By Salman Parviz

Resurgence of violence as Saudi-Houthi talks collapse

Houthis capture strategic Al-Hazan city, 70,000 displaced

Informal talks between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis began last September but the resurgence of violence since January has shattered the calm. The United Nations has been trying to re-launch political negotiations between Saudi Arabia and the Houthi movement.

By Alireza Hashemi

Hoist by its own petard: How Saudi Arabia was pushed against the wall in Yemen

Tehran - A spate of fruitful Yemeni operations against Saudi Arabia has underscored transformation of anti-Saudi forces into an obstinate actor gaining in military sophistication, increasing pressure on Riyadh to acknowledge what described as a democracy-promotion campaign has only diminished its influence in Yemen and sullied its reputation globally. 

Yemeni Houthis plan to attack some 300 targets in Saudi Arabia, UAE

On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia's oil facilities were attacked by drones. Later in the day, the Houthi movement claimed responsibility for the attacks calling them their largest military operation conducted since the armed conflict in Yemen began in 2015.

By Farzad Farhadi

Why Yemen matters to Saudi Arabia and the West

TEHRAN - Yemen is one of the most populous countries on the Arabian Peninsula. With a population that is 35 percent Shia, Saudi Arabia has also been concerned by what it sees as Iranian meddling in Yemen. Saudi Arabia has worried that the presence of Iran in Yemen could be risky for Sunni order, especially along part of its 1,800-kilometer border with Yemen.

Jordan to host Yemeni peace talks

 Jordan said on Tuesday that it agreed to host a meeting between the Yemeni government and the Houthis to discuss an agreement to exchange prisoners and detainees.

UN envoy to Yemen arrives in Sanaa to discuss Hudaydah

UN special envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths on Saturday arrived in the Yemeni capital Sanaa to discuss ways to implement the Stockholm agreement between Yemeni government and Houthi rebels.

Iran welcomes preliminary deals between Yemeni warring sides

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has welcomed the agreements and understandings reached between the Yemeni warring sides brokered by the United Nations Secretary-General in Sweden.

UN chief: Yemen’s Houthis, ex-govt. agree to ceasefire in Hudaydah 

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the Yemeni warring parties have reached an agreement on a ceasefire in the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah, as a new round of peace talks aimed at ending nearly four years of a brutal Saudi-led war on its southern neighbor came to a close in Sweden.

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

Yemen peace talks in Stockholm; the tale of negotiators with no authority

The Peace talks between Yemeni government delegation and Houthi representatives has begun since Thursday in Sweden. This is the third round of peace negotiations between the two sides, undergoing talks that had not been resolved in the past because of the abusive Saudi rulers.

By staff & agencies

Innocent Yemeni children perish in Saudi strike, UN chief calls for investigation

The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has condemned a recent deadly airstrike by the House of Saud regime warplanes on a bus carrying Yemeni school children, calling for an independent investigation into the case.

By M.A. Saki

Blaming Iran for the sufferings of Yemenis is laughable

Mike Pompeo, the U.S. secretary of states, claimed on June 28 that Iran is “prolonging suffering of the Yemeni people” by supporting Houthi rebels.

Ansarullah movement: Saudi regime-led forces bogged down outside Hudaydah

Yemen's Ansarullah (Houthi) movement fighters have dismissed reports that the Saudi regime-led forces have seized the airport in the port city of Hudaydah, saying the aggressors are on the retreat on all front lines.

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

Saudis’ lies over domination of Al Hudaydah

TEHRAN - On Saturday, some media outlets in the Saudi alliance, such as al Arabiya and Al-Hadath, in an organized and pre-planned attempt, reported that Saudi-led coalition had taken control of Yemeni port of Al Hudaydah.

By Eric Zuesse

America’s Genocide in Yemen Starts Tuesday

The Houthis in Yemen are expected to start being slaughtered en-masse on June 12th. The U.S.-Saudi-UAE plan is to destroy the Yemenese port city of Al Hudaydah, which is the only entry-way by which food reaches approximately seven million Shiites, members of the Houthi tribe, who occupy the western third of Yemen, and who had recently ruled all of Yemen.

Saudi Arabia will eventually fail in Yemen just like in Syria, Iraq: Houthi

Leader of Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah movement Abdul Malik Badreddin al-Houthi has stressed that Saudi Arabia will finally fail in its all-out military aggression against its conflict-ridden southern neighbor as it failed in Syria and Yemen.

End the crazy war on Yemen

On March 26, 215, a coalition of Arab states, led by Saudi Arabia, launched a military air campaign against the Houthi rebels in Yemen. Exactly seven days from now marks three years since the Saudis started pounding Yemen.

UN expected to vote on Iran for alleged arms violation

TEHRAN – The UN Security Council is expected to vote on Monday on a British-drafted resolution that would condemn Iran for allegedly violating a UN arms embargo against Yemen.

Houthis fire missile at Saudi royal palace

Yemen's Houthi rebels say they have fired a ballistic missile targeting the Saudi royal palace in Riyadh.

Foreign Policy claims Iranian, American-made parts in Houthi missiles 

On November 4, a Yemeni tribal group called Houthi launched a short-range ballistic missile from a remote valley in the northwestern governorate of Amran over 1,000 miles to the outskirts of Saudi Arabia’s capital, its warhead exploding on the edge of the King Khalid International Airport.

Iran calls on Yemeni groups to hold dialogue

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Sunday that the Yemeni groups should hold dialogue and prevent foreign interference.

By David Hearst

Saudi Arabia’s prince of chaos

The final act of the palace coup I have been writing about since King Salman took over has just been completed.

By Alex Ward

What America’s new arms deal with Saudi Arabia says about the Trump administration

President Trump has just announced the sale of a whopping $110 billion to Saudi Arabia which includes “tanks and helicopters for border security, ships for coastal security, intelligence-gathering aircraft, a missile-defense radar system, and cybersecurity tools,” reports ABC News. It forms part of a 10-year, $350 billion agreement in a “strategic vision” between the two countries, reports the Washington Post.

Insecurity, regional terrorism originate from Saudi radicalism: Iran

TEHRAN – Iran has rejected accusations that it is imperiling the security of the Middle East, saying regional insecurity and terrorism originates from Saudi Arabia’s radicalism and extremism.

Ansarullah Urges UAE to Leave Saudi-Led Coalition against Yemen

TEHRAN – Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah Movement called on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to reconsider its position on Yemen and leave the Saudi-led coalition that has killed thousands of civilians in the impoverished Arab country.

Iran says Yemenis use missile technology dating to Soviet era

TEHRAN – On Monday, Iran vehemently dismissed claims it was supplying weapons to the Houthis in Yemen, the militia group fighting the Saudi-backed government, saying they borrowed their technology from the Soviet Union.

Riyadh Intensifying Attacks on Yemen to Toady to Washington: Houthi Leader

TEHRAN – The secretary general of Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement slammed the Saudi regime for its increased attacks on the Arabian Peninsula country, saying Riyadh is trying to toady to new US President Donald Trump.

By Patrick Cockburn

Saudi Arabia's dream of becoming dominant Muslim power in world has gone down in flames

As recently as two years ago, Saudi Arabia's half century-long effort to establish itself as the main power among Arab and Islamic states looked as if it was succeeding. A U.S. state department paper sent by former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, in 2014 and published by Wikileaks spoke of the Saudis and Qataris as rivals competing “to dominate the Sunni world”.

Iran: Saudi rulers must be taken to court for war crime in Yemen

Iran’s security chief says United States is an accomplice by arming Saudis

Iran: U.S. guilty of arming Saudis against Yemen 

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has denied claims by a U.S. official that a missile used by Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah fighters to destroy an Emirati military vessel was made by Iran.