Both Russia and Ukraine have struggled to recruit enough troops to replace their battlefield casualties; to avoid a costly ...

Hundreds of Iranian-backed Houthi-linked fighters from Yemen have reportedly been recruited by Moscow in a shadowy operation ...

Russia has recruited more foreign troops to aid in its war against Ukraine, this time reportedly thanks to a human trafficking operation led by Yemeni rebel group the Houthis.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has started recruiting mercenaries from Yemen in a bid to reinforce his army in Ukraine, ...

Russia has begun luring Yemeni men to fight in its war in Ukraine by falsely promising lucrative jobs before forcing them to ...

Russia has reportedly recruited hundreds of Yemeni nationals to bolster its military ranks, reflecting deepening cooperation ...

By way of background, the Houthi movement is a Shia Islamist and military organisation that emerged in Yemen in the 1990s.

On November 14, 2023, a month into Israel’s genocidal attack on the Palestinians in Gaza, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, one of the ...

The number of mercenaries is in the hundreds, though many of them claimed they were duped into fighting after being lured by ...

Moscow has previously pulled mercenaries into its war effort in Ukraine and now appears to be recruiting much further afield.

A report alleges that the men are offered Russian citizenship and huge salaries, much like how Indians were earlier trapped ...

Russia's recruitment of Yemeni men into its war with Ukraine highlights deepening ties with the Houthi rebel group.