Middle East (Wider)

13+ min ago   (707+ words) President Donald Trump reportedly called off planned U.S. airstrikes against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis at the last minute Sunday, even as American personnel were loading bombs onto aircraft, The New York Times reported. The Trump administration had prepared to launch the strikes…...

44+ min ago   (1076+ words) RIYADH, Saudi Ara­bia – Houthi fight­ers pushed to seize stra­tegic heights in Yemen on Sept. 21 to cut off the Red Sea coast from remain­ing areas held by Saudi-backed forces, after a report that Pres­id­ent Don…...

19+ min ago   (412+ words) 'Strictly defensive': French backing offered as Saudi seeks to bolster energy defences France is ready to work on "securing" Saudi energy infrastructure targeted by Iran-backed Houthis, adopting a "strictly defensive approach," a diplomatic source said Monday. "France is ready to…...

21+ hour, 33+ min ago   (735+ words) Mohamed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthis' political bureau, said Washington reached out to the rebels after their rapid advance down Yemen's western coast to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait earlier this month. “We confirmed that we are not targeting the…...

48+ min ago   (157+ words) Israeli forces detained a shepherd today west of Saida al-Hanout in the Quneitra countryside during a military incursion into the area involving five vehicles, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The reasons for the shepherd’s detention and where…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago   (76+ words) Middle East Eye Saudi air strike targets a local market in a village near Bab al-Mandeb in Yemen Footage released by Yemen’s Houthis shows what they say is a Saudi air strike targeting a local market in a village near…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago   (983+ words) By Mohammed Ghobari, Timour Azhari and Jana Choukeir RIYADH/DUBAI, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Houthi fighters pushed to seize strategic heights in Yemen on Monday to cut off the Red Sea coast from remaining areas held by Saudi-backed forces, after a report…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (131+ words) NDTV 6 Killed, 8 Injured In Saudi Strikes In Yemen Port City: Report The Houthis, who control large parts of northwest Yemen, seized Mokha earlier this month after launching a large-scale attack against Yemeni government forces, who are backed by Saudi Arabia....

11+ hour, 7+ min ago   (953+ words) Shiite clerics carrying rifles march during the state-organized "Janfada," or "Sacrifice for Iran," military-style parade at Revolution Square in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. Credit: AP/Vahid Salemi Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned Monday that it would “change the geography of the…...

37+ min ago   (307+ words) JERUSALEM (VINnews) – Thousands of mourners gathered Motzaei Yom Kippur in Alei Zahav for the 11 p.m. funeral of Netanel Shakron, a father of six who was killed in a terror shooting at a natural spring near Neve Tzuf in the West…...