Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they have released mariners they have held since an attack in July on the ship Eternity C in the Red Sea.

The separatists were battling to secure the region’s oil fields, residents and the group’s officials said. Their swift advance could be a turning point in Yemen’s decade-long civil war.

The UAE -backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) said on Wednesday that it had taken control of Seiyun, one of the largest cities in the eastern Hadhramaut region of Yemen . In recent days, footage has circulated showing a build up of STC forces moving towards Hadhramaut, as part of a military operation labelled “The Promising Future”.

A Houthi-controlled court in Yemen has sentenced 17 people to death for allegedly spying for foreign governments.

In makeshift homes lacking even the most basic necessities surrounded by piles of rubbish and flanked by dirt roads, thousands of Somalis in Yemen live in soul-crushing poverty in Aden's "Little Mogadishu".

Ten crew members of a cargo ship sunk by Yemen’s Houthis in July have been released and flown from capital Sanaa to Oman, rebel media reported Wednesday. “The crew of the ship Eternity C have been released through Omani mediation,

A US drone strike in Yemen’s Marib province eliminates two alleged Al-Qaeda terrorists riding a motorcycle. The strike comes amid ongoing counter-terrorism operations.

Armed men entered oilfields last week to demand greater control and revenue