The April bombing of a Yemeni oil port by U.S. forces that killed and wounded hundreds of civilians and disrupted the delivery of lifesaving aid to one of the world’s most war-torn nations was “an apparent war crime” that should be investigated, a leading international human rights group said Wednesday. On April 17, a series...
In an abrupt announcement on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said that the U.S. is stopping its bombings in Yemen “effective immediately” after reaching an agreement with Houthi leaders on Monday night. “We had some very good news last night,” Trump said, during a meeting with Canada’s prime minister. “The Houthis have announced that they are...
Donald Trump said the US would stop attacking the Houthis in Yemen because the group had “capitulated”, as Oman confirmed a “ceasefire” had been reached with the Iran-backed group for it to stop targeting shipping in the Red Sea. “[The Houthis] just don’t want to fight, and we will honour that and we will stop...
Israel’s military says it has hit Houthi targets in Yemen in response to the group’s missile launch at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport the previous day. The IDF said it attacked sites that it claimed served as a “central supply source for the Houthis” in the Hudaydah Port, as well as the Bajil cement factory east...
The UK has launched air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen for the first time since Donald Trump returned to the White House. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighter jets, working with the US military, hit a “cluster of buildings” used by the Houthis to manufacture attack drones. The...
Civilian casualties of US strikes have skyrocketed amid the Trump administration’s assault on Yemen. The Trump administration says it will not be disclosing details on its war in Yemen as Democrats are pressing officials to answer to concerns over civilian harm and reports find that the U.S. has killed hundreds of civilians in just over...
A trio of Democratic senators on Thursday demanded answers from embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth regarding U.S. airstrikes in Yemen, which have reportedly killed scores of civilians including numerous women and children since last month. “We write to you concerning reports that U.S. strikes against the Houthis at the Ras Isa fuel terminal in Yemen...
The US military says it has destroyed a fuel terminal in Yemen during its latest strikes against the Houthis. It says the aim of the attack on the Red Sea port of Ras Isa was to restrict supplies and funds for the Iranian-backed movement. According to the Houthis, at least 33 people were killed during...
Five children were killed or wounded in a US strike on a ceramics factory on Sunday. The U.S. has killed over 100 people in Yemen in less than a month of bombardments, Yemen health officials say, killing dozens of civilians as the Trump administration escalates its attacks on the region. The Yemen Health Ministry reported...
“They were scattered and torn into pieces,” a witness said of a family killed by the strike. The strike on Yemen that was celebrated by Trump administration officials in a now-infamous leaked Signal chat killed a newborn baby and charred and killed a 5-year-old boy, according to new witness testimony of the strike. In a...
J.D. Vance said it was “excellent” that a strike collapsed a building. Thirteen civilians died, according to one count. Trump administration officials effectively admitted to and celebrated a war crime when discussing the U.S.’s airstrikes on Yemen earlier this month, a House Democrat and policy experts have said, citing newly leaked messages published by The...
The US’s airstrikes on Yemen have reportedly killed dozens of civilians, with the US twice bombing a cancer hospital. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) has flamed Democrats for misplaced priorities as they rage over the Trump administration’s leak of sensitive information on the U.S.’s bombing of Yemen earlier this month — but not over the strikes...
Lily Jamali & Max Matza & Kayla Epstein BBC News Watch: Mike Johnson defends Trump administration after Yemen group chat mishap The leak of classified information by President Donald Trump’s national security team on an unsecured chat app may have broken three basic rules, according to analysts. Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg reported that he was...
The Trump administration has vowed to continue its military strikes against the Houthi movement that controls much of Yemen, and says it will hold Iran responsible for any retaliation from its ally. Since Saturday, U.S. warplanes have launched dozens of large-scale attacks on multiple towns across Yemen, killing dozens of people. The strikes came after...