US-led coalition launches fresh airstrike on Yemen’s Red Sea port city: Houthi TV
The US-British naval coalition launched an airstrike on Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Monday
The US-British naval coalition launched an airstrike on Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Monday
Yemen's Houthi group has said their air defences have successfully shot down an American MQ-9 drone over the northeastern province of Marib.
Severe flooding has hit several provinces of Yemen, leaving more than 150 people dead and thousands more displaced as of Sunday, according to a Yemeni source and a UN agency.
The death toll from the week-long heavy rains and floods in western Yemen has risen to 45, Yemen's state TV reported Friday, citing a statement from the Yemen Red Crescent Society.
The US-British naval coalition has launched three air strikes on Houthi-held Yemeni airport in the port city of Hodeidah
The Saudi-led coalition intervened in the Yemeni conflict in March 2015 to support Hadi's government
The airstrikes targeted the Houthis in four frontlines in the western districts of Sirwah and Rahabah, killing dozens and destroying several vehicles carrying weapons and combatants, the source told Xinhua news agency.
Yemen's civil war flared up in late 2014 when the Iran-backed Houthi rebels seized control of much of the country's north
According to the health office in Hayran, an average of 300 patients visit health centres on a daily basis in these areas, mostly children and women.
The UN has warned that the offensive on Marib, which hosts nearly 1 million internally displaced people, could lead to a major humanitarian catastrophe.
