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Yemen : Houthi  rebels 'driven out of key city of Zinjibar'

Yemen : Houthi rebels 'driven out of key city of Zinjibar'

Pro-government forces in Yemen, backed by Saudi-led airstrikes, are reported to have retaken the city of Zinjibar from Houthi rebels. Zin…

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French Hostage  Returns Home From Yemen

French Hostage Returns Home From Yemen

French hostage Isabelle Prime returned home to France on Friday after spending months in captivity in war-torn Yemen. Ms. Prime met her f…

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Al-Qaida captures 3 towns as Yemeni troops battle Shiite rebels, officials say

Al-Qaida captures 3 towns as Yemeni troops battle Shiite rebels, officials say

Yemen's al-Qaida branch has exploited the chaos in this embattled country to capture three towns near the southern port city of Aden where pro-gove…

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French hostage Isabelle Prime freed in Yemen

French hostage Isabelle Prime freed in Yemen

PARIS: Frenchwoman Isabelle Prime, who was kidnapped in war-ravaged Yemen on February 24, has been freed and will return home "in the coming hour…

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Diversion of aid ships in Yemen spreads fear of shortages

Diversion of aid ships in Yemen spreads fear of shortages

Residents in the Yemeni capital Sanaa are stocking up on rare food and fuel supplies after the government in exile decided to divert aid ships from…

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Turkey freezes assets of Yemen ex-president, Al Houthi leaders

Turkey freezes assets of Yemen ex-president, Al Houthi leaders

Ankara: Turkey has frozen the assets of officials from Yemen’s former regime including ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, along with Al Houthi rebel…

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Pentagon chief tells Saudi Arabia - Iran threat is shared concern

Pentagon chief tells Saudi Arabia - Iran threat is shared concern

JEDDAH (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said after talks in Saudi Arabia that Iran's "potential for aggression" was a shared co…

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Saudi navy chief makes surprise visit to Yemen's Aden: local official

Saudi navy chief makes surprise visit to Yemen's Aden: local official

A Saudi navy chief paid a brief surprise visit to Yemen's Aden on Wednesday, a Yemeni military official said, arriving on the first aircraft to lan…

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	World Middle East Can Yemen's government rebuild the country – and its own legitimacy?

World Middle East Can Yemen's government rebuild the country – and its own legitimacy?

Just days after regaining a foothold in Yemen, the Saudi-backed government is preparing for its toughest battle yet, officials say: to win back the…

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U.N. ship brings food aid to Yemen's Aden as fighting rages

U.N. ship brings food aid to Yemen's Aden as fighting rages

A ship carrying food aid for Aden's beleaguered population docked in the southern Yemeni port on Tuesday, the first in months of warfare that have…

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Aid worker in Yemen: 'We fear for our lives every day'

Aid worker in Yemen: 'We fear for our lives every day'

In Aden, a worker for Islamic Relief, whose food parcels are a lifeline to residents trapped by fighting, describes the hardships and fears of livi…

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Yemen fighters take Aden's Tawahi district from Houthis

Yemen fighters take Aden's Tawahi district from Houthis

Local fighters and army units backed by Yemen's exiled government have taken control of Tawahi, the last district of central Aden still held by the…

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Shiite rebel shelling in war torn Yemen town kills 45

Shiite rebel shelling in war torn Yemen town kills 45

SANAA, Yemen -- Shiite rebels and their allies in Yemen randomly shelled a town Sunday outside of Aden after losing control of som…

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Aden 'liberated' from rebels, exiled leader says

Aden 'liberated' from rebels, exiled leader says

Yemen's southern province of Aden has been "liberated" from Houthi rebel forces, the country's exiled vice-president has declared. Khaled…

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WHO delivers crucial medical supplies to Yemeni city

WHO delivers crucial medical supplies to Yemeni city

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it had delivered life-saving medical supplies to the southern city of Aden in Yemen, where most…

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Yemen receives over 10,000 new arrivals by sea since start of conflict, many tricked that fighting is over, UN

Yemen receives over 10,000 new arrivals by sea since start of conflict, many tricked that fighting is over, UN

UNHCR: Some 10,500 new arrivals to Yemen have been recorded since the start of the conflict on 26th March, latest UNHCR figures reveal. Since the s…

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Pro-government forces recapture Yemen airport in new assault

Pro-government forces recapture Yemen airport in new assault

ADEN (Yemen) - Pro-government fighters in south Yemen seized Aden's airport on Tuesday as they launched a new offensive against Iran-backed…

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Yemen fuel shortages could kill more than ‘bullets or bombs’ as truce ignored

Yemen fuel shortages could kill more than ‘bullets or bombs’ as truce ignored

Aden: Fuel shortages in war-torn Yemen could cause more deaths than the continuing conflict, which rages on three days after the start of a UN-brok…

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Yemen Shiite rebels launch attack along Saudi border, killing 3 soldiers

Yemen Shiite rebels launch attack along Saudi border, killing 3 soldiers

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia says Yemen's Shiite rebels have launched two separate attacks along the kingdom's border, killing three…

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Taking the refugee boat out of Yemen, IRIN

Taking the refugee boat out of Yemen, IRIN

By Lama Fakih * BEIRUT, 24 June 2015 (IRIN) - In Geneva last week, hopes of a Yemeni peace deal quickly evaporated as it became clear tha…

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