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Yemen

Country in the Middle East

Geopolitics · 20 Oct 2026Houthi missile attack on Yemen army camp kills at least 53

A Houthi missile attack on a military camp in southern Yemen killed at least 53 people and wounded 200, according to local authorities, as the country's civil war intensifies. The strike on the al-AIam camp in Shabwa governorate hit during a training exercise for new security recruits.

Geopolitics · 19 Oct 2026Iran's hand in Houthi arsenal probed as Yemen conflict flares anew

New allegations that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has armed and guided Yemen's Houthi rebels have put the Tehran alliance at the centre of a resurgent conflict, as Saudi Arabia comes under heavy drone and missile fire. The Saudi-led coalition confirms an external state is behind the Houthis' evolving arsenal but does not name it, and Iran and the Houthis deny the claims.