Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday targeted Abha International Airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, causing a civilian plane on the tarmac to catch fire, the kingdom’s state television reported, an attack that threatens to escalate Yemen’s grinding war. Firefighters brought the
The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi rebels in Yemen has announced a two-week ceasefire in the war-torn country starting Thursday. Coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki said Wednesday the ceasefire, which can be extended, is aimed at creating favourable conditions for UN peace efforts, easing the suffering of the Yemeni people and countering the coronavirus