UNITED NATIONS: A UN peace plan for Yemen calls on the Houthi movement to give up its ballistic missiles in return for an end to a bombing campaign against it by a Saudi-led coalition and a transitional governance agreement. The plan which has not yet been made public is the latest effort to end ...

ADEN (APP): Saudi-led coalition air strikes on rebel-held security buildings in western Yemen have killed at least 60 people, many of them inmates buried under the rubble of a detention centre.Yemeni rebels cross-border shelling in Saudi ArabiaThe strikes late Saturday came just hours after other ...

ADEN: (APP) Rebels convened Yemen's parliament on Saturday in defiance of the internationally recognised government, prompting condemnation from President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.The session in rebel-held Sanaa was the first time parliament has convened in almost two years, and comes after the ...

KUWAIT CITY (APP) - Yemen's government on Sunday accepted a UN-proposed plan to end fighting that has left thousands dead, but there was no word from Iran-backed rebels who have intensified attacks on the Saudi border.The draft agreement, which follows several months of UN-brokered negotiations in ...

DAMASCUS: Syria under goes Parliamentary Elections independent of UN Peace Plan. Syrian government hold elections in government controlled areas to form the new 250 member parliament despite peace talks in Geneva. Syria’s deputy foreign minister Faisal Mekdad claimed it is a clear message to ...