sources from both sides said on Monday that they are close to reaching a power-sharing deal

Yemen government, STC hold negotiations

UAE-Saudi ties

Abu Dhabi’s crown prince (L) receiving Saudi deputy defence ministaer at his palace

Abu Dhabi crown prince meets with Saudi deputy defence minister

Yemen Crisis

Saudi vice defence minister Prince Khalid bin Salman

Riyadh gives positive response to Huthi truce offer

Yemen War

A Yemeni detainee is greeted by his relative and friends after his release from a prison controlled by Huthi rebels, in Sanaa

Yemen’s Huthi rebels free 290 prisoners

Yemen War

Ismail Abdullah, 12, who lost his leg in an air strike two years ago, sits in his hut at a camp for internally displaced people in Khamis of Hodeidah province

Air strikes, landmines maim and scar Yemen's children

Yemen's children

School children attend an open-air class under a tree near their unfinished school in the southwestern Yemeni village of al-Kashar

UN says two million children out of school in Yemen

Yemen War

Huthi militant walks amidst the debris of a house

Civilians killed as coalition, Huthis trade fire in Yemen

Gulf Crisis

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo takes part in a meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Abu Dhabi

Pompeo for 'peaceful resolution' to Gulf crisis

Iranian threats

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) is greeted by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah

Pompeo denounces Saudi oil attacks as Iranian 'act of war'

Aramco attack

Followers of the Huthi movement carry a mock drone during a rally held to mark Ashura in Saada, Yemen

Iran-backed Huthis threaten to target UAE

Iranian threats

Senator Lindsey Graham

US senator brands attacks on Saudi an 'act of war'

Gulf tensions

Johnson and Merkel stressed the importance of avoiding the further escalation of tensions in the region

UK, Germany urge 'collective response' to Saudi drone attacks

Oil Market

Oil prices surged Monday nearly 20% in intraday trading in response to the attacks

Oil prices decline after sharp gains

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