Yemen Conflict

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Emotional signature

Anxiety-related words per 1,000 words of matching English-language coverage (LIWC dictionaries via GDELT's GCAM). Latest day: 2.4 anxiety · 24.7 anger · 19.6 positive emotion. Tone says whether coverage reads negative; these say what kind of negative.

Where this coverage comes from

Share of matching coverage, from GDELT breakdowns (as of 2026-08-19). Tone split: 90% of articles read distinctly negative, 10% distinctly positive.

In focus by country

• Yemen (313)
• Saudi Arabia (191)
• Iran (111)
• Djibouti (85)
• United States (38)
• Israel (38)

Countries where Yemen Conflict coverage concentrates — each links to the stories and headlines for that intersection.

Reader interest (Wikipedia)

Daily human pageviews of the topic's English Wikipedia article (Wikimedia Analytics). Coverage measures what the press supplies; this measures what readers seek out. Week-over-week: coverage -74.8%, reader interest -35.8%.

Top recent articles

1. Saudi Arabia's Strategic Dilemma in Yemen — fairobserver.com
2. World: Yemen's Houthis target refinery in southern Saudi Ara — newvision.co.ug
3. Houthi Mines Kill Livestock and Threaten Yemen's Rural Communities — alsahwa-yemen.net
4. Houthi Mines Kill Livestock and Threaten Yemen's Rural Communities — alsahwayemen.net
5. Yemen's Houthis claim to have staged 31 operations against Saudi targets in past month – Middle East Monitor — middleeastmonitor.com
6. Yemen: Guvernul îi acuză pe rebelii houthi de pregătirea unei ofensive în apropierea Strâmtorii Bab el-Mandeb — agerpres.ro
7. Saudi Arabia drives Yemen's recovery with major Q2 development package — arabnews.com
8. Soldier Killed by Houthi Drone Strike in Southern Yemen — khabaragency.net
9. Trump says US has no talks planned with Iran and other news from the Middle East — idahostatejournal.com
10. Yemen le forze governative colpiscono le postazioni degli Houthi — zazoom.it
11. الحوثيون يوسعون النار من مأرب إلى باب المندب — alwatan.com.sa
12. Yemen'deki Husiler: Saudi Aramco'nun Cizan'daki rafinerisini İHA'larla hedef aldık — haksozhaber.net
13. Houthis , govt forces trade strikes in Yemen as fighting intensifies - Xinhua — english.news.cn
14. Trump says US has no talks planned with Iran and other news from the Middle East — thegazette.com
15. Trump says US has no talks planned with Iran and other news from the Middle East — dailyadvance.com
16. Saudi Arabia launches maritime coalition amid escalation in Yemen — sott.net
17. من أفاق الحوثيين .. ومتى يفيق العالم ؟! — okaz.com.sa
18. Several Houthi members killed in drone strikes in southeastern Yemen: Government-aligned forces — aa.com.tr
19. Three civilians killed in Houthi shelling of Yemen Hodeidah — yahoo.com
20. Yemen Houthis target refinery in southern Saudi Arabia : rebel media — bssnews.net
21. تحليل أمريكي : الحوثيون يغامرون بمستقبل اليمن من أجل إنقاذ إيران — newsyemen.net
22. Cargo ship damaged in attack off Yemen — albawaba.net
23. Cargo ship damaged in attack off Yemen — albawaba.com
24. Yemeni forces shoot down Houthi drone in Hadramout — middleeasteye.net
25. Cargo ship damaged in attack off Yemen — albawaba.com
26. Houthi ballistic missile hits house near Yemen's Taiz — middleeasteye.net
27. Three civilians killed in Houthi shelling of Yemen's Hodeidah — yahoo.com
28. الأمم المتحدة تبدي قلقها من تقارير عن شن الحوثيين هجمات على أهداف بالسعودية — elwatannews.com
29. President Donald Trump says US has no talks planned with Iran and other news from the Middle East — chicagotribune.com
30. Iranian - made Fateh - 110 missiles used by Houthis in Mokha strikes , Yemeni military says — arabnews.com
31. Yemeni government escalates attacks against Houthis : What next ? | Conflict News — aljazeera.com
32. Iran – Trump : Straße von Hormuz „ Neues US - Territorium — apa.at
33. Quân đội Yemen tăng cường các cuộc tấn công Houthi — vov.vn
34. اليمن .. القوات الحكومية تشن هجمات بالمسيرات على مواقع حوثية في تعز — shorouknews.com
35. Houthi shelling wounds child, woman in Yemen's Al-Dhalea — sana.sy
36. Iran - Trump : Straße von Hormuz Neues US - Territorium — sn.at
37. Iran - Backed Houthis Threaten Coast Along Red Sea Chokepoint — hindustantimes.com
38. Houthis claim drone attack on Saudi Aramco refinery in Jizan — azernews.az
39. Rebeldes houthis do Iêmen reivindicam ataque contra refinaria saudita — jornaldebrasilia.com.br
40. Arab Saudi hapus 5,287 bahan letupan di Yemen — utusan.com.my

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Related fact-checks

• Visuals showing Huthi attacks on Israel in September 2025
  FalseAFP Fact Check · 2025-10-13
• Israel killed Yemen’s Prime Minister.
  This is missing context. Israel killed the Prime Minister of the Houthi rebel group, not Yemen’s internationally-recognised Prime Minister, who is still alive.Full Fact · 2025-09-15
• Video shows blast at nuclear site in Pakistan
  FalseAFP Fact Check · 2025-05-28
• The American Eisenhower aircraft carrier was targeted by Yemen for a second time in the last 24 hours, at the end of August.
  This isn’t correct. According to live maritime tracking, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier is off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia in the US.Full Fact · 2024-09-03
• Yemen has declared war on Israel and fired drones and missiles.
  FalseRappler · 2023-11-08

Via the Google Fact Check Tools API; ratings are the fact-checkers' own.

Frequently asked questions

How much news coverage is Yemen Conflict receiving right now?

As of August 19, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0.003% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 10 articles per day.

Is media coverage of Yemen Conflict increasing or decreasing?

Coverage is down 74.8% week-over-week (the mean of the latest 7 days compared with the 7 days before).

What is the tone of news coverage about Yemen Conflict?

The average GDELT tone of matching coverage is -5.35, which reads as strongly negative. Tone typically ranges from about -10 (very negative) to +10 (very positive).

How are these numbers measured?

Geotone processes the GDELT Project's 15-minute data files every two hours, matching this topic's fixed query against article titles across 65+ languages and aggregating counts and tone by UTC day. Coverage volume is the share of all GDELT-monitored articles matching the topic query; tone is the mean document tone. Full details are on the methodology page.