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Saudi-led strikes target Houthi positions on border with Yemen

Saudi-led strikes target Houthi positions on border with Yemen

Planes from a Saudi-led coalition struck Yemeni provinces near the Saudi border overnight, killing at least 43 civilians, Houthi sources said, as 2…

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Aid agencies may stop Yemen work

Aid agencies may stop Yemen work

The conflict has disrupted imports in Yemen, where about 20 million people or 80 percent of the population are estimated to be going hungry, a stat…

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 Yemen conflict opens door to al Qaeda, Top EU diplomat says

Yemen conflict opens door to al Qaeda, Top EU diplomat says

The conflict and chaos in Yemen has opened the door to al Qaeda, and there needs to be international mediation to end the violence rather than unil…

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Fuel shortage leads to Yemen hospital shutdowns

Fuel shortage leads to Yemen hospital shutdowns

Photo:  Injured childs at the Yareem Hospital in the city of Ibb (IRIN) - For a doctor in the middle of a warzone, Hamoud a…

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Aid agencies warn fuel shortages may end their work in Yemen

Aid agencies warn fuel shortages may end their work in Yemen

ABU DHABI - Twenty-two aid agencies working in Yemen have warned that their help could end unless land, sea and air routes are opened to allow for…

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Yemen's Shiite rebels, unbowed by Saudi-led airstrikes, fire into kingdom, killing at least 3

Yemen's Shiite rebels, unbowed by Saudi-led airstrikes, fire into kingdom, killing at least 3

Yemen's rebels fired rockets and mortars into Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, killing at least three people and purportedly capturing five soldiers in an…

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Gulf States insist on Saudi venue for Yemen talks

Gulf States insist on Saudi venue for Yemen talks

The Gulf Cooperation Council insisted Thursday that talks on ending Yemen’s conflict be brokered by the regional body and held in Riyadh rather tha…

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U.S. pressures Saudi Arabia to stop bombing Iran-backed rebels in Yemen

U.S. pressures Saudi Arabia to stop bombing Iran-backed rebels in Yemen

The Obama administration is quietly ramping up pressure on Saudi Arabia to stop bombing Iran-backed rebels in Yemen and engage in peace talks towar…

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Heavy fighting in Yemen, Saudi Arabia trains tribal fighters

Heavy fighting in Yemen, Saudi Arabia trains tribal fighters

Saudi-led air strikes hit five Yemeni provinces as fighting raged in the southern city of Aden on Wednesday, and sources in the region said the kin…

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U.S. Navy Sends Aircraft Carrier To Coast Of Yemen

U.S. Navy Sends Aircraft Carrier To Coast Of Yemen

  The U.S. Navy has dispatched an aircraft carrier to waters off the coast of Yemen. As NPR's Jackie Northam reports, the…

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Yemen FM rejects Iran mediation, insists rebels surrender

Yemen FM rejects Iran mediation, insists rebels surrender

Yemeni Foreign Minister Riad Yassin Monday rejected Iran's offer to mediate a solution to the crisis in his war-torn country, insisting that Tehran…

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Yemen's capital rocked by Saudi-led airstrikes

Yemen's capital rocked by Saudi-led airstrikes

SANAA, Yemen -- Saudi-led airstrikes on weapons caches in Yemen's rebel-held capital on Monday caused massive explosions that shattered windows, se…

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Decisive Storm leaflets warn Yemenis of ‘Iranian expansion’

Decisive Storm leaflets warn Yemenis of ‘Iranian expansion’

The joint command of the Saudi-led Operation Decisive Storm has ordered that leaflets be dropped over Yemen requesting that local citizens cooperat…

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Yemen burns as Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula watches with glee

Yemen burns as Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula watches with glee

When the jets from the Saudi-led coalition bombing Yemen…

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U.N. Security Council Bans Sales of Arms to Houthi Fighters in Yemen

U.N. Security Council Bans Sales of Arms to Houthi Fighters in Yemen

UNITED NATIONS — After weeks of closed-door negotiations between diplomats from Persian Gulf states and Russia, the Security Council on Tuesday imp…

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Egypt and Saudi Arabia discuss maneuvers

Egypt and Saudi Arabia discuss maneuvers

The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday imposed an arms embargo targeting the Iran-allied Houthi rebels who now control most of…

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Iran urges truce in Yemen

Iran urges truce in Yemen

Iran’s foreign minister said his country isn’t seeking to dominate Yemen and called for an immediate cease-fire in the escalating conflict.…

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U.S. Widens Role in Saudi-led Campaign Against Yemen Rebels

U.S. Widens Role in Saudi-led Campaign Against Yemen Rebels

Photo: A building in a residential neighborhood in the city of Aden, south of Yemen, was bombed by the rebels with tanks (YemenOnl…

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Yemen: Houthi rebels storm YOL office, pursuing after its editor Al-Awadhi

Yemen: Houthi rebels storm YOL office, pursuing after its editor Al-Awadhi

Photo: YOL editor in chief Jamal Al-Awadhi in a meeting at the office with Yemeni parliamentarians , political parties represe…

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Houthi Gunmen Fire on Demonstrators in Yemeni City

Houthi Gunmen Fire on Demonstrators in Yemeni City

Houthi gunmen fired live ammunition and tear gas on Monday into crowds of demonstrators in Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest city, wounding at least seve…

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