Yemen front and the region
European Parliament calls for Houthis to be designated a terrorist group
The European Parliament adopted a resolution urging the EU to list the Houthis as a terrorist group and condemning their attacks on Saudi Arabia. In the Red Sea, the Houthis announced a rescue of a boat carrying 14 Indians, while sources said Aramco evacuated its Dhahran headquarters.
Summary
- ConfirmedEuropean Parliament urges the EU to designate the Houthis a terrorist organisation.
- AttributedHouthis announce rescue of a boat carrying 14 Indians near Zuqar island.
- UnverifiedSources: Aramco evacuates its Dhahran headquarters, without official confirmation.
- ConfirmedEgypt, Yemen's government and Al-Azhar condemn the Dammam airport attack.
- AttributedShabwa Defence forces clash with al-Qaeda; a rights group reports mass abductions in rural Taiz.
Indians on the boat near Zuqar, per the Houthis
Devdiscourse / Reuters 10:13Zabductions in rural Taiz, per the Abductees' Mothers Association
10:51Zof Maersk's 14 services currently transit Suez
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- AttributedShabwa
Clashes between Shabwa Defence forces and al-Qaeda in Markha
Preliminary local sources reported heavy clashes on Thursday morning between Shabwa Defence forces and al-Qaeda gunmen in Markha district, wounding fighters on both sides who were taken to Ataq hospital. The sources claim the cells receive Houthi support, without details. No official toll.
Source: ainaden.com eremnews.com - UnverifiedTaiz
Government Saba agency: strikes on Houthi missile launchers and radars in Taiz
The government-run Saba agency published a report of warplanes striking Houthi missile launchers, radars and reinforcements in Taiz province. The text was not readable, and there are no details on locations or results.
Source: sabanew.net - ConfirmedRed Sea
Maersk declines to confirm a date for full return to the Suez Canal
A Maersk spokesperson said the company has not announced a timeline for returning all services to the Red Sea route, despite a Suez Canal Authority forecast of a full return by March 2027. The line currently runs 9 of its 14 services via Suez and says any decision depends on security conditions.
Source: Riviera Maritime Media - ConfirmedDammam
Egypt, Yemen's government and Al-Azhar condemn Dammam airport attack
Egypt's foreign ministry condemned the attack on King Fahd International Airport as a continued violation of international law, saying the kingdom's security is part of Egypt's national security. Yemen's foreign ministry called the attack terrorist. The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar also condemned the targeting of civilian facilities in the kingdom.
- ConfirmedBrussels
European Parliament calls for Houthis to be designated a terrorist group
The European Parliament on Thursday adopted a resolution urging the EU to list the Houthis as a terrorist organisation. It strongly condemned their missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia and their military offensive inside Yemen. It demanded the Houthis halt all hostilities inside and outside Yemen and condemned the destabilising role of the Iranian regime.
Source: European Parliament - AttributedTaiz
Abductees' Mothers Association: more than 171 abducted in rural Taiz
The Abductees' Mothers Association said it had documented more than 171 abductions of civilians by the Houthis in rural Taiz in recent days, as a preliminary count. It said the campaign continues and some families have fled for fear of being detained.
Source: alsahwa-yemen.net - AttributedIbb
Sources: clash between two Houthi units in Ibb over front-line deserters
Sources told a pro-government site that Houthi rapid-response police and military police exchanged fire at the Shaban checkpoint south of Ibb city. They say the dispute began when deserters from the Taiz fronts were detained, and senior Houthi figures contained it. No word on casualties and no Houthi comment.
Source: tihama24.com - UnverifiedDhahran
Sources: Aramco evacuates its Dhahran headquarters
Informed sources said Saudi Aramco asked staff to leave its main headquarters in Dhahran and work remotely, describing it as an unprecedented step. The company has not confirmed it, and the original report could not be read in full.
Source: TimesLIVE d-dall.com - AttributedIran
Rezaei: Bab al-Mandab decisions belong to the Houthis, not Tehran
Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told Tasnim that Iran takes no joint decisions with the Houthis on closing Bab al-Mandab. He said Iran is responsible for its decisions on Hormuz and that the Houthis are not an Iranian military formation.
Source: APA / Tasnim - AttributedRed Sea
Houthis say they are rescuing a boat with 14 Indians near Zuqar island
The Houthis said on Thursday they were trying to rescue a boat carrying 14 Indians near Zuqar island in the Red Sea and promised more details. Indian media headlines quoted the Houthis as accusing Saudi Arabia of striking the boat, but that accusation did not appear in the texts we read. No independent or Saudi confirmation.
- UnverifiedTaiz
Local headline: 8 wounded in Houthi shelling of Sina district
A local site reported 8 civilians, including 6 children and women, wounded by Houthi shelling on Taiz's Sina district. We could not read the article text, and there is no second source.
Source: albaud4.net