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“Yemen’s civil war, pitting a Saudi-led coalition backing the government against rival Houthis, restarted in July, months into the broader Middle East conflict that has rocked energy markets and plunged the region into turmoil.”

“The Iran-backed Houthis have been battling the Saudi-backed Yemeni government in a civil war since 2014, but the conflict has intensified since the US began its eight-month war on Iran.”

“The Saudi Civil Aviation Authority said that one person, a Pakistani resident, was killed and 11 other people were injured in the Oct 11 attack on King Khalid International airport in Riyadh.”

“Yemen's civil war pits the Houthis against an uneasy coalition of sometimes rival military forces under the internationally recognised government, backed by Saudi Arabia and its allies.”

“Fighting has raged along several front lines in Yemen for weeks since a dormant civil war erupted in a spillover from the US-Iran conflict, with the Houthis seeking to control the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and firing missiles and drones at Saudi cities and…”

“Saudi Arabia entered neighbouring Yemen's civil war in 2015 at the head of an Arab coalition in support of the internationally recognised government, which the Houthis had driven out of the capital Sanaa.”

“Lightning offensive This is the first time since Yemen’s civil war resumed that strikes have threatened the Saudi capital, piling further pressure on a global economy already rocked by seven months of war between the US and Iran.”

“This is the first time since Yemen’s longstanding civil war resumed that it has threatened the Saudi capital, further shaking a global economy already under pressure by nearly seven months of war between the US and Iran.”

“…ear RIYADH, Sept 19 - A large plume of smoke was visible near Riyadh's main airport on Saturday after booms were heard and Saudi Arabia sent alerts overnight warning of potential danger around the capital, amid an escalation in attacks by Yemen's Houthi…”

“…ierce mountain fighters often in sandals and hooked on the green leaf stimulant qat, into a force of tens of thousands who withstood years of airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen's civil war and built an arsenal including drones and ballistic…”

“It is part of renewed hostilities in Yemen’s civil war that began with the group’s takeover of the capital Sanaa in 2014.”

“Military spokesman Colonel Majed al-Nazili called on civilians to avoid using the route between the city of Taiz and Mocha and steer clear of equipment belonging to the Houthis, mountain fighters who withstood years of devastating Saudi air strikes during…”

“Yemen’s civil war flared up again in July after years of relative calm, opening a new front in the wider Middle East war that began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran in February.”

“The Houthis have also been attacking neighbouring Saudi Arabia since Yemen’s civil war flared back to life, and have declared a maritime blockade on its ships.”

“Barefoot and terrified, Yemenis flee the Houthi advance AL-BIREEN CAMP, Yemen, Sept 18 - When a terrifying bombardment erupted around their camp in Yemen this week as a long-paused civil war reignited, Rawya Hassan and her family fled for their lives,…”

“… top of multiple crises as the country’s health services and economy have been shattered amid a long civil war between forces of the internationally recognised, Saudi-backed administration and the Houthis created one of the world's biggest humanitarian…”

“Taiz, Yemen's third-largest city, has emerged as a major theatre of the conflict between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed government, after their war was reignited last month by the U.S.-Iran confrontation in the Gulf.”

“Trump announced on Oct 9 that Russia had agreed to supply diesel to global markets, and his administration temporarily lifted US sanctions on Russian fuel designed to deprive Moscow of revenue for its war on Ukraine.”

“The possible entry of Syrian forces into the battle, an overspill of the US-Iran conflict, shows how Yemen's reignited civil war has added new chaos to a region already aflame, and risks drawing regional states into gruelling mountain fighting.”

“The kingdom has faced repeated Houthi attacks targeting its cities, oil infrastructure and ships ever since Yemen’s civil war flared back to life in July.”

“Hunger warning After several years of calm, Yemen was plunged back into civil war that month, pitting the Iran-backed Houthis, who control most of north-west Yemen including Sanaa, against Yemen’s internationally recognised government.”

“On the surface, the clashes look like the revival of the 2020-2022 civil war that pitted the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) against the federal government and killed hundreds of thousands of people.”

“The city itself remains under the control of government forces but has long been besieged by Houthi fighters and remains one of the main fronts in Yemen’s civil war.”

“Saudi says it intercepted 2 drones launched by Houthis towards Riyadh CAIRO, Sept 26 - Yemen's Saudi-led coalition said early on Saturday it had intercepted two drones launched by the Iran-backed Houthis towards the Saudi capital Riyadh.”

“The recent fighting is the latest episode in 12 years of civil war in Yemen which had largely been frozen since a 2022 but has escalated again and has become linked to the wider Iran war.”

“While the Yemen civil war predates the US-Iran war by years, renewed fighting in Yemen pits allies of Washington and Tehran against each other while the two foes are stalemated in the Gulf.”

“On Saturday Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis, who made major advances along Yemen's Red Sea coast after the country's civil war reignited this month, said they had carried out strikes in the Saudi capital Riyadh and on a major oil facility in the kingdom's Red Sea…”

“Cooper’s comments follow a growing global squeeze on oil and petroleum products since the summer, spurred in part by drone attacks linked to the Iran war that halted a Saudi Arabian pipeline bypassing the strait.”

“One killed as Saudi Arabia intercepts drone launched by Yemen's Houthis Sept 17 - A Yemeni living in Saudi Arabia was killed on Thursday in the interception of a drone, which the kingdom's civil defence said was launched by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis.”

“Starting out in the late 1990s as a Zaydi Shi'ite Muslim revival movement in north Yemen under the Houthi family, the group waged six wars against the government, building a strong local militia.”

“The Houthis have been engaged in renewed fighting with Saudi-backed government forces since Yemen’s civil war reignited in July, when the group declared a maritime blockade on Riyadh and began targeting its ships in the Red Sea.”

“The war has also continued to spread, sucking in and reigniting Yemen’s smouldering civil war.”