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 Yemen Shiite Houthi rebels seize U.S. embassy vehicles after diplomats leave: staff

Yemen Shiite Houthi rebels seize U.S. embassy vehicles after diplomats leave: staff

Armed Houthi rebels in the Yemeni capital Sanaa seized U.S. embassy vehicles after the ambassador and diplomats left the country on Wednesday, loca…

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Al Qaida supporters in Yemen pledge allegiance to Daesh

Al Qaida supporters in Yemen pledge allegiance to Daesh

A group of Islamist fighters in Yemen renounced their loyalty to Al Qaida’s leader and pledged allegiance to the head of Daesh, according to a Twit…

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Kidnapped Tajik Doctor Released In Yemen

Kidnapped Tajik Doctor Released In Yemen

A Tajik doctor who was kidnapped by tribesmen in Yemen in October has been released. Manuchehr Abduev, a Tajik employee of a Russian comp…

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U.S. embassy in Yemen closing completely: staff

U.S. embassy in Yemen closing completely: staff

A U.S. official in Washington on Tuesday confirmed the American Embassy in Yemen is closing, according to Reuters news agency. The o…

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Houthis enter Yemen's Bayda 'without resistance'

Houthis enter Yemen's Bayda 'without resistance'

Shiite Houthis have entered Yemen's central city of Al-Bayda – capital of the flashpoint province of the same name – without resistance, eyewitness…

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UN envoy announces Yemeni political parties agree to resume talks

UN envoy announces Yemeni political parties agree to resume talks

The UN envoy to Yemen  Jamal Bin Omar announced on Sunday agreement of the Yemeni political parties including Shiite Houthi rebels  to re…

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Yemeni political factions have agreed to resume talks

Yemeni political factions have agreed to resume talks

Yemeni political factions have agreed to resume talks aimed at resolving the country's political crisis, the UN's envoy in Yemen Jamal Benomar has…

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Anti-Houthis Demonstrations storm Yemen cities

Anti-Houthis Demonstrations storm Yemen cities

Angry demonstrators protested the rebels' move in street rallies in several cities, raising fears of a full-blown sectarian conflict between Yemen'…

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Yemen's Takeover Leader says "Hand Extended" for Partnership

Yemen's Takeover Leader says "Hand Extended" for Partnership

Yemen's Houthi rebel leader Abdel-Malak al-Houthi defended the takeover of power in a speech Saturday, saying it filled a political "vacuum" and wa…

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 Egypt has "great concern" over situation in Yemen

Egypt has "great concern" over situation in Yemen

Egypt said on Saturday it has "great concern" over the recent developments in Yemen, and urged all political factions to find a political solution…

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Gulf countries denounce Shiite rebel's 'coup' in Yemen

Gulf countries denounce Shiite rebel's 'coup' in Yemen

SANAA, Yemen — A group of Gulf countries denounced the Shiite rebel takeover of Yemen as a "coup" Saturday, calling for the United Nations to take…

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U.N. alarmed by Yemen power vacuum, monitoring situation closely

U.N. alarmed by Yemen power vacuum, monitoring situation closely

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations is alarmed by what it described as a power vacuum in Yemen after the dominant Houthi movement dissolved p…

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US 'deeply concerned' by rebel takeover in Yemen; US counterterror operations continue

US 'deeply concerned' by rebel takeover in Yemen; US counterterror operations continue

  WASHINGTON - The White House says it is "deeply concerned" by the takeover of Yemen by Shiite rebels who have announced that they'…

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Yemen Houthi Rebels Say They Will Form New Government

Yemen Houthi Rebels Say They Will Form New Government

SANA, Yemen — The Houthi rebels in…

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Yemen crisis: Houthi rebels 'announce takeover'

Yemen crisis: Houthi rebels 'announce takeover'

In a televised statement, the group said a five-member council would act as the president for an interim period. The group took control o…

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Shiite Houthi Rebels Dissolve Parliament, Seize Power in Yemen

Shiite Houthi Rebels Dissolve Parliament, Seize Power in Yemen

Yemen's Shiite Houthi rebels announced today the…

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Yemeni political parties agree presidential council to ease power struggle

Yemeni political parties agree presidential council to ease power struggle

Most Yemeni factions have agreed to set up an interim presidential council to manage the country for up to one year, negotiators said on Thursday,…

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Political Compromise Proving Difficult in Yemen

Political Compromise Proving Difficult in Yemen

As Yemen struggles with major political instability following the ouster of the former president, the minority Houthis are threatenin…

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Yemen factions to meet in UN talks on political deadlock

Yemen factions to meet in UN talks on political deadlock

emeni political factions are due to meet Thursday for U.N.-brokered talks to try to resolve a political crisis, a day after a deadline set b…

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Al-Qaeda cleric killed in Yemen drone strike, AQAP says

Al-Qaeda cleric killed in Yemen drone strike, AQAP says

A senior cleric for al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen was killed along with three other people in a drone strike on their vehicle January 31 in Yemen,…

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