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Yemen warring sides in 'final' talks on prisoner swap deal

Yemen warring sides in 'final' talks on prisoner swap deal

Yemen's warring sides will meet in Geneva on Thursday for UN-sponsored talks on the final touches of a deal to release more than 1,400 prisoners, s…

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U.N. sent draft ceasefire deal to Yemen's warring parties last week

U.N. sent draft ceasefire deal to Yemen's warring parties last week

U.N. Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that he sent an “advanced draft” of a ceasefire deal to Yemen’s warring…

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Congress Pressures Trump Administration to Restore Aid to Yemen

Congress Pressures Trump Administration to Restore Aid to Yemen

U.S. Congress is urging the State Department to reconsider U.S. assistance to Yemen suspended by President Donald Trump’s administration earlier th…

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Houthi militia says Saudi-led coalition attacks Houthi positions in Yemen's capital

Houthi militia says Saudi-led coalition attacks Houthi positions in Yemen's capital

Yemen's Houthi militia said on Monday that the Saudi-led coalition in the country launched multiple airstrikes on its military sites in the capital…

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Yemeni gov't confirms 2 new COVID-19 cases, 2,011 in total

Yemeni gov't confirms 2 new COVID-19 cases, 2,011 in total

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Yemen's government-controlled provinces increased to 2,011 on Sunday, as two new cases were officially confir…

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Saudi coalition attack Houthi barracks, military sites in Sanaa

Saudi coalition attack Houthi barracks, military sites in Sanaa

 Saudi-led coalition fighter jets have attacked barracks and military sites of the Iran-aligned Houthi in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, Saudi-owne…

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Arab coalition airstrikes hit Houthi military site in Yemen's capital

Arab coalition airstrikes hit Houthi military site in Yemen's capital

The Saudi-led coalition warplanes launched a series of air strikes on a military camp under control of the Yemeni Houthi militia in Yemen's capital…

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U.N. report calls for alleged war crimes in Yemen to be referred to International Criminal Court

U.N. report calls for alleged war crimes in Yemen to be referred to International Criminal Court

A new United Nations report detailing atrocities in Yemen’s ­civil war calls on the U.N. Security Council to refer alleged actions by all parties i…

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Iran fuels humanitarian crisis in Yemen, says FM

Iran fuels humanitarian crisis in Yemen, says FM

The internationally recognized government of Yemen has once again accused Iran of undermining security in Yemen and other countries by supplying ar…

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Iran threatens Arab national security: Saudi, Yemeni ministers

Iran threatens Arab national security: Saudi, Yemeni ministers

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan said the Arab region is facing serious threats from the Iranian regime, through its “continuous v…

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Yemen's Houthis Claims 'Important Target' Attacked With Missile, Drones in Saudi Capital

Yemen's Houthis Claims 'Important Target' Attacked With Missile, Drones in Saudi Capital

Yemen's Houthis said they had attacked an "important target" in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Thursday using a ballistic missile and drones.…

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4 Yemen tribes sign no aggression deal with Houthis in Marib

4 Yemen tribes sign no aggression deal with Houthis in Marib

Four major Yemeni tribes in the city of Marib, northeast of the capital Sanaa, signed an agreement with Houthi military leaders in Sanaa on Saturda…

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Two killed, two others wounded in Yemeni gunfire

Two killed, two others wounded in Yemeni gunfire

Xinhua news agency quoted local medics in Yemen's southern Red Sea port city of Hodeidah as saying that gun shelling targeted residential homes in…

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Possible War Crimes in Yemen Fueled by Arms Flows From West, Iran: U.N.

Possible War Crimes in Yemen Fueled by Arms Flows From West, Iran: U.N.

Weapons provided by Western powers and Iran to the warring sides in Yemen are fuelling the six-year-old conflict, marked by deadly Saudi-led coalit…

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New UN report says rebels in Yemen recruited teenage girls

New UN report says rebels in Yemen recruited teenage girls

U.N.-backed experts have found evidence that rebels in Yemen recruited nearly three dozen teenage girls — some said to be survivors of sexual viole…

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Saudi-Led coalition destroys drone launched by Yemen's Houthis

Saudi-Led coalition destroys drone launched by Yemen's Houthis

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said early on Wednesday it intercepted and destroyed an explosive-laden drone launched by Yemen's Iran-al…

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Yemeni court sentences 5 Houthi operatives to death as fighting rages

Yemeni court sentences 5 Houthi operatives to death as fighting rages

A Yemeni court in the central province of Marib has sentenced five Houthis to death for undermining security in government-controlled areas.…

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Shelling kills 2 children in Yemen's Hodeidah: medics

Shelling kills 2 children in Yemen's Hodeidah: medics

Two children were killed on Tuesday when mortar shelling hit residential houses in Yemen's southern Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, local medics sai…

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Houthis confiscate possessions of 75 Yemen government military members

Houthis confiscate possessions of 75 Yemen government military members

A Houthi court in Yemen’s capital Sanaa ruled on Sunday that the possessions of 75 prominent military personnel be confiscated. The centr…

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Yemen's Houthis to end all UN, humanitarian flights to Sanaa airport

Yemen's Houthis to end all UN, humanitarian flights to Sanaa airport

Yemen's Houthis will suspend all United Nations and humanitarian flights to Sanaa International airport over fuel shortage as of Wednesday, the gro…

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