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Al-Alimi says Yemen’s forces can regain the initiative on the western coast President Rashad al-Alimi receives French Ambassador Catherine Corm-Kammoun in Riyadh

President Rashad al-Alimi receives French Ambassador Catherine Corm-Kammoun in Riyadh

Al-Alimi says Yemen’s forces can regain the initiative on the western coast

Yemen Herald News September 17, 2026

Rashad al-Alimi told France’s departing ambassador in Riyadh that Yemen’s armed forces could retake the initiative on...

Yemen tells IAEA conference that Houthi escalation threatens Bab al-Mandab shipping Illustration of a cargo ship passing through the narrow Bab al-Mandab strait between two headlands, with a radar emitter and a warning sign marking the shipping channel

Illustration of a cargo ship passing through the narrow Bab al-Mandab strait between two headlands, with a radar emitter and a warning sign marking the shipping channel

Yemen tells IAEA conference that Houthi escalation threatens Bab al-Mandab shipping

Yemen Herald News September 17, 2026

Yemen's ambassador to the IAEA, Haytham Shoja'aadin, told the agency's 70th General Conference in Vienna that Houthi...

Trump says Houthis asked the US not to intervene as he declines Saudi request for strikes Illustration of a United States flag beside a barred red symbol over a sea route, with a cargo ship passing through a narrow strait

Illustration of a United States flag beside a barred red symbol over a sea route, with a cargo ship passing through a narrow strait

Trump says Houthis asked the US not to intervene as he declines Saudi request for strikes

Yemen Herald News September 17, 2026

Trump said the Houthis asked Washington not to intervene in Yemen and that he turned down a...

Yemen’s government backs coalition measures after alleged Houthi drone attempt on Mecca Illustration of a mosque dome and minarets under a red protective arc, with an incoming drone intercepted by a burst

Illustration of a mosque dome and minarets under a red protective arc, with an incoming drone intercepted by a burst

Yemen’s government backs coalition measures after alleged Houthi drone attempt on Mecca

Yemen Herald News September 17, 2026

Yemen's cabinet endorsed coalition measures after the Saudi-led coalition said it downed a drone near Mecca. The...

Shura Council chairman bin Daghr discusses Bab al-Mandab escalation with French ambassador Shura Council chairman Ahmed Obaid bin Daghr meets French ambassador Catherine Corm-Kammoun in Aden

Shura Council chairman Ahmed Obaid bin Daghr meets French ambassador Catherine Corm-Kammoun in Aden

Shura Council chairman bin Daghr discusses Bab al-Mandab escalation with French ambassador

Yemen Herald News September 16, 2026

Shura Council chairman Ahmed Obaid bin Daghr and French ambassador Catherine Corm-Kammoun discussed the Houthi advance on...

UN Security Council meets on Houthi control of Bab al-Mandab at France’s request Delegates stand in the United Nations Security Council chamber during a session on Yemen

Delegates stand in the United Nations Security Council chamber during a session on Yemen

UN Security Council meets on Houthi control of Bab al-Mandab at France’s request

Yemen Herald News September 15, 2026

France, which holds the Security Council presidency, called Tuesday's session after Houthi forces took Yemen's Red Sea...

Yemen’s acting ambassador in Damascus discusses security coordination with Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab Yemeni acting ambassador Mohammed Baaker and Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab exchange a commemorative plaque during a meeting at the Interior Ministry in Damascus

Yemeni acting ambassador Mohammed Baaker and Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab exchange a commemorative plaque during a meeting at the Interior Ministry in Damascus

Yemen’s acting ambassador in Damascus discusses security coordination with Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab

Yemen Herald News September 15, 2026

Mohammed Baaker met Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab in Damascus on Tuesday to discuss security coordination, consular...

Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba asks Japan to help build up Yemen’s coast guard and navy Yemeni Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba in an official portrait, standing beside the flag of Yemen.

Yemeni Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba in an official portrait, standing beside the flag of Yemen.

Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba asks Japan to help build up Yemen’s coast guard and navy

Yemen Herald News September 15, 2026

Toshimitsu Motegi said the Houthis threaten free and safe navigation and pledged Japanese support for the coast...

Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba discusses Red Sea security with Tunisia’s Mohamed Ali Nafti Flags of Yemen and Tunisia on either side of a telephone handset, with a cargo ship on water below.

Flags of Yemen and Tunisia on either side of a telephone handset, with a cargo ship on water below.

Foreign Minister Afrah al-Zouba discusses Red Sea security with Tunisia’s Mohamed Ali Nafti

Yemen Herald News September 15, 2026

Nafti said Tunisia supported Yemen’s security, stability, unity and territorial integrity, according to Saba, the only published...

Mukhtar al-Yafei and Hassan Raddad discuss vocational training and a joint employment committee in Cairo Yemeni Minister of Social Affairs and Labour Mukhtar al-Yafei seated in talks with Egyptian Labour Minister Hassan Raddad in Cairo

Yemeni Minister of Social Affairs and Labour Mukhtar al-Yafei seated in talks with Egyptian Labour Minister Hassan Raddad in Cairo

Mukhtar al-Yafei and Hassan Raddad discuss vocational training and a joint employment committee in Cairo

Yemen Herald News September 15, 2026

Yemen's social affairs and labour minister Mukhtar al-Yafei met Egyptian labour minister Hassan Raddad in Cairo on...