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UN wants Yemen's Huthis to stop blocking access to grain warehouse

UN wants Yemen's Huthis to stop blocking access to grain warehouse

The United Nations aid chief on Thursday urged Yemen's Huthi rebels to grant access in the coming days to a food storage site in Hodeida containing…

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UNOPS Regional Director for the Middle East meets with Yemen’s Prime Minister

UNOPS Regional Director for the Middle East meets with Yemen’s Prime Minister

Ms. Bana Kaloti met with His Excellency Dr. Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed and local authorities in Aden, Yemen recently to discuss ongoing UNOPS-implement…

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Japan prevents journalist from traveling to Yemen

Japan prevents journalist from traveling to Yemen

A veteran freelance journalist said Wednesday the Japanese government has ordered him to surrender his passport as he prepared to leave for Yemen.…

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UN: Yemen's warring parties reach preliminary pullout deal

UN: Yemen's warring parties reach preliminary pullout deal

Yemen’s warring parties reached a preliminary compromise on a plan for the redeployment of opposing forces from the key port of Hodeida, the United…

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Morocco freezes involvement in Saudi-led coalition in Yemen

Morocco freezes involvement in Saudi-led coalition in Yemen

Government officials say Morocco has stopped taking part in military action with the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen's war, and has recalled its ambas…

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ICRC president "held talks" in Amman on release of detainees in Yemen

ICRC president "held talks" in Amman on release of detainees in Yemen

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer said Wednesday he held talks the day before in Amman to encourage the differ…

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UN: Efforts for Yemen ceasefire deal 'beginning to pay off'

UN: Efforts for Yemen ceasefire deal 'beginning to pay off'

Yemenis affected by devastating war remain cautious after repeated violations of deals between Houthis and government. The United Nations sa…

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UAE arming Yemen militias with Western weapons - Amnesty

UAE arming Yemen militias with Western weapons - Amnesty

The United Arab Emirates is recklessly arming militias in Yemen with advanced weaponry supplied by the US and other states, Amnesty International a…

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U.N. envoy says Yemen prisoner swap would help peace process

U.N. envoy says Yemen prisoner swap would help peace process

A U.N. special envoy told warring Yemenis on Tuesday that rapid implementation of a prisoner swap deal would help advance efforts at a political se…

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Yemeni army liberate an important mountain chain in Kitaf, Saada province

Yemeni army liberate an important mountain chain in Kitaf, Saada province

Yemen’s army liberated a strategic mountain range in the Kitaf district of Saada province, Saudi state-news agency SPA reported. Accordin…

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Yemen’s Houthi militia using human shields

Yemen’s Houthi militia using human shields

The Iranian-backed Houthi militia is using human shields and continues to violate a cease-fire in Yemen, a spokesman for the Arab coalition told a…

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Pope senses ‘good will’ in UAE for Yemen peace process

Pope senses ‘good will’ in UAE for Yemen peace process

Pope Francis said Tuesday he sensed "good will to bring about a process of peace" in Yemen during his meetings with officials from the United Arab…

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Top Yemeni commander wounded in rebel drone strike dies

Top Yemeni commander wounded in rebel drone strike dies

Yemen's deputy chief of staff died Sunday from wounds sustained last month in a drone attack by Huthi rebels on the country's largest air base, the…

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UN urges Yemen's warring sides to quit main port of Hodeidah

UN urges Yemen's warring sides to quit main port of Hodeidah

The United Nations Security Council urged the warring parties in Yemen on Monday to withdraw forces from the country's main port of Hodeidah and tw…

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Yemen truce monitor mission to meet on U.N.-hired ship

Yemen truce monitor mission to meet on U.N.-hired ship

A committee overseeing a ceasefire in Hodeidah will hold its next meeting on a ship off the port city as Yemen’s warring parties cannot agree on a…

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Jordan to host Yemen talks focusing on prisoner swap deal

Jordan to host Yemen talks focusing on prisoner swap deal

A spokesman for Jordan’s Foreign Ministry says the country will host a round of UN-backed talks between the internationally recognized government o…

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Pope faces critics over Yemen on first papal visit to UAE

Pope faces critics over Yemen on first papal visit to UAE

Pope Francis will be the first pontiff to visit the Arabian peninsula, the birthplace of Islam, when he celebrates mass this week in front of an ex…

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Breaking: Key Houthi commander killed by Saudi airstrike in northern Yemen

Breaking: Key Houthi commander killed by Saudi airstrike in northern Yemen

 key commander of the Houthi forces was reportedly killed by a Saudi airstrike in northern Yemen last night. According to local repo…

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Yemen, Saudi Arabia and UAE ask UN to pressure Houthis on ceasefire deal

Yemen, Saudi Arabia and UAE ask UN to pressure Houthis on ceasefire deal

Yemen’s government and its allies Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates asked the UN Security Council on Thursday to turn up the pressure on Ho…

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Dutch general leaves Yemen ceasefire posting after just a few weeks

Dutch general leaves Yemen ceasefire posting after just a few weeks

The retired Dutch general charged with overseeing a ceasefire in part of Yemen has left his post, just a few weeks after the agreement between Hout…

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