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1,000 Houthis killed in September fighting: Yemen Defense Ministry

1,000 Houthis killed in September fighting: Yemen Defense Ministry

At least 1,000 Houthi fighters were killed last month in several Yemeni provinces as the Iran-backed militia pushed to seize control of new areas,…

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Cabinet announcement said to be imminent in Yemen

Cabinet announcement said to be imminent in Yemen

Yemeni political sources warned of an escalation plan sponsored by Doha aimed at thwarting efforts to announce the new Yemeni government and implem…

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Yemen’s Houthis reject UN inspection of decaying FSO Safer oil tanker

Yemen’s Houthis reject UN inspection of decaying FSO Safer oil tanker

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have rejected, for the second time, a United Nations request to allow inspectors to board a rusting oil tanker moored off the…

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Houthi missile lands in Saudi Arabia's Jazan

Houthi missile lands in Saudi Arabia's Jazan

A missile launched by the Houthi militia in Yemen landed on Sunday in Jazan, southwestern Saudi Arabia. Col. Mohammed bin Yahya Al-Ghamdi…

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30 Houthis killed in fighting with gov't forces in central Yemen

30 Houthis killed in fighting with gov't forces in central Yemen

At least 30 Houthi rebels were killed on Saturday in fighting with the government forces in Yemen's central province of Marib, a government militar…

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Yemeni officials say clashes kill 23 in Hodeida, Marib

Yemeni officials say clashes kill 23 in Hodeida, Marib

Yemeni officials and tribal leaders said Saturday fighting between government forces and Houthi rebels has killed at least two dozen people in the…

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Yemen army says over 1,000 rebels killed September

Yemen army says over 1,000 rebels killed September

Government forces killed over 1,000 Houthi rebels in clashes in war-torn Yemen in September, the Yemeni army said on Saturday.  A mi…

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Pro-gov't security forces raid terror hideouts in eastern Yemen

Pro-gov't security forces raid terror hideouts in eastern Yemen

Pro-government Yemeni security units launched a raid operation and targeted hideouts of the al-Qaida terrorist group in the country's eastern provi…

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Yemen kills three Al-Qaeda militants, captures two in raid in Mahra

Yemen kills three Al-Qaeda militants, captures two in raid in Mahra

Yemeni security forces, backed by the Arab coalition, killed three Al-Qaeda militants and captured two others in a raid on their…

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Yemen: 3 Houthi militias killed in clashes with army

Yemen: 3 Houthi militias killed in clashes with army

At least three Houthi militias were killed Thursday in clashes with army troops in Western Yemen, according to the Yemeni military. The I…

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All parties in Yemen committed war crimes, says UN rights expert

All parties in Yemen committed war crimes, says UN rights expert

Kamel Jendoubi, chairman of the Group of Independent Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen, on Wednesday, submitted a third report on…

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Yemen UNHCR Aden Sub-Office Fact Sheet - September 2020

Yemen UNHCR Aden Sub-Office Fact Sheet - September 2020

Yemen remains the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with more than 19 million people requiring urgent protection and assistance to access food, wa…

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2 killed in artillery shelling in Yemen's Hodeidah: medics

2 killed in artillery shelling in Yemen's Hodeidah: medics

Two women were killed on Wednesday morning when artillery shelling hit a residential neighborhood in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, medics…

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UN Says Yemen’s Warring Parties Must Face Justice

UN Says Yemen’s Warring Parties Must Face Justice

A group of Eminent Experts on Yemen accuses Yemen’s warring parties of widespread violations, some amounting to war crimes and crimes against human…

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Potential environmental disaster looms off Yemeni coast due to supertanker: gov’t

Potential environmental disaster looms off Yemeni coast due to supertanker: gov’t

The Yemeni government expressed its fears that UN team will continue to blocked from accessing the Safer supertanker. The Yemeni Minister…

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Saudi aid agency signs $15 million deal for projects in Yemen

Saudi aid agency signs $15 million deal for projects in Yemen

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center on Monday signed a $15 million deal with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to c…

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UN Secretary General Welcomes Yemeni Prisoner Release Pact

UN Secretary General Welcomes Yemeni Prisoner Release Pact

A spokesman for U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the U.N. chief “welcomes” the agreement Yemen’s warring parties have reached to exchan…

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Iranian ships conduct illegal fishing off Yemen coast

Iranian ships conduct illegal fishing off Yemen coast

More than 40 Iranian ships violated Yemen’s territorial water for conducting illegal fishing operations off the Socotra coast, the Yemeni fisheries…

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Victims of Yemen's proxy war are 'screaming in pain, but no one is hearing'

Victims of Yemen's proxy war are 'screaming in pain, but no one is hearing'

"There are no heroes in Yemen, just criminals and victims." Those are the words of a human rights investigator, a petite woman who has de…

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UN: Yemen’s warring sides to swap more than 1,000 prisoners

UN: Yemen’s warring sides to swap more than 1,000 prisoners

The United Nations said Yemen’s warring sides agreed Sunday to exchange more than 1,000 prisoners, marking the first phase of a prisoner-release pl…

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