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The brutal war on children in Yemen continues unabated Across Yemen, 1.2 million children face active conflict every day

The brutal war on children in Yemen continues unabated Across Yemen, 1.2 million children face active conflict every day

Ahead of the Yemen Pledging Conference, UNICEF calls to prioritise children and respect their fundamental rights   Statement fro…

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More than half of $2.6bn aid to Yemen pledged by countries involved in war

More than half of $2.6bn aid to Yemen pledged by countries involved in war

More than half of $2.6bn (£1.9bn) in donations at a special one-day conference to ease humanitarian crisis in Yemen was pledged by countries that a…

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Saudis, UAE lead way with new funds for Yemen sought by UN

Saudis, UAE lead way with new funds for Yemen sought by UN

 Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates led the way Tuesday in contributing hundreds of millions of dollars to help Yemen, where their coun…

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UNICEF: 8 Yemen children killed, injured every day

UNICEF: 8 Yemen children killed, injured every day

Around 1.2 million Yemeni children live in conflict zones in war-battered Yemen, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said today. The children…

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10 Yemeni journalists abducted by Houthis face specialised terrorism court

10 Yemeni journalists abducted by Houthis face specialised terrorism court

Ten Yemeni journalists abducted by Ansar Allah (Houthis) since June 2015 have been sent to face a specialised terrorism court. …

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American hostage freed after 18 months in captivity in Yemen

American hostage freed after 18 months in captivity in Yemen

President Donald Trump announced in a tweet Monday afternoon that the government was able to recover a U.S. citizen that was held hostage in Yemen…

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12 Yemeni soldiers killed in Houthi missile attack near Saudi border: official

12 Yemeni soldiers killed in Houthi missile attack near Saudi border: official

At least 12 soldiers loyal to Yemeni exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi were killed and 60 others wounded in rebels' missile attack toward sou…

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Give peace a chance, factions in Yemen conflict told

Give peace a chance, factions in Yemen conflict told

Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad wants all factions in the Yemeni conflict to give peace a chance and allow the agreement worked out recently…

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Southern security forces storm the largest training camp for al Qaeda in southern Yemen

Southern security forces storm the largest training camp for al Qaeda in southern Yemen

Yemeni military sources said that the security forces of the Southern Transitional Council, was stormed the largest camp of al-Qaeda in the provinc…

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Dorcas in Yemen

Dorcas in Yemen

It’s a crisis of staggering proportions: A child dies every 10 minutes. 14 million people are at risk of starving to death. And 22 million in peril…

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Ethiopian migrants brave Yemen war to find better life in Saudi Arabia

Ethiopian migrants brave Yemen war to find better life in Saudi Arabia

They trudge, exhausted, along the desolate winding road to Obock in northern Djibouti, flanked on either side by a black, alien landscape created m…

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Arab Media Report Uncertain First Steps in Redeployment Agreement in Yemen's Hodeida Region

Arab Media Report Uncertain First Steps in Redeployment Agreement in Yemen's Hodeida Region

Arab media is reporting that both the Saudi-led coalition and forces loyal to the Houthi militia group are starting to implement a redeployment agr…

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In Yemen, Targeting of Aid Workers Risks Unraveling Crisis

In Yemen, Targeting of Aid Workers Risks Unraveling Crisis

Representatives of international aid and humanitarian organizations operating in war-wracked Yemen say they are increasingly being targeted by the…

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Where Congress Stands on Yemen

Where Congress Stands on Yemen

On Feb. 13, the House of Representatives passed H.J. Res. 37, a joint resolution that purports to direct the executive branch to end U.S. support f…

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News Analysis: Experts skeptical of Stockholm truce deal on ending Yemen's war

News Analysis: Experts skeptical of Stockholm truce deal on ending Yemen's war

It is hoped that Stockholm agreement on Yemen's key port of Hodeidah will be the first step to end the four-year civil war. However, expe…

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Briefing of the Special Envoy for Yemen to the Security Council

Briefing of the Special Envoy for Yemen to the Security Council

Mr. President, Thank you very much, thank you for the opportunity provided to me to brief this Council. Since I last talked to…

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Yemen: Council adopts conclusions

Yemen: Council adopts conclusions

The Council today adopted conclusions on Yemen. The EU reaffirms its commitment to the unity, sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity o…

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Jeju refugee crisis and beyond: Yemeni asylum seekers build life in Korea

Jeju refugee crisis and beyond: Yemeni asylum seekers build life in Korea

When hundreds of Yemenis fleeing war and the humanitarian crisis back home made their way to a South Korean island last year, they were not expecti…

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Battles intensify in Yemeni-Saudi border: report

Battles intensify in Yemeni-Saudi border: report

Battles intensified Saturday between Yemeni Houthi rebels and Saudi troops in the southern Saudi border province of Jizan, the rebel-run al-Masirah…

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Feature: Newly displaced Yemeni families face bad humanitarian conditions

Feature: Newly displaced Yemeni families face bad humanitarian conditions

Hundreds of families were displaced from different war-torn Yemeni areas because of the ongoing fighting between the warring factions. Th…

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