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Yemen army destroys 2 Houthi explosive boats in Red Sea

Yemen army destroys 2 Houthi explosive boats in Red Sea

Yemen’s army destroyed two explosives-laden boats launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militia at a target near the country’s northwestern region on…

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US sanctions shipmanagement firm and vessel for aiding Houthis

US sanctions shipmanagement firm and vessel for aiding Houthis

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a sprawling international network run by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and a Houthi…

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Yemen’s Houthis seize another US Embassy staffer

Yemen’s Houthis seize another US Embassy staffer

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have detained another official of the long-closed U.S. Embassy there, bringing the number of local ex-U.S. Embassy staffers i…

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Houthi death penalties condemned by Yemeni government, activists

Houthi death penalties condemned by Yemeni government, activists

Government officials, human rights activists and journalists on Wednesday strongly condemned the death sentences handed down to Yemenis by the Iran…

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Coalition: Over a dozen Houthi military vehicles destroyed in strikes on Yemen’s Hajjah

Coalition: Over a dozen Houthi military vehicles destroyed in strikes on Yemen’s Hajjah

The Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen said on Wednesday that 14 Houthi military vehicles had been destroyed in strikes on Hajjah.…

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4 killed in Yemen landmine blast

4 killed in Yemen landmine blast

At least four people were killed by a landmine blast in the Yemen's northern oil-rich province of Marib, a military official said. "A lan…

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Iran-Saudi Arabia talks to be held ‘very soon’: Iraq’s top security advisor

Iran-Saudi Arabia talks to be held ‘very soon’: Iraq’s top security advisor

Iraq’s National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji said on Sunday that the fifth round of talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia “will be held very soon”…

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Houthi militias launch 7 ballistic missiles targeting residential areas in Marib

Houthi militias launch 7 ballistic missiles targeting residential areas in Marib

Seven ballistic missiles were launched by Houthi militants on Sunday targeting residential neighborhoods and displacement gatherings in the Yemeni…

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156 Houthi militants killed in battles with Yemen army

156 Houthi militants killed in battles with Yemen army

At least 156 Houthi militants were killed in battles with the Yemen government army in the past two days in the northern province of Hajjah, milita…

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Tribal mediation fails to release kidnapped UN staff in Yemen

Tribal mediation fails to release kidnapped UN staff in Yemen

A mediation conducted by local tribal figures failed on Friday to release five United Nations staff kidnapped reportedly by gunmen in Yemen's turbu…

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UN reaches agreement to transfer crude from Yemen’s stranded FSO Safer

UN reaches agreement to transfer crude from Yemen’s stranded FSO Safer

The UN has a reached an agreement to offload the floating storage ship Safer stranded off the coast of Yemen, its under-secretary general for human…

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UN closes in on deal to offload oil from dangerous FSO off Yemen

UN closes in on deal to offload oil from dangerous FSO off Yemen

solution is tentatively to hand to one of the world’s greatest ecological threats posed by a single ship. The United Nations has finally thr…

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Former US Yemen envoy calls for Houthi terrorist listing

Former US Yemen envoy calls for Houthi terrorist listing

A former US ambassador to Yemen and veteran analyst has urged the Biden administration to redesignate the Houthi militia as a terrorist organizatio…

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Int'l community should stick to direction of political settlement in Yemen: Chinese envoy

Int'l community should stick to direction of political settlement in Yemen: Chinese envoy

 A Chinese envoy said Tuesday that the international community should stick to the direction of political settlement in Yemen despite many cha…

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UN envoy contemplating framework for peace in Yemen

UN envoy contemplating framework for peace in Yemen

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said on Wednesday that he is developing a framework that will set out his plan to move toward an inclusiv…

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Yemen army retake new areas south of Marib from Houthis

Yemen army retake new areas south of Marib from Houthis

The Yemeni army said it has retaken new areas south of Marib province in central Yemen after fierce clashes with Iran-backed Houthi rebels over the…

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Saudi-led coalition bombs telecoms compound in Yemen's Sanaa -residents

Saudi-led coalition bombs telecoms compound in Yemen's Sanaa -residents

Warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen struck again at telecommunications compound in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Monday, resi…

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Houthis ‘primary obstacle to peace efforts’ in Yemen: US special envoy

Houthis ‘primary obstacle to peace efforts’ in Yemen: US special envoy

The Houthi militia has been the “primary obstacle to peace efforts” in Yemen, US Special Envoy Timothy A. Lenderking told a conference in Washingto…

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Yemenis put pressure on Biden administration to reclassify Houthis as terrorists

Yemenis put pressure on Biden administration to reclassify Houthis as terrorists

Yemeni Prime Minister Maeen Abdul Malik Saeed has welcomed the ongoing deliberations inside US President Joe Biden’s administration to reclassify t…

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Strikes target Houthi sites in Yemeni capital, Coalition says

Strikes target Houthi sites in Yemeni capital, Coalition says

The Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen has struck targets in Sanaa, Al Ekhbariya reported early on Saturday. The strikes came after…

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