Press Releases

IDF blocks rocket fired from Yemen

(MENAFN) The IDF reported early Thursday that its air defense systems had blocked a bullet released from Yemen. It stated in an announcement that “after sirens went off in various parts of the country, the Air Force neutralized a missile launched...

Israel Intercepts Missile from Yemen

(MENAFN) The Israeli military reported that its air defense systems successfully intercepted a missile launched from Yemen early Thursday. “After sirens went off in various parts of the country, the Air Force neutralized a missile launched from...

IDF shoots down rocket fired from Yemen

(MENAFN) Israel’s military announced on Thursday that its air defense systems shot down a rocket fired from Yemen earlier in the day. “After sirens went off in various parts of the country, the Air Force neutralized a missile launched from Yemen,”...

Houthis storm UN office in Yemen, taking dozen staffs in custody

(MENAFN) The Houthi movement has taken at least 11 United Nations personnel into custody after raiding UN offices in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and the port city of Hodeidah, according to the UN special envoy. The detentions followed an Israeli...

More than seven hundred civilians get killed in Yemen by Israel in 2025

(MENAFN) Houthi-run media reported that 776 people were either killed or wounded in northern Yemen during the first half of 2025 due to airstrikes conducted by the United States and Israel. Most casualties were women and children in the capital...

Yemen’s president discusses efforts to revive paused peace process with UN envoy

(MENAFN) Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council head, Rashad al-Alimi, met on Wednesday with UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg in Riyadh to discuss ways to revive the stalled peace process in the country. The discussions centered on ongoing...

Yemeni flash floods harm ten civilians

(MENAFN) Severe flooding struck Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Tuesday after heavy rains, leaving at least 10 people injured and causing widespread property damage, according to local officials. The downpour inundated neighborhoods,...

Israel stops drone attack from Yemen

(MENAFN) Air raid sirens were triggered Thursday in southern Israel near the Gaza Strip when a drone launched from Yemen entered Israeli airspace, the military reported. Israeli air defense systems intercepted the drone, and no casualties or...

Four dead, sixty-seven harmed from Israeli attack on Yemen

(MENAFN) Reports from Yemen confirmed that Israeli air raids on the capital, Sanaa, left at least four people dead and 67 others wounded. Health officials warned that the number of fatalities may climb further, as some of the injured are in...

Israel Conducts Airstrikes on Yemen’s Sanaa

(MENAFN) Israeli fighter jets carried out a series of airstrikes on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, on Sunday, targeting both government and military facilities, according to a media outlet controlled by the Houthis. Witnesses described multiple blasts...

Israeli Air Raids on Yemen’s Capital Kill Four

(MENAFN) The number of fatalities from Israeli air raids on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, has climbed to four, with 67 others wounded, officials from the Houthi-controlled Health Ministry reported to media late Sunday. Authorities warned the death toll...

Israel Targets Key Sites in Yemen’s Sanaa

(MENAFN) On Sunday, Israeli fighter jets launched multiple airstrikes on various locations across Yemen's capital, Sanaa, including the presidential palace and major energy facilities, according to a statement from the military. The announcement...

Israel hits Yemen’s presidential complex

(MENAFN) Israel conducted airstrikes in Yemen on Sunday, targeting a military compound that includes the presidential palace, in response to Houthi missile attacks. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the strikes hit multiple sites in the...

Torrential Rains, Flooding Claim Three Lives in Yemen

(MENAFN) Heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding in Yemen have claimed the lives of three individuals, including two young children, with authorities issuing a warning for further downpours and thunderstorms. The Interior Ministry reported that two...

Severe Flooding Devastates Yemen’s Aden

(MENAFN) Heavy rainfall unleashed destructive flooding across the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Tuesday, leaving multiple people injured and damaging property, according to eyewitnesses and local officials. The downpour inundated several...

Flash Floods Leave Ten Wounded in Yemen’s Aden

(MENAFN) Flash floods unleashed by intense rainfall struck Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Tuesday, injuring 10 people and inflicting widespread damage, a government official told media. Speaking anonymously, the official described how heavy...

Israel attacks power plant in Yemen's capital

(MENAFN) Israel launched a strike on a power plant south of Sanaa on Sunday morning, according to reports from Houthi-controlled media. "The aggression targeted the electricity generators at the power station, causing them to go out of service,"...

Malaysian PM Denounces Israeli Strikes on Six Nations as “Insolent”

(MENAFN) Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Saturday sharply condemned Israel’s military actions against six countries, calling its behavior “insolent” and unprecedented. “A single country can behave so insolently by attacking six countries...

Israel’s Doha strike could further destabilize region, undermine US security partnerships

The reverberations of Israel’s strike on the Hamas negotiating team in Doha yesterday are still rippling across the globe and will continue to for the foreseeable future. What we know as of September 10 is that Washington was made aware of the...

Art All Night 2025

Don’t miss DC’s Art All Night festival at the Middle East Institute on Saturday, September 13, from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM. The late-night open house features MEI's new gallery exhibition, Arab Pop Art: Between East and West, as well as live Arabic...