The Skyline of Riyadh is seen on October 31, 2023 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Justin Setterfield | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Three Saudi nationals, including a pilot, were killed in attacks on a Riyadh international airport by Iran-backed Houthi militants on Thursday, Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority said. In a statement posted on…
The African Union (AU) Commission has issued an urgent call for de-escalation in the Red Sea region, expressing grave concern over attacks targeting regional economic infrastructure and ongoing threats to international commercial shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. In a statement released on September 17, the AU Commission condemned attacks launched by Houthi forces against…
The Houthi takeover of parts of the Red Sea gives the armed group a new platform to challenge global shipping. The group has taken over the port of Mocha, the island of Mayyun, and the Zuqar and Hanish archipelago about 160km north of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. These areas were previously controlled by Yemeni government…
Saudi Arabia says a wave of Houthi attacks on the country’s south have injured 73 people, including women and children. The strikes reportedly hit civilian and economic sites, as fighting intensifies in Yemen. Published On 8 Sep 20268 Sep 2026 Share Houthi attacks on southern Saudi Arabia reportedly injure dozens on social media share-nodes Share…
Hargeisa (Horndiplomat) — Escalating threats to shipping in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis are sharpening U.S. strategic calculations in the Horn of Africa and could increase Washington’s interest in Somaliland as a security partner, according to U.S. and regional security analysts cited by Fox News. The assessment comes as attacks and threats around…
Fighters supporting the Aden-based internationally-recognised Yemeni government gather during a vigil along the Red Sea shore in Khokha, in Yemen’s western Hodeidah province on July 20, 2026, calling for a resumption of hostilities with the Huthi group currently controlling the capital Sanaa. (Photo by Khaled ZIAD / AFP via Getty Images) Khaled Ziad | Afp…
Addis Ababa (Horndiplomat) — African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf on Thursday condemned attacks claimed by Yemen’s Houthi movement against commercial oil tankers in the Red Sea, warning that the escalating violence poses a serious threat to regional stability, international maritime security and global trade. In a statement issued from Addis Ababa, the African…
The Iranian-backed Houthis said Saturday an Israeli airstrike killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in a Thursday strike in Sanaa along with a number of ministers, the rebels said in a statement. Yemen’s Houthi-led government’s Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi. MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images…
