Yemen News News Yemen » Politics: Yemen’s fractured power struggle deepens its humanitarian, political crisis
The people of Yemen are living through one of the world’s worst humanitarian and economic crises. Yemen, long a tangle of competing interests, has become a battlefield. Not only are three major ...
News Yemen » Politics: Yemen’s civil war has taken a dangerous new turn
A separatist group backed by the United Arab Emirates has seized power in Yemen’s two biggest districts. It’s part of an intensifying power struggle between Saudi and Emirati elites, with the people ...
News Yemen » Politics: Yemen’s Peace Process Has a Structural Blind Spot: The South’s Political Future
Yemen’s prolonged conflict is frequently discussed through the familiar language of ceasefires, military de-escalation, humanitarian assistance and negotiations between the principal armed ...
News Yemen » Politics: Mapping who controls what in Yemen in 2026
The internationally recognised government of Yemen, known as the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), says its forces have recaptured two strategic southern provinces, reversing a month-long ...
News Yemen » Politics: Who is Afrah al-Zouba, Yemen’s first female foreign minister?
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Afrah al-Zouba is Yemen's first female foreign minister [File: via social media] Afrah al-Zouba's appointment as Yemen's foreign ...
News Yemen » Politics: Is southern Yemen’s next phase being decided on the ground?
It is no longer possible to interpret the Yemeni landscape solely through the lens of politics. The developments witnessed in the southern Yemeni governorates under government control in recent months ...
News Yemen » Politics: Only the US Can Reach a Peaceful Political Settlement in Yemen
Headlines from Yemen splash death tolls from airstrikes, warnings of a man-made widespread famine, and the collapse of a country caught up in the Iranian-Saudi Arabian regional war. Updates are ...
News Yemen » Politics: Yemen’s Houthis are bringing their war to Saudi Arabia – and reframing the narrative of being an Iranian proxy
A deadly Houthi attack on Riyadh’s international airport has highlighted how the Yemeni group is reframing its perceived “Iran proxy” role and shifting its regional focus to its ongoing battle against ...
News Yemen » Politics: Humanitarian Access Collapses as Yemen’s Political and Security Crisis Deepens
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 4 2026 (IPS) - In recent weeks, Yemen’s humanitarian crisis has sharply worsened, as escalating food insecurity and brutal clashes between armed actors have prompted United Nations ...
News Yemen » Politics: UN Special Envoy for Yemen urges comprehensive development of political process to encourage stability
In a briefing delivered to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, welcomed recent initiatives and efforts to bolster stability and ...
News Yemen » Politics: Yemen’s oil heartland fuels new conflict as STC seeks new political power
Yemeni employees walk at the Aden oil refinery company in Yemen's port city of Aden on Sept. 29, 2015. — SALEH AL-OBEIDI/AFP via Getty Images A sudden flare-up of fighting in Yemen in early December ...
News Yemen » Politics: Political Shifts in Yemen Will Impact Maritime Security in the Red Sea
Largely unremarked upon in the Western press, southern and eastern areas of Yemen which are not occupied by the Houthis are undergoing a political realignment which is likely to impact the threats ...