Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen have claimed new attacks on neighboring Saudi Arabia, as the Saudi-backed Yemeni government described the rebels' swift advance along the Red Sea coast as a "painful" development in a new front in the Iran war. The Houthis' capture of a key port city and an island on th»»»

GENEVA – Flaring fighting between government forces and has displaced nearly 86,000 people, the United Nations said on Sept 13, with the number surging by 10,000 from a day earlier. Tens of thousands have taken flight in the wake of a week-long Houthi offensive that culminated in the group capturin»»»

GENEVA, Sept 13, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Flaring fighting between government forces and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen has displaced nearly 86,000 people, the United Nations said Sunday, with the number surging by 10,000 from a day earlier. Tens of thousands have taken flight in the wake of a week-lon»»»

Displaced Yemenis rest at a temporary shelter in the Dar Saad district of Aden, Yemen, Saturday. (AP-Yonhap) GENEVA (AFP) -- At least 76,000 people have been displaced in Yemen since July, with the number quadrupling in the past week as fighting flared between government forces and Iran-backed Hout»»»