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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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Yemen Govt. Hopeful to Save Sweden Deal Despite Houthi Obstruction

Yemen Govt. Hopeful to Save Sweden Deal Despite Houthi Obstruction

Despite the ongoing intransigence of the Iran-backed Houthi militias, the Yemeni legitimate government expressed its hope that the Sweden ceasefire…

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Saudi-backed forces clash inside of western Yemen

Saudi-backed forces clash inside of western Yemen

A series of heavy clashes broke out between two Saudi-backed forces in the provincial capital of Ta’iz, local activists reported via social media.…

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UN official monitoring cease-fire arrives in Yemeni rebel-held capital

UN official monitoring cease-fire arrives in Yemeni rebel-held capital

The head of a UN team monitoring the UN-backed cease-fire in Yemen's Hodeidah arrives on Saturday in the rebel-held capital Sanaa to resume his mis…

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Yemen government says UN committed to ensuring Houthis abide by Sweden deal

Yemen government says UN committed to ensuring Houthis abide by Sweden deal

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has vowed that Houthi rebels will abide by a peace deal that calls for their withdrawal from Hodeidah, Yemen'…

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Attack on displaced people's camp in Yemen kills eight civilians - UN

Attack on displaced people's camp in Yemen kills eight civilians - UN

The shelling of a camp for displaced people in Yemen's northwestern Hajjah province killed eight civilians and wounded 30 others, the United Nation…

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Rabat halts participation in Saudi-led Yemen coalition

Rabat halts participation in Saudi-led Yemen coalition

Morocco has suspended its participation in a Saudi-led military coalition that has been fighting Yemen’s Houthi rebel group since 2015, Moroccan Fo…

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Red Cross making preparations for Yemen prisoner swap

Red Cross making preparations for Yemen prisoner swap

The International Red Cross is preparing for a prisoner swap to move hundreds of detainees held by Houthi rebels and the internationally recognised…

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Saudi envoy says Hodeidah deal make-or-break for Yemen peace efforts

Saudi envoy says Hodeidah deal make-or-break for Yemen peace efforts

A political solution to nearly four years of war in Yemen is possible as long as the shaky ceasefire deal for the northern port city of Hodeidah ta…

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