MIDEAST WEEK IN REVIEW - JUNE 5

MIDEAST WEEK IN REVIEW - JUNE 5

The FAI Wire's weekly review of important events across Israel and the Muslim World.

FIERCE BATTLE IN YEMEN, DRONE ATTACKS IN SAUDI ARABIA

FIERCE BATTLE IN YEMEN, DRONE ATTACKS IN SAUDI ARABIA

At least 90 Houthi rebel fighters are dead in just 24 hours of fighting after the latest push by the Iran-backed movement to take the Yemeni city of Marib from Saudi-backed government forces. Houthi officials claimed to control two-thirds of the oil-rich provincial capital, making it the last major population center in northern Yemen to come under rebel control.

DEADLY EXPLOSION TARGETS YEMEN'S NEW GOVERNMENT

DEADLY EXPLOSION TARGETS YEMEN'S NEW GOVERNMENT

At least one massive explosion at the airport in Yemen’s port city of Aden killed at least 26 people and injured 50 more on Wednesday. The blast occurred inside or near a reception hall as a commercial airliner landed nearby with the nation’s new UN-recognized government aboard.