Yemen鈥檚 military has attacked as the United Nations warns that fighting could escalate, and Turkey鈥檚 Kurdish .
Here鈥檚 a look at developments across the Middle East on Saturday. Full coverage can be found .
Yemen’s military attacks Iranian-backed Houthis
The attacks were in response to the Houthis鈥� recent strikes in central and eastern Yemen. Col. Majed al-Nazili, spokesperson for Yemen鈥檚 military, said the attacks targeted the rebels鈥� 鈥渟ites and capabilities鈥� on multiple front lines, without elaborating further.
He said the attacks were aimed at defending the military’s security, marking a major escalation since a truce in 2022 largely halted fighting.
The country鈥檚 civil war pits the Iran-backed Houthis against a allied with Yemen鈥檚 internationally recognized government.
On Friday, United Nations envoy Hans Grundberg urged the parties to exercise restraint.
鈥淵emen today faces a greater risk of renewed large-scale conflict than at any point since the UN-brokered truce of April 2022,鈥� he said in a statement.
Turkey鈥檚 Kurdish peace bill wins approval in parliament
A Turkish draft law aimed at advancing a peace effort with Kurdish militants passed its first hurdle in parliament on Saturday, with a parliamentary committee approving the measure that includes a conditional pardon-like mechanism for thousands of former fighters.
Last year, , or PKK, declared its decision to disarm and disband as part of the peace initiative aimed at ending the decades-long conflict with the Turkish state.
The draft legislation, expected to be debated and approved in the general assembly early next week, defines the procedures for the group鈥檚 disarmament and the rehabilitation of some PKK members. It would suspend some prison sentences for people convicted of membership in the group and postpone the prosecution of others.
The measures would come into effect once Turkey鈥檚 National Security Council confirms that the group has disbanded and .
The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people since it began in the 1980s and has spilled into neighboring Iraq and Syria.
Turkey and its Western allies consider the group a terrorist organization.
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