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Houthis, Yemen government exchange prisoners

Houthis, Yemen government exchange prisoners

Yemen’s Houthi group yesterday announced the completion of a prisoner swap deal with the Yemeni pro-government forces. The agreement was through wh…

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Yemen government suspends talks with UN envoy Martin Griffiths

Yemen government suspends talks with UN envoy Martin Griffiths

Yemen’s internationally-recognised government has temporarily stopped dealing with UN envoy Martin Griffiths over alleged bias to Iran-aligned Al H…

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Yemen’s Houthis launch fundraising drive for cash-strapped Hezbollah

Yemen’s Houthis launch fundraising drive for cash-strapped Hezbollah

A Yemeni radio station broadcasting in support of the Yemeni rebel Houthi movement has launched a fundraising drive on behalf of Hezbollah, which h…

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UN chief rejects Yemen president's accusation of bias

UN chief rejects Yemen president's accusation of bias

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has assured Yemen's leader that the world body will remain impartial in efforts to resolve the country's conf…

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Saudi Arabia downs explosive-laden drone launched from Yemen

Saudi Arabia downs explosive-laden drone launched from Yemen

Saudi Arabia yesterday shot down a bomb-laden drone deployed by Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen to attack an airport in the kingdom, state medi…

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Yemen's Houthis say attacked Saudi's Jizan airport by drone

Yemen's Houthis say attacked Saudi's Jizan airport by drone

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement launched a drone strike on military hangars in Saudi Arabia’s Jizan airport near the Yemeni border, the group’…

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Yemeni mediation releases pro-secession movement leader in exchange for 33 Houthi prisoners

Yemeni mediation releases pro-secession movement leader in exchange for 33 Houthi prisoners

Yemeni local tribal mediation on Sunday succeeded in releasing a leader of the pro-secession Southern Movement after more than 11 years of detentio…

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16 killed in armed confrontations in Yemen's Taiz

16 killed in armed confrontations in Yemen's Taiz

At least 16 Yemenis were killed on Saturday in fierce clashes between government forces and the Houthi rebels in the southwestern province of Taiz,…

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Arab Coalition targets Houthi reinforcements in Yemen’s Hajjah

Arab Coalition targets Houthi reinforcements in Yemen’s Hajjah

The Arab Coalition has targeted Houthi reinforcements in the Yemeni province of Hajjah on Saturday, an Al Arabiya correspondent reported.…

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Yemen president accuses UN envoy Griffiths of siding with Houthis

Yemen president accuses UN envoy Griffiths of siding with Houthis

 Yemen’s internationally recognized president sent a letter to the UN chief, criticizing his envoy to the country over allegedly siding with I…

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UN chief alarmed by drone attack on Saudi airport by Yemeni rebels

UN chief alarmed by drone attack on Saudi airport by Yemeni rebels

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is alarmed by reports of a second consecutive drone attack on a Saudi airport, for which the Houthis rebels i…

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Yemeni gov't suspends meetings with UN monitoring mission over Hodeidah

Yemeni gov't suspends meetings with UN monitoring mission over Hodeidah

Yemen's government representatives at the Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC) on the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah suspended their meetings w…

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UN to hold Yemen talks on port revenues

UN to hold Yemen talks on port revenues

UN officials will meet with Yemen’s government and Huthi rebels in Amman on Tuesday to discuss managing revenues from Red Sea ports after the Huthi…

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UN slams Al Houthis diversion of aid

UN slams Al Houthis diversion of aid

The UN has said food aid is being diverted by corrupt and uncooperative officials in Al Houthi-held areas of Yemen, as millions continue to be on t…

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Clashes between pro-gov't forces, Houthis intensify in southern Yemen

Clashes between pro-gov't forces, Houthis intensify in southern Yemen

Yemen's pro-government forces engaged in intense fighting with the Houthi rebels in the country's southern province of al-Dhalea on Tuesday, causin…

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Bomb-laden drone from Yemen rebels targets Saudi airport

Bomb-laden drone from Yemen rebels targets Saudi airport

Yemen’s Iranian-allied Houthi rebels attacked a Saudi airport and military base with a bomb-laden drone Tuesday, an assault acknowledged by the kin…

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Yemeni gov't praises UN agency' warning on aid delivery disruption in Houthi areas

Yemeni gov't praises UN agency' warning on aid delivery disruption in Houthi areas

Yemen's government on Tuesday praised the "courage and responsibility" of the World Food Program (WFP), which warned that aid distribution could be…

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Yemen's Houthis deny targeting Mecca with ballistic missiles

Yemen's Houthis deny targeting Mecca with ballistic missiles

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement denied Saudi media reports on Monday that it had fired a ballistic missile toward Mecca, Islam’s holiest site,…

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Yemeni gov't welcomes Saudi king's call for emergency summits in Mecca

Yemeni gov't welcomes Saudi king's call for emergency summits in Mecca

Yemen's internationally-recognized government on Sunday welcomed the call offered by Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to the leaders of the…

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Iran begins proxy war: Houthis launch ballistic missile on Saudi Arabia

Iran begins proxy war: Houthis launch ballistic missile on Saudi Arabia

Saudi air defense forces announced they had intercepted a ballistic missile launched  today (Monday) by the Houthis militias towards the Taif…

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