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UN envoy departs Yemen after three-day visit

UN envoy departs Yemen after three-day visit

UN envoy Martin Griffiths left Sanaa on Thursday following a three-day visit to Yemen during which he held intensive talks with Houthi rebel leader…

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Senators plan another push to restrict U.S. role in Yemen war

Senators plan another push to restrict U.S. role in Yemen war

Lawmakers are gearing up for their second attempt to pass a bill that would end U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen’s brutal…

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Yemen war: Jeremy Hunt flies to Middle East for talks amid humanitarian crisis

Yemen war: Jeremy Hunt flies to Middle East for talks amid humanitarian crisis

Jeremy Hunt is on his way to the Middle East to hold talks on trying to end the four year-long war in Yemen. The foreign secretary is due…

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2 women killed in Saudi-led airstrike in northern Yemen

2 women killed in Saudi-led airstrike in northern Yemen

At least two women were killed in a Saudi-led airstrike on a farm in Yemen's northern province of Amran on Thursday, the Houthi-controlled Saba new…

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Saudi Coalition scores big advance in key northern Yemen district

Saudi Coalition scores big advance in key northern Yemen district

The Saudi Coalition and their Yemeni allies scored a big advance in the northern region of Yemen on Wednesday, seizing several points from the Hout…

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UN envoy arrives in Yemen to discuss truce around port city

UN envoy arrives in Yemen to discuss truce around port city

Yemeni security officials say U.N. envoy Martin Griffiths has arrived in the capital, Sanaa, to discuss the situation in and around the key port ci…

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U.S. senators unconvinced by Saudi briefing, see Yemen war vote next week

U.S. senators unconvinced by Saudi briefing, see Yemen war vote next week

U.S. senators said on Monday a Trump administration briefing had not changed opinions on the need to push back at Saudi Arabia over the murder of j…

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Yemen crisis: UN gains access to vital Hudaydah grain store

Yemen crisis: UN gains access to vital Hudaydah grain store

UN aid officials have for the first time in six months reached a vast store of desperately-needed food on the frontline in Yemen's Hudaydah port.…

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Yemen's Houthi rebels refuse to withdraw from Hodeidah ports, hinder Stockholm agreement

Yemen's Houthi rebels refuse to withdraw from Hodeidah ports, hinder Stockholm agreement

Yemen's Houthi rebels refused to withdraw from two Hodeidah's ports on Monday, hindering a peace deal brokered by the United Nations in Stockholm i…

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Arab League, EU seek common ground on crises in Yemen, Syria and Libya

Arab League, EU seek common ground on crises in Yemen, Syria and Libya

Arab and European states sought common ground on security threats and regional crises including Yemen, Syria and Libya on Sunday at their first joi…

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UN to host largest country appeal ever for Yemen

UN to host largest country appeal ever for Yemen

The UN will on Tuesday host a donor conference to raise $4.2 billion (Dh14.7bn) to support 24 million Yemenis suffering from years of conflict and…

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Yemeni Prime Minister Blames Houthis for Attacks in Violation of Peace Treaty

Yemeni Prime Minister Blames Houthis for Attacks in Violation of Peace Treaty

Yemeni Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalek Saeed has accused the country's rebel Houthi movement of violating the peace treaty by carrying out h…

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Yemen's Houthis to quit two ports Monday under peace deal

Yemen's Houthis to quit two ports Monday under peace deal

Iranian-aligned Houthi forces have agreed to draw back from two Yemeni ports on Monday while withdrawal from the main Hodeidah port will occur late…

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PM to push for peace deal in Yemen during EU-Arab states summit

PM to push for peace deal in Yemen during EU-Arab states summit

Theresa May will urge the Arab and EU states to "redouble our efforts" to reach a peace deal in Yemen, as the UK pledged a further £200m in humanit…

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Dozens Protest in Yemen's Taiz Calling for Houthi Leave

Dozens Protest in Yemen's Taiz Calling for Houthi Leave

Dozens of people demonstrated in the Yemeni province of Taiz on Saturday to demand completing the liberation of the province from Houthi militias.…

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‘Houthis are our only enemy’ says Yemeni army chief

‘Houthis are our only enemy’ says Yemeni army chief

Yemen’s army chief of staff said on Saturday that liberating the rest of the country from the Iran-backed Houthi militia would be the beginning of…

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Three killed in Saudi-led airstrike in Yemen

Three killed in Saudi-led airstrike in Yemen

Three people, including a woman and her two daughters were killed when a Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a house north of Yemen's capital Sanaa,…

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Houthi clashes with Yemeni tribes leave 45 dead in Hajjah

Houthi clashes with Yemeni tribes leave 45 dead in Hajjah

Clashes between the Houthi militias and Yemeni tribes intensified on Saturday in Hajjah, sources to Al Arabiya reported. Tribal sources c…

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Yemeni Forces Recapture Largest Al-Qaeda Training Camp in Abyan

Yemeni Forces Recapture Largest Al-Qaeda Training Camp in Abyan

Yemeni forces backed by warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition have recaptured the area’s largest training camp for al-Qaeda militants, in the sout…

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‘Cash ties’ with Saudis why BN sent troops to join Yemen war, says Chandra

‘Cash ties’ with Saudis why BN sent troops to join Yemen war, says Chandra

Prominent social critic Chandra Muzaffar today claimed the previous government deployed Malaysian troops to assist in the Yemen war because of its…

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