Shia Rebels

Shia rebels in Yemen fired a ballistic missile toward the holy Muslim city of Mecca overnight, Saudi Arabia said Friday, the insurgents' deepest strike yet into the kingdom amid the country's stalemate civil war.

A presumed US drone strike has killed four suspected members of Al-Qaeda in central Yemen, a security official said today.

ISIS threatened to attack Saudi Arabia for "colluding with crusaders" after the oil-rich kingdom said it had established a 34-state Islamic military coalition to target the militants.

A fragile ceasefire between Yemeni pro-government forces and Iran-backed rebels appeared to hold today despite breaches, as UN-sponsored peace talks entered a second day in Switzerland.

UN-brokered peace talks between Yemen's internationally recognized government and the country's Shia rebels started today in Switzerland as the guns went quiet across Yemen and air raids from a Saudi-coalition targeting the rebels were halted.

Yemeni pro-government forces advancing into the strategic province of Taez were battling rebels on the outskirts of its second largest town today, military sources said.

The Arab coalition battling Iran-backed rebels in Yemen has provided pro-government forces in the besieged city of Taez with dozens of armoured vehicles, military sources and Emirati media reported today.

The Red Cross said it flew an aircraft into Sanaa today, delivering its first medical aid to Yemen's capital since a Saudi-led coalition launched air strikes against Shiite rebels.

The US military on Saturday made an airlift of humanitarian aid to the besieged town of Amerli, northern Iraq and home to thousands of Shia Turkomen cut off by jihadist rebels from receiving food, water, and medical supplies.

Shia rebels in Yemen fired a ballistic missile toward the holy Muslim city of Mecca overnight, Saudi Arabia said Friday, the insurgents' deepest strike yet into the kingdom amid the country's stalemate civil war.

A presumed US drone strike has killed four suspected members of Al-Qaeda in central Yemen, a security official said today.

ISIS threatened to attack Saudi Arabia for "colluding with crusaders" after the oil-rich kingdom said it had established a 34-state Islamic military coalition to target the militants.

A fragile ceasefire between Yemeni pro-government forces and Iran-backed rebels appeared to hold today despite breaches, as UN-sponsored peace talks entered a second day in Switzerland.

UN-brokered peace talks between Yemen's internationally recognized government and the country's Shia rebels started today in Switzerland as the guns went quiet across Yemen and air raids from a Saudi-coalition targeting the rebels were halted.

Yemeni pro-government forces advancing into the strategic province of Taez were battling rebels on the outskirts of its second largest town today, military sources said.

The Arab coalition battling Iran-backed rebels in Yemen has provided pro-government forces in the besieged city of Taez with dozens of armoured vehicles, military sources and Emirati media reported today.

The Red Cross said it flew an aircraft into Sanaa today, delivering its first medical aid to Yemen's capital since a Saudi-led coalition launched air strikes against Shiite rebels.

The US military on Saturday made an airlift of humanitarian aid to the besieged town of Amerli, northern Iraq and home to thousands of Shia Turkomen cut off by jihadist rebels from receiving food, water, and medical supplies.