Houthis in Yemen on Monday claimed to have shot down a US spy drone in the central Marib province. "This morning, our air defenses managed to shoot down a US ScanEagle spy plane with a suitable weapon,” rebel spokesman Yahya Saree said in a brief statement, without giving further details   Details..>>

Sixty-seven Yemeni Houthis and pro-government troops have been killed in fighting for the key city of Marib, military sources said Monday, as the insurgents inch closer to the loyalists’ last northern bastion. A volley of air strikes from the Saudi-led coalition targeted the Iran-backed   Details..>>

The general who heads Sudan’s ruling transitional authority on Sunday pledged to reform the army, days after a failed coup. “We are going to reorganize the armed forces... Partisan activities are banned in the army,” Sovereign Council chief General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan said   Details..>>

Israeli troops conducted a series of arrest raids against suspected Hamas militants across the occupied West Bank early Sunday, sparking a pair of gunbattles in which five Palestinians were killed and two Israeli soldiers were seriously wounded. It was the deadliest violence between Israeli fo   Details..>>

Saudi Arabia’s air defenses have intercepted an explosive drone launched by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis toward the Kingdom, the Arab Coalition said on Sunday. “We deal with sources of threat resolutely to protect civilians and civilian objects from hostile attacks,” the   Details..>>

 At least 50 Houthis and pro-government troops have been killed as fighting intensifies for Yemen's key city of Marib, military sources said on Sunday. “In the past 48 hours, 43 Houthi fighters were killed mostly in coalition air strikes” west of Marib, a military source told   Details..>>

The Saudi air defenses intercept two bomb-laden drones that were launched by the Houthis in Yemen towards the kingdom on Saturday, the Arab Coalition said. The Houthis have been stepping up their missile and drone attacks, targeting vital locations in Saudi territories. The coalition repeatedl   Details..>>

At least 140 fighters have been killed in Yemen in the past week in clashes between Houthis and pro-government forces in the north-central city of Marib, according to military and medical sources. At least 51 loyalists were killed in the past four days, most of them in clashes in the province   Details..>>

More than 100 prominent officials of Tunisia’s Islamist Ennahda party, including lawmakers and former ministers, resigned on Saturday in protest at the leadership’s performance, the biggest blow yet to the party which is facing a severe split. Ennahda, the largest party in parliame   Details..>>

The Yemeni western seaport of Hodeida on Wednesday received a tanker that was detained by the Saudi-led coalition for many months with gas onboard, a spokesman for the Sana'a-based Yemeni Petroleum Company (YPC) said. The tanker Rajinan brought 8,868 metric tons of imported gas to the Red Sea   Details..>>