Yemeni group says the announcement is based on the principle of ‘an eye for an eye’.

Pakistan, July 21 -- Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, a move that threatens to escalate the conflict in the region and disrupt ...

The Houthis fired missiles at Saudi ​Arabia last week after accusing the kingdom of bombing an airport under their control, breaking a four-year truce between ‌the kingdom and the Houthis.

The Houthis, an Iranian-backed terrorist group based in Yemen, declared a seaborne blockade of Saudi Arabia, escalating rising tensions in a front that had gone mercifully quiet during recent ...

The move comes after the Houthis and Saudi Arabia traded fire last week for the first time in years.

After the Houthis announced their blockade, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said in a statement that it would respond to ​them with force.

Yemen’s Houthis declare naval blockade against Saudi Arabia amid Strait of Hormuz fighting - Group said that the move was ‘based on the equation of “an eye for an eye”, effective immediately’ ...

The Houthi blockade targets Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu export hub and Bab el-Mandeb Strait, threatening oil flows representing nearly 7 per cent of global production. Combined with Hormuz disruptions, longe ...

The militants, in a statement carried by state news, accused the Saudis of laying an "aggressive siege" against them.

Ships in the region face rough seas as Trump and Iran remain at odds over control of the Strait of Hormuz. Follow the latest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Houthi rebel walks towards the burning wreckage of a downed Saudi drone, in the northwest of Yemen's al-Jawf governorate [File: ...

The Houthis "declare a maritime embargo against the criminal Saudi enemy, based on the equation of 'an eye for an eye', effective immediately upon the issuance of this statement," says a military ...