The minister’s response comes after an Iranian TV channel reported that Houthi rebels captured the UAE’s military tanks in Yemen
Hodeida is held by the Houthi rebels and allied army units loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh
The UAE has called for the Houthis to evacuate the embassy immediately and restore it to the embassy staff
The two soldiers were reportedly fighting with Yemeni Houthi rebels in Jazan province
Yemeni military sources said the United Arab Emirates had sent in dozens of tanks and heavy artillery pieces to the fighters in recent days
Abdel-Malek al-Houthi said that Aden’s fall occurred only because some fighters had returned home to be with their families at the end of Ramadan
A shell reportedly fell on a house around dawn in Najran province
Senior members of Yemen’s exiled administration flew into Aden on July 16 to make preparations for the government’s return
The coalition may have committed a war crime when it bombed two residential compounds, killing 65 people including 10 children, HRW said
The Arab coalition fighting the Houthis had announced a five-day truce from 11:59 pm on Sunday to allow in emergency aid
The al-Anad base, 50 km from Aden, has been held by the Iranian-allied Houthi movement
News of the ceasefire came after 80 people were killed in an air strike on the central Yemeni city of Taiz
The GCC-backed national forces managed to recapture the strategic southern port of Aden from the Houthis
The officer was part of the UAE Armed Forces participating in the Saudi-led operation against Houthi rebels in Yemen
A team of experts from the UAE are using a mobile air traffic control tower to help resume operations at the Aden airport within the next two days, a senior official said
The official news agency said that the soldier died while in active duty in Yemen
The UN has been pushing for a halt to the air strikes and fighting that has killed nearly 3,000 people in Yemen since March
The United Nations last week designated the Yemen war as a Level 3 humanitarian crisis, its most severe category
Talks in Geneva last week ended without a resolution to the conflict, which has claimed more than 2,800 lives
Cut off from the world, caught between the fighting by Saudi-led coalition and rebels, Yemen’s 25 million people are prey to hunger, disease and a fear of death.
Two Saudis, named al-Mutairi and al-Khaledi, were reportedly killed
More than 100 people, including civilians, were also wounded in the attack, according to reports.
The video shows Frenchwoman Isabelle Prime, who was taken hostage in Yemen, appealing to President Francois Hollande to help her.
Secessionist sentiment in the south, stoked by what southerners see as marginalisation by the north, is deepening as result of the damage inflicted upon Aden by the northern Houthis.
Arab warplanes and ships also hammered Yemen’s largest military port in the Red Sea city of Hodeida at dawn on Wednesday.
Artillery fire and air strikes hit the town of Maydee along Yemen’s border with Saudi Arabia in Hajja province.
The government made no mention of the proposed peace talks, but instead called for military aid for groups fighting the Houthis and for international intervention.
Bombings struck the rebel-held presidential palace in Aden’s downtown area.
Explosions could be heard near Aden’s airport and the districts of Khor Maksar and Crater, a witness said.
The five-day humanitarian truce began on Tuesday to distribute aid to the millions deprived of food, fuel and medicine by weeks of fighting.