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Yemeni-Americans stuck in Yemen say U.S. failing to help them

Yemeni-Americans stuck in Yemen say U.S. failing to help them

Trapped in Yemen, metro Detroiters ask U.S. government for help, saying the failure to evacuate them is the latest example of the U.S. governme…

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Yemen Ceasefire Ends, UN Says Crisis Could Pave Way For Jihadists Through Somalia

Yemen Ceasefire Ends, UN Says Crisis Could Pave Way For Jihadists Through Somalia

United Nations’ Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned in a new report that the worsening situation in Yemen could pave the way for jihadist movement…

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UN chief intends to hold Yemen peace conference in near future but wants end to fighting first

UN chief intends to hold Yemen peace conference in near future but wants end to fighting first

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations says Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon intends to convene a conference in the near future to restart the pea…

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Yemeni Exiled President calls for support for Yemen as truce ends

Yemeni Exiled President calls for support for Yemen as truce ends

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—A five-day cease-fire between a Saudi-led military coalition and Yemen’s Houthi rebels expired Sunday night, despite a plea fo…

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UNHCR aid shipment arrives in Yemen despite continued fighting

UNHCR aid shipment arrives in Yemen despite continued fighting

Clashes continued in Yemen on Saturday (May 16) between Hout…

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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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