A decade after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates led a joint military campaign to curb Iran’s influence in Yemen, the two allies now find themselves pitted against each other there.

The protests in Iran could have a sweeping effect in a region already jolted by historic changes over the past year. Four CFR fellows assess how Israel, the Gulf States, Lebanon, and Turkey view the

It is too early to arrive at a fully informed reading of street movements in Iran in order to discern a real shift in the country’s trajectory. It is also a mistake to hastily interpret the emergence of “demands-based” protests,

EXCLUSIVE: Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC) claims its forces now control all eight southern governorates and are prepared to serve as Washington’s frontline partner against Iran-backed Houthis, al Qaeda affiliates and Muslim Brotherhood ...

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Yemen's president has asked his Iranian counterpart to stop backing armed groups on its soil after coastguards seized a consignment of missiles and rockets believed to have been sent by the Islamic Republic, a government official said Thursday. Iran has ...

October 3, 2025: Yemen remains a problem area for the 10th consecutive year. The civil war, lack of food and medical care for the civilian population, and seizure of foreign aid personnel by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist organization in Yemen continued.

The Yemen war shifted again as regional allies clashed on the battlefield while calling for calm. The United Arab Emirates announced it has fully withdrawn its forces from Yemen for the second time this week,

The Israeli military has claimed it carried out around 20,900 air strikes and conducted approximately 430 operations across multiple fronts during 2025, according to a statement by its Arabic-language spokesperson.

Yemen's government has rejected a peace plan that Iran submitted to the United Nations. The Iranian peace plan calls for immediate ceasefire, end of foreign military attacks, humanitarian assistance, and "establishment of an inclusive national unity ...

An internet shutdown has made it difficult to determine the scale of the protests, but some Iranians say an eerie quiet has taken over.