A high-ranking Omani government delegation visited the Yemeni capital last week, and held talks with the Ansarullah leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi.

“These soldiers have refused to take part in the war, to bomb Yemeni civilians, to destruct Yemeni infrastructure, or to carry out the scorched-earth policy in Yemen which is pursued from time to time.”

Saudi top-brass under the impression that they would win the war against Yemen are now faced with the double whammy of the Yemeni Ansarullah Movement gaining ground steadily and the increasing number of low-spirited forces who are sick and tired of a meaningless war.

Yemen’s Ansarallah movement says it will continue its military operations in Marib until the liberation of the city.

The speaker of Yemeni Shura Council has denounced the US designation of Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement as a terrorist group.

The European Union has censured a US decision to blacklist Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement, warning that the move could hinder aid deliveries to the war-torn country.

This edition of The Debate reviews the consequences of the US's designation of the Ansarullah movement as terrorist despite tragic humanitarian situation in Yemen.

Tim Anderson says the US move to call the Ansarullah movement a terrorist organization is a means of justifying Saudi aggression.

Over five years after the Saudi-led war on Yemen began, still more atrocities are being committed against civilians of the war-torn country.

Saudi Arabia’s blockade on Yemen is now risking polluting the Red Sea environment as the floating oil tanker SAFER is about to start leaking.