The Houthis attacked a mosque in a military camp in Marib, about 170 kilometres east of Sanaa, during evening prayers on Saturday, military sources told AFP.
Yemen’s warring sides opened a new front in their five-year conflict on Saturday - a battle over old and new banknotes that threatens to create two economies in the same state.
The late monarch’s shadow looms as Oman prepares to navigate the uncertainties of the post-Qaboos era.
The custodians of Islam’s two holiest sites have conveniently distanced themselves from many issues affecting Muslims.
The assassination of the top Iranian general is simply the next stage in the creep of hybrid war, which sees Iran and the US battle for influence and each try to bend the other to its will.
An escalated conflict between the US and Iran will reverberate in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Tehran’s main backers are Russia and China, but even though the two global powers condemn Soleimani's assassination, they have shown little interest in picking a side if war breaks out between Iran and the US.
The more likely scenarios are that Tehran would revert to nuclear enrichment and follow Ayatollah Khamenei’s call for 'maximum pressure' on the US.
We look at five countries which might witness dramatic change in the coming year.
Pro-Iranian militias in Syria's Deir Ezzor province recently came under missile attacks from unknown launchpads and Tehran did not react to the escalation, indicating the hostility is likely to have wider consequences.
The explosion took place while the separatists, known as the Resistance Forces, were wrapping up a parade for new recruits at a soccer field in the capital of al Dhalea province.
The majority of attacks occurred overnight on Saturday. Another assault hit an unoccupied Oxfam office on Tuesday morning, aid agencies said.
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