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Yemen hostage identified as employee of New Orleans logistics firm

Yemen hostage identified as employee of New Orleans logistics firm

Photo: Scott Darden and his family. (Posted on Free Scott Darden Facebook page.) WASHINGTON – One of three American hostages bei…

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Houthi Rebels Take ‘Several’ Americans Hostage In Yemen

Houthi Rebels Take ‘Several’ Americans Hostage In Yemen

Yemeni Houthi jihadists have reportedly taken a number of Americans hostage in Yemen as they fight to take control of the country, the U.S. State D…

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Qatar sends ground troops to Yemen

Qatar sends ground troops to Yemen

Qatar is sending ground troops to Yemen, following the…

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UAE committed to ‘restoring security, stability’ in Yemen

UAE committed to ‘restoring security, stability’ in Yemen

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces (R), receives Yemeni Preside…

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US backs Yemen action led by KSA

US backs Yemen action led by KSA

The US has reaffirmed its support for Saudi-led military action taken in Yemen, saying that the goal eventually is to achieve peace and stability i…

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Yemen: Houthis Rebels Used Landmines in Aden

Yemen: Houthis Rebels Used Landmines in Aden

Houthi forces apparently laid banned antipersonnel landmines in the Yemeni port of Aden before withdrawing from the city in July 2015. The Houthis,…

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Coalition attacks Yemen capital after UAE, Saudi soldiers killed

Coalition attacks Yemen capital after UAE, Saudi soldiers killed

Warplanes from the United Arab Emirates struck Houthi targets across Yemen, state news agency WAM said on Saturday, a day after at least 60 soldier…

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UAE, Bahrain say 50 soldiers killed in Yemen attack

UAE, Bahrain say 50 soldiers killed in Yemen attack

At least 50 soldiers from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were killed in Yemen on Friday in the deadliest attack on Gulf Arab troops in the Sa…

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UAE, Bahrain say 50 soldiers killed in Yemen attack

UAE, Bahrain say 50 soldiers killed in Yemen attack

DUBAI/SANAA (Reuters) - At least 50 soldiers from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were killed in Yemen on Friday in the deadliest attack on Gu…

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45 UAE troops killed in Yemen as part of Saudi-led coalition

45 UAE troops killed in Yemen as part of Saudi-led coalition

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates –  Forty-five members of the United Arab Emirates' military were killed while taking part in Saudi-led operations…

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Yemen: 28 Yemeni killed in a double suicide bombings on a mosque in Sanaa

Yemen: 28 Yemeni killed in a double suicide bombings on a mosque in Sanaa

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is claiming responsibility for two bombings that killed at least 28 people at a mosque in Ye…

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Yemen: Two ICRC staff members killed in attack

Yemen: Two ICRC staff members killed in attack

Geneva / Sana’a (ICRC) – Two staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have been shot and killed in Yemen. They were tra…

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There were no British hostages in its custody, al-Qaeda denies

There were no British hostages in its custody, al-Qaeda denies

Photo:  The british hostage befor freed  him by UEA troops The Yemen branch of Al Qaeda denied reports it had been hol…

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 3 Saudi soldiers killed in attack by Houthi rebels in Saudi Yemen borders

3 Saudi soldiers killed in attack by Houthi rebels in Saudi Yemen borders

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Attacks by Yemeni rebels have killed three Saudi soldiers and wounded another three along the border, the Saudi militar…

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Yemen: ICRC office in Aden attacked

Yemen: ICRC office in Aden attacked

Sana’a/Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) strongly condemns an attack which has taken place on its offices in th…

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Houthi rebels paying children for recruitment and fighting in Yemen

Houthi rebels paying children for recruitment and fighting in Yemen

YOL- The Houthi armed group in Yemen has intensified its recruitment, training, and deployment of children in violation of international law. Since…

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Houthi rockets kill 14 civilians in Yemen's Taiz

Houthi rockets kill 14 civilians in Yemen's Taiz

Rockets fired by Houthi militiamen killed 14 civilians, most of them children, as fighting intensified for control of Yemen's third largest city, T…

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Yemen officials say Saudi-led airstrikes intensify near rebels' northern strongholds

Yemen officials say Saudi-led airstrikes intensify near rebels' northern strongholds

SANAA, Yemen –  The Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels in Yemen doubled its near-daily airstrikes Monday in the central province of Ma…

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Saudi border guard killed by rocket fire from Yemen

Saudi border guard killed by rocket fire from Yemen

A Saudi border guard has been killed by rocket fire from anti-government Houthi militiamen in northern Yemen, Riyadh's official SPA news agency sai…

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US drone kills Four al-Qaeda suspects in Yemen

US drone kills Four al-Qaeda suspects in Yemen

Four suspected al-Qaeda militants were killed overnight in an apparent US drone strike in Mukalla, the southern Yemeni city that the group o…

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