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Lack of alternatives and international legitimacy kept Hadi in power regardless of being in exile and unpopular. A lack of an alternative that could be accepted by the divided anti-Houthi coalition, along with Hadi’s “legitimacy” as the internationally recognised president. Muhsin has long been associated with Islah, Yemen’s Muslim Brotherhood-influenced party, which is deeply opposed by Zubaydi’s Southern Transitional Council, …

EXPLAINED: Who Are Houthi Rebels? The Yemen Group Behind UAE Drone Attacks That Killed 2 Indians

New Delhi: Two Indian nationals and one person from Pakistan were killed in Monday’s terror attacks in the United Arab Emirates that also left at least six injured, including two Indians. In 2014-15, Houthi rebels overthrew Saleh’s successor Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi’s government and captured capital Sana’a, with the help of the former president. When the Houthi rebels sided with Saleh …

What’s behind the Houthis’ UAE attacks?

The story so far: A suspected drone attack on Monday in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, caused multiple explosions in which three people were killed — two Indians and one Pakistani. Since then, the government launched multiple military campaigns in Sa’dah, the Zaydi stronghold, to end the resistance, which was locally called the Houthis movement, after …

Saudi Arabia proposes ceasefire plan to Yemen’s Houthi rebels

Houthis dismiss proposal as ‘nothing new’, say Riyadh ‘must declare an end to the aggression and lift the blockade completely’. “The Houthis must decide whether to put their interests first or Iran’s interests first.” The proposal would also allow for fuel and food imports through the western port of Hodeidah – Yemen’s main port of entry – and restarting political …

CAIRO — Already displaced once in Yemen’s grinding civil war, Mohammed Ali Saleh fled with his pregnant wife and their three children to central Marib province last year to seek refuge in a region that has known some relative peace and stability because of well-protected oil fields nearby. The new campaign, combined with increasing Houthi missile and drone attacks on …

Offensive by Yemen’s Houthis threatens IDP camps in Marib

Timeline: Yemen war began in 2014 when Houthis seized Sanaa

CAIRO — Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday targeted an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, causing a civilian plane on the tarmac to catch fire. Saudi Arabia, along with the United Arab Emirates and other countries, entered the war alongside Yemen’s internationally recognized government in March 2015. Aug. 17, 2019: Houthis launch drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s Shaybah oil field, near …

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