Yemen

Sisi says Egypt would defend Saudi territory but rules out attack on Houthis in Yemen

Al-Sisi said that Egypt would also defend the territory of any other Arab country if asked, but its military effort would not extend beyond the borders of the country it seeks to protect.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends a meeting of Egypt's National Defence Council at the Ittihadiya Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, October 18, 2026
Workers collect garbage from a street in the southwestern city of Taiz, Yemen, October 20, 2026.

Water rationing, garbage pile-up raise disease fears in Yemen's besieged Taiz

US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman hold hands during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 18, 2025.

Trump's push for Israel-Saudi relations faces obstacles amid elections, Houthi attacks - analysis

S Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack accompanies US President Donald Trump (not seen) during a press conference following the annual NATO Summit at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on July 8, 2026; illustrative

What does Tom Barrack's warning on Saudi Arabia reveal about US Middle East policy? - analysis


UK to fly RAF missions defending Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks

In addition to Typhoon fighter jets, the UK will deploy an Atlas A400M transport aircraft and military advisers, expanding assistance announced in September.

An RAF Typhoon fighter jet is pictured ahead of US President Donald Trump's departure to Washington, D.C., in Lossiemouth, Scotland, Britain, July 29, 2025.

Houthi attack kills 73 at Yemen government training camp, governor says

The people from the government, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the Houthis launched three ballistic missiles at security forces during a training exercise.

Fighters loyal to the Houthi authorities, brandish their weapons during a rally to recruit more fighters, in Sanaa on September 10, 2026.

Egyptian parliament weighs vote on authorising troop deployment to defend Saudi Arabia from Houthis

Any Egyptian military backing for Saudi Arabia could mark a major escalation in the wider Iran war, which has threatened global energy supplies and sent oil prices soaring.

FILE PHOTO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Cairo, Egypt, September 15, 2026.

Trump has a chance to unite Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Israel against Iran and the Houthis - opinion

The Houthis are exposing an uncomfortable reality: Saudi Arabia, despite spending hundreds of billions on defense, remains dangerously vulnerable to an Iranian-backed militia.

 Smoke and flames rise from King Khalid Airport, after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis said they attacked the airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 8, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.

Voices from the Arab press: Yemen’s fight to retake Sana'a mirrors Syria’s liberation of Damascus

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

Houthi supporters rally in solidarity with the movement, in Sana’a, Yemen, Oct. 9.

Iran giving Yemen's Houthis target intelligence for drone, missile strikes on Saudi Arabia - report

Adam Baron, a Yemen expert and fellow with Washington-based policy institute New America, told the WSJ that the recent Houthi military gains were "undeniably" based on external Iranian assistance.

Smoke and flames rise from King Khalid Airport, after Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis said they attacked the airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 8, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.

Missiles hit Yemen's Aden airport as Saudi-led coalition intercepts missile headed for Yanbu

The coalition said it had also destroyed two cruise missiles over the Red Sea and three drones in Saudi Arabia's Southern and Riyadh regions.

Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces ride in a military truck at the Jabal Han front west of the city of Taiz following fierce battles earlier in the day with Yemen's Houthis on October 3, 2026.

Yemen’s government needs weapons, but they can’t come from the US or Israel, expert tells 'Post'

Though an expert from the Royal United Services Institute said that the Houthis needed to be defeated, he insisted this could only come about by empowering the legitimate government - not airstrikes.

Houthi control around Bab el-Mandeb gives Iran-aligned forces leverage over a second major maritime choke point, opposite the Strait of Hormuz on the other side of the Arabian Peninsula. A Yemeni government army officer gestures as he rides a boat in Bab el-Mandeb, Yemen, April 2.

Five killed as Houthis target Yemen's presidential palace in Aden with missiles

The Houthis also recently warned airlines that Saudi airspace and airports remain unsafe.

Yemeni security soldiers stand in front of a screen broadcasting Houthi-run forces launching a missile, during a demonstration staged to support missile forces in protecting the country's sovereignty and to denounce the Saudi accusation that Yemenis are attempting to attack Maca, on September 18.

Yemen fighting overwhelms hospitals, cuts aid to 800,000 people, relief agencies say

More ⁠than 200,000 people have ⁠been displaced from their homes since fighting ​in the country began in recent weeks, according to ‌the United Nations' International ‌Organization for Migration.

A boy collects water from a charity tank in a makeshift camp for people displaced by clashes between Iran-aligned Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces, near Aden, Yemen October 7, 2026.