yemen

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) – Yemen’s worsening conflict is contributing to a spike in piracy in the region, with Somali pirates

by Yara Bayoumy (Reuters)  The United Nations does not advocate a military operation in and around Yemen’s Hodeidah port where more than 70

By Maha El Dahan and Michael Georgy SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, March 24 (Reuters) – Captains of small wooden dhows are carrying food and wares from

by William Maclean (Reuters) A Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen called on Sunday for the United Nations to place a strategic port under its supervision

By Jonathan Saul and Katie Paul LONDON/RIYADH, March 6 (Reuters) – Cruise missiles, floating mines and a remote-controlled boat have been deployed to

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) – The United States has sent a Navy destroyer to patrol off the coast of Yemen to protect waterways from Houthi

ADEN, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Warships shelled suspected al Qaeda strongholds in a mountainous region of southern Yemen on Thursday, government officials said.

SANAA, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Houthi militants attacked a Saudi warship with three boats off the western coast of Yemen on Monday, causing an explosion that

Seven people are believed to have been killed in an apparent rocket attack on a Iranian cargo ship in the Red Sea off Yemen, Pakistani sources are reporting.

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Nov 3 (Reuters) – Unknown assailants who opened fire on a gas tanker last week off the coast of Yemen were also carrying a

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Unknown assailants attacked a gas tanker off the coast of Yemen close to the Bab al-Mandab waterway in the

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) – The Pentagon declined to say on Monday whether the USS Mason destroyer was targeted by

Update (Oct. 17, 2016): The Pentagon declined on Monday to say whether the USS Mason destroyer was targeted by multiple inbound missiles fired from Yemen

SANAA, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Yemen’s dominant Houthi group denied any role in missile strikes on U.S. warships in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, and

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. military launched cruise missiles on Thursday against three coastal radar sites in areas of Yemen

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy destroyer was targeted on Wednesday in a failed missile attack from territory

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (Reuters) – The Pentagon on Tuesday warned that whoever fired missiles at a U.S. Navy destroyer and an

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Missile attacks from Yemen on Western military craft risk spilling over into nearby busy sea lanes which

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer was targeted on Sunday in a failed missile attack from territory in

An Iranian aid ship docked on Friday in Djibouti, where its cargo will be inspected by the United Nations before being moved to conflict-torn Yemen, Iran's