A leader of Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement says the group reserves the right to respond to any US move to designate the group as terrorist.

In June 2017 Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt severed diplomatic, trade, and travel ties with Qatar, a tiny, yet gas-rich country in the Persian Gulf. The anti-Qatar quartet accused Doha of funding terrorism and fostering instability in the region.

Saudi warplanes hit targets in the Yemeni capital Sana’a following attacks in the southern port city of Aden.

The UN and international aid agencies warn the US against blacklisting Yemeni popular Ansarullah movement, stressing the move would exacerbate the already dire humanitarian crisis in war-torn Yemen.

Yemeni forces launch a missile attack on a distribution station operated by the Saudi Aramco oil company in Jeddah.

Political analysts and American lawmakers warn about a US plan to label the Houthi Ansarullah movement a “foreign terrorist organization,” saying it would aggravate the dire situation in Yemen.

Yemeni army soldiers and allied fighters take control of the strategic Maas military base in the country’s central province of Ma’rib.

Estimates show the war on Yemen has claimed more than 100,000 lives since 2015.

Four major Yemeni tribes strike a non-aggression agreement with the Houthi Ansarullah fighters in the strategic central province of Ma’rib.

The Islamic Jihad movement condemns Israel-Bahrain normalization deal as a clear indication of the Manama regime’s submission to the United States.