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A drone launched by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen is intercepted above the southern Israeli city of Eilat, shortly after midnight on June 9, 2026. (Screenshot via social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 9, 2026, 8:55 am
IDF downs drone over Eilat launched by Yemen’s Houthis
No injuries or damage in attack by Iran-backed rebel group shortly after midnight; incident follows firing of ballistic missiles by Houthis earlier, during escalation with Iran
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Security personnel stand guard as Houthi supporters gather during a rally in solidarity with Iran and Lebanon, amid the US-Israeli war with Iran, in the Houthi-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on March 27, 2026. (Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
March 28, 2026, 10:21 pm
Houthi missile attack on Israel stokes fears of renewed strikes on Red Sea shipping
Analyst says effects ‘would be devastating’ if Iran-backed Yemeni rebels are able to shut down key waterway, which has served for some ships as alternative to blockaded Hormuz
By AP and ToI Staff
Supporters of the Iran-backed Houthis shout slogans during a rally against Israel and the United States, in Sanaa, Yemen, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
March 28, 2026, 6:46 am
Joining war, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis launch missile attack on southern Israel
Sirens sound in Beersheba as IDF says ballistic missile was intercepted with no injuries; attack comes hours after terror group warned it was ready to intervene militarily
By Emanuel Fabian, Reuters and ToI Staff
Houthi supporters brandish rifles and hold portraits of Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a rally in solidarity with Iran and Lebanon, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on March 6, 2026. (Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
March 26, 2026, 6:03 pm
Houthis threaten to join Mideast war, raising specter of renewed Red Sea attacks
Iran-backed group in Yemen could target shipping in Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key chokepoint en route to Suez that is especially crucial with Strait of Hormuz effectively closed
By Agencies
Houthis rally in solidarity with Iran and Lebanon, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on March 6, 2026. (Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
March 15, 2026, 2:57 pm
As Iran’s other proxy groups join war, Houthi rebels in Yemen hold back, for now
Tehran-backed group said to fear assassinations, divisions in Yemen and possible weapons shortages; restraint may be coordinated with Iran and change if regime gets more desperate
By FATMA KHALED
Men deliver UN World Food Program (WFP) aid in Aslam, Hajjah, Yemen, September 21, 2018. (Hammadi Issa/AP)
January 29, 2026, 6:16 pm
Houthi harassment forcing World Food Program to shut in north Yemen, officials say
UN agency had suspended operations in August, and 365 staff will be laid off by March, sources report, citing terror group’s arrests of workers and funding shortages
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Yemeni politicians and others meet in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to discuss the situation in Yemen following the dissolution of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, January 18, 2026. (Screenshot via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 18, 2026, 6:32 pm
Yemeni politicians meet in Riyadh after dissolution of UAE-backed separatist group
Aidarous al-Zubaidi, who led now-defunct Southern Transitional Council, does not attend but sends delegation; Saudi officials give assurances that STC officers will still get paid
By BARAA ANWER
Leader of Yemen's Southern Transitional Council Aidarous al-Zubaidi during an interview with AFP at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, January 18, 2024. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
January 7, 2026, 12:23 pm
Yemen anti-Houthi council expels separatist leader as he faces treason charges
Southern Transitional Council chief Aidarous al-Zubaidi didn’t board plane to Saudi Arabia with other official for talks, now said to have ‘fled to an unknown location’
By AP
This image grab from an AFPTV footage shows smoke after airstrikes as a Saudi-led coalition hit back against a sweeping advance by the UAE-backed Southern Transition Council on January 2, 2026. (AFPTV / AFP)
January 2, 2026, 7:28 pm
Saudi jets strike UAE-backed separatists in Yemen; Abu Dhabi says its forces have withdrawn
7 separatist fighters said killed; UAE says it seeks de-escalation as Riyadh, Abu Dhabi jostle for power in government-run areas after forming coalition against Iran-backed Houthis
By AFP
A Southern Yemen soldier of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) stands at a checkpoint in Aden, Yemen, December 31, 2025. (AP Photo)
December 31, 2025, 4:45 pm
Saudi Arabia needs to know UAE ‘serious’ about Yemen pullback – source
Source close to kingdom’s government says Riyadh adopting a ‘wait-and-see’ approach amid tensions between neighbors over their backing of opposing forces in war-torn Yemen
By AFP
A photograph shows damaged military vehicles, reportedly sent by the United Arab Emirates to support Southern Transitional Council (STC) separatist forces, following an air strike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition in the port of Mukalla, southern Yemen, on December 30, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
December 30, 2025, 6:49 pm
Escalation in Yemen threatens to reignite civil war, widen tensions in Gulf region
UAE-backed separatists have upended a years-old political arrangement among anti-Houthi partners in Yemen, after more than a decade of complex sectarian violence
By Samy Magdy
Screengrab of a video showing the aftermath of Saudi Arabia's strikes on what it said was weapons shipments from the United Arab Emirates to Yemen's separatist forces, in the Yemeni port city Mukalla, December 30, 2025. (X)
December 30, 2025, 11:09 am
Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen port over separatist weapons shipment from UAE
No casualties reported in attack on Mukalla; Riyadh warns Abu Dhabi its actions in war-torn country are ‘extremely dangerous’
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Frame grab from video shows United Arab Emirates-backed Southern Transitional Council separatist fighters as they prepare to storm the presidential palace in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, in August 2019. (AP)
December 8, 2025, 5:18 pm
United Arab Emirates-backed separatists tighten grip on southern Yemen
Airspace briefly closed in what Yemeni official says was ‘Saudi message’ to Southern Transitional Council, whose UAE-supported fighters took over large oil-rich region
By Ahmed al-Haj and Samy Magdy
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
December 7, 2025, 8:20 am
Hegseth under pressure as Pentagon scandals mount
While the US defense secretary appears to maintain Trump’s support despite controversial strikes on alleged smugglers and use of Signal messaging app, experts say he’s on thin ice
By AFP
This handout picture released by the Houthi group's Ansarullah Media Centre on July 8, 2025, reportedly shows the Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Eternity C sinking after it was attacked by the Houthis at sea. (ANSARULLAH MEDIA CENTRE / AFP)
December 3, 2025, 7:45 pm
Houthis release mariners held in custody since Iran-backed rebels sank ship in July
Terror group says Oman given custody of crew of Eternity C, a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier ship that was attacked in the Red Sea, killing at least four
By AP and ToI Staff
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