Huthi fire from Yemen this month on the UAE, traditionally a haven of security in a turbulent Middle East, stirred alarm at home and abroad, but for many Saudis it's nothing new.
In the Jizan region of southwestern Saudi Arabia, the local population has had to live for years with the threat of sometimes deadly cross-border fire by the Iran-backed Huthi rebels.

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IBTimes

Deccan Herald

Saudis Near Yemen Border Learn To Live With Huthi Fire

Amnesty International, an international human rights group, has announced that US-made weapons were used in the recent attack on the Yemen Sa'dah camp by the Saudi-led Arab Union.

Amnesty International

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Pars Today

"The Saudi-led Arab Union is committing crimes in Yemen with US-made weapons," an international human rights group.

Labelling rebels ‘terrorists’ would disrupt flow of aid and basic goods to war-torn Yemen, advocates warn US president.

Joe Biden

Al Jazeera

Rights groups warn Biden against re-blacklisting Yemen’s Houthis

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has ordered militia forces under its command to withdraw from the occupied provinces of Shabwah and Ma’rib in Yemen following retaliatory operations by the Yemeni Army and popular forces deep inside the UAE.

International

Iran

IFP News

UAE Orders Mercenary Forces To Pull Out Of Occupied Areas In Yemen - Iran Front Page

A United Arab Emirates-trained militia that delivered a series of defeats to Yemen's rebels has begun withdrawing from a key area of the conflict, it announced on Friday.

The Hindu 

France24

UAE-trained Giants Brigades pull out of key Yemen battleground

Airstrikes last week by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen that hit a detention facility in the northern city of Sa’ada, killed some 91 people and injured dozens more, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday, citing preliminary figures.

UN News

Yemen: Call for independent probe into deadly prison airstrikes

The Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting the Houthis has described the UAE-flagged vessel’s seizure by Yemen’s Houthi rebels as an act of “armed piracy”, and India and the United Arab Emirates have demanded the release of the crew.

Hindustan Times 

‘Release 7 Indian sailors held captive since Jan 2’ India messages Yemen’s Houthis

The "Giant" brigades repositioned themselves in Yemen after the operation called "Cyclone of the South", on Friday, according to the official account of the "joint forces" on Twitter.

Yemen.. Giants Brigades are repositioned after Operation Cyclone of the South

By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday said his administration is considering re-designating Yemen's Houthi movement as an international terrorist organization following drone and missile attacks on the United Arab Emirates claimed by the group. His comment at a news conference came shortly after the Emirati Embassy tweeted that UAE Ambassador Yousef Al

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