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UK Agrees to Provide Support to Saudi Forces

Burnham to send RAF tanker for defensive air-to-air refueling

(Newser) - Britain is moving to support Saudi Arabia's fight against Yemen's Houthi rebels, with Prime Minister Andy Burnham approving his first military action since taking office—after the US has rebuffed requests for offensive action. Burnham told the Independent on Monday that, on the advice of his defense and...

Trump Stopped Just Short of Opening New Front in War

NYT says president has come close to launching military strikes on behalf of Saudis

(Newser) - President Trump keeps edging toward—and then backing away from—what could amount to a significant escalation in the war with Iran, the New York Times reports. For weeks, he has been weighing urgent Saudi requests to hit Iran-backed Houthi forces that have resumed attacks on Saudi targets and choked...

Saudis: Houthis Tried to Strike Capital With Ballistic Missile

New front has emerged in Iran war

(Newser) - Saudi Arabia on Saturday confirmed that Yemen's Houthi rebels tried to attack its capital with a ballistic missile, the first targeting of Riyadh since the escalation in fighting with the Iran-backed rebels. The statement by the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis was issued long after the morning attempt, which...

Pipeline Damage, Houthi Attack Pressure Global Oil Supply
Saudis Rush to Restore Pipeline
Sep 13, 2026 7:01 PM CDT

Saudis Rush to Restore Pipeline

Houthi attacks add to pressure on global oil supply

(Newser) - Saudi Arabia is racing the clock to get a key oil pipeline back online—or risk knocking out roughly 4% of global supply. Drone strikes shut the East-West line to the Red Sea on Friday, and industry sources tell Reuters that storage at the port of Yanbu could cover exports...

Houthis Overrun a Key Red Sea Island; Saudis Retaliate

Saudi airstrikes hit Yemen's rebel-held Mokha airport

(Newser) - Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels captured a strategic island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the entrance to the Red Sea, two officials said Friday, in a swift advance that further threatens Saudi oil exports through one of the world's key commercial lanes. Saudi Arabia responded with airstrikes against...

Houthis Take Red Sea Port in Potential Boost for Iran
Houthis Capture Red Sea Port
Sep 10, 2026 4:15 PM CDT

Houthis Capture Red Sea Port

(Newser) - Yemen's Houthi militia has a new military success that could rattle oil markets and regional powers alike. The Iran-aligned group took the Red Sea city of Mokha and its port after days of fighting, Yemeni officials said, ousting Saudi-backed government forces in what analysts call one of the conflict'...

Strikes in Saudi Arabia Seen as Major Escalation

Expect energy prices to keep climbing after Iran-allied Houthis struck Saudi oil sites

(Newser) - Houthi strikes on oil facilities in southern Saudi Arabia threaten to expand the Iran war in a substantial way, reports Reuters . The strikes are big reason why crude prices climbed back near $100 a barrel on Tuesday morning. The Iran-aligned group said it hit a Saudi airbase and multiple Aramco...

Amid Wider Regional Turmoil, the Pirates Are Back

Somali piracy is on the rebound, with experts warning that regional conflict is fueling the wave

(Newser) - Somali piracy is making an unwelcome return, with two ships hijacked in four days and at least six now held, Somali officials say. The latest target: the SIBU 1, an Eritrean-flagged oil tanker believed to be part of Iran's covert "shadow fleet," seized on Thursday about 130...

UAE Says Ship Was Attacked in Strait of Hormuz

Authorities say missile was fired by Iran

(Newser) - The United Arab Emirates said one of its ships was targeted by an Iranian missile early Saturday. A vessel owned by Abu Dhabi's state-owned ADNOC oil and gas company was attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Emirati authorities said. The Foreign Ministry said Iran fired the missile as part...

Strikes Again Are Paused as Trump Gives Talks 'Space'

Waltz says negotiations are continuing 'on every level'

(Newser) - The Iran war was quiet Sunday, the second straight day with neither side reported to have carried out any strikes. The Tehran government signaled that talks over control of the Strait of Hormuz had inched forward, saying that Omani officials who act as go-betweens for the two nations described discussions...

Trump Says Iran Will Pay Price for Houthi Attacks

Oil prices jump as Yemen rebels claim attacks on 2 Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea

(Newser) - Yemen's Houthi movement says it has widened its fight to the Red Sea, claiming missile and drone attacks on two Saudi oil tankers, Saudi Arabia confirmed one vessel, the Encelia, was struck off its Red Sea coast Wednesday, sparking a fire but no injuries, the BBC reports. There's...

Another Oil Route Could Soon Be Choked Off

Iran reportedly urges Houthis to cut off Red Sea route if US attacks Iranian power plants

(Newser) - Iran is reportedly readying a new pressure point in its standoff with the US: the Red Sea. Reuters , citing sources including two senior Iranian officials. reports that Tehran has asked Yemen's Houthi movement to be prepared to disrupt oil shipping through the Red Sea's Bab el-Mandeb strait if...

Missiles Shatter 4-Year Lull in Houthi-Saudi Conflict

Rebels say they hit Saudi airport

(Newser) - A fragile lull in a long-running war in the Middle East just snapped. Yemen's Houthi movement on Monday said it fired missiles at Saudi Arabia, claiming it struck the international airport in Abha in the kingdom's south after accusing Riyadh of bombing Sanaa's airport, Reuters reports. Saudi...

Free Solo Climber Dies After Fall Into Volcanic Crater

Rescuers recover Antar al-Abssi's body from scalding 400-foot-deep volcanic pool in Yemen

(Newser) - He'd been nicknamed the "Yemeni Spider-Man." Authorities say 30-year-old free solo climber Antar al-Abssi died Friday after slipping while scaling the inner wall of Hardah Dam, a volcanic crater near the central Yemeni city of Damt. Video released by Yemen's Civil Defense Service shows him hanging...

For First Time in Decade, Displaced-People Stat Dips

UN agency warns that 118M individuals forcibly displaced globally is still an 'alarmingly high' figure

(Newser) - The UN's Refugee Agency said forced displacement of people due to conflict or persecution fell in 2025 for the first time in a decade. In its annual report released Thursday, however, the agency warned that 118 million people who had to flee their homes or nations is still alarmingly...

Iran-Backed Houthis Have Now Inserted Themselves in War

Rebel group claims missile attack on Israel out of Yemen

(Newser) - Iranian-backed Houthi rebels claimed a missile launch toward Israel from Yemen early Saturday, their first since the Iran war started. The Israeli military said it intercepted the projectile, per the AP . The conflict, now marking its one-month anniversary, erupted after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, which retaliated with...

Hundreds of Tourists Stranded on Yemeni Island

Americans among Socotra travelers caught by surprise as Yemen closes entry points

(Newser) - Adventure-seekers who flocked to a remote Yemeni island for its otherworldly landscapes are now stuck there as regional tensions shut down routes in and out. Socotra's deputy governor for culture and tourism told AFP that "more than 400 foreign tourists" have been stranded on the island in the...

Israel Turns Its Airstrikes Back to Yemen
Israeli Airstrikes Pound Yemen
Sep 10, 2025 11:00 AM CDT

Israeli Airstrikes Pound Yemen

As EU leader calls for sanctions against Israel over the war in Gaza

(Newser) - Israel carried out another round of heavy airstrikes Wednesday against Yemen's Houthi rebels, hitting a fuel station in the capital, Sanaa, and a government facility, according to officials in Yemen. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, meanwhile, said she would seek sanctions and a partial trade suspension against...

Prime Minister Killed by Israeli Strike in Yemen: Houthis

Ahmed al-Rahawi took office in rebel-controlled government last year

(Newser) - The prime minister of Yemen's Houthi-controlled government was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Sanaa, the rebel group announced Saturday. The Houthis, backed by Iran, have vowed to respond as leadership changes hands in the face of ongoing strikes and missile attacks, NBC News reports. Ahmed al-Rahawi was...

Israel Launches Airstrikes in Yemen
Israel Strikes Yemen's Capital
Aug 24, 2025 3:05 PM CDT

Israel Strikes Yemen's Capital

Houthis say attacks in support of Gaza will continue

(Newser) - Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen's capital on Sunday, days after the Houthi rebels fired a missile toward Israel that its military described as the first cluster bomb the rebels had launched at it since 2023. The Iranian-backed Houthis said multiple areas across Sanaa were hit, while the Houthi-run health ministry...

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