Filipino crew members of the Galaxy Leader who were held captive for more than a year in Yemen arrived in Manila on Thursday.

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement has released the crew of a cargo ship more than a year after its fighters hijacked the vessel in the Red Sea, as part of its campaign of attacks in support of Hamas in its war against Israel.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Operations at a Red Sea port in Yemen used for aid imports have fallen to about a quarter of its capacity, a UN official said on Tuesday, adding it was not certain that a Gaza ceasefire would end attacks between the Iran-backed Houthis and Israel.

Yemen's Houthi rebels said Wednesday they released the crew of the Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier seized in November 2023 at the start of their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war.

The ongoing regional conflict has deepened Yemen’s already acute humanitarian and economic conditions, leading to further contractions in GDP and rising inflation.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have signaled they will limit their attacks in the Red Sea corridor to only Israeli-affiliated ships as a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip takes hold.

US President Donald Trump has re-designated Yemen's Houthis as a "Foreign Terrorist Organisation" over their attacks on Red Sea shipping and Israel linked to the Gaza war.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that clears the way for the redesignation of Yemen’s Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO). Citing the group's attacks on US Navy warships,

The humanitarian and economic situation in Yemen remains very difficult, the IMF said Thursday, noting that 17 million people remain in a situation of financial insecurity.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader more than a year after they seized the Bahamas-flagged vessel off the Yemeni Red Sea coast, Houthi-owned Al Masirah TV reported on Wednesday.

The 17 Filipino crew members of M/V galaxy leader who were held captive in Yemen for more than a year are now back home, according to the Department of Migrant Workers.