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Saudi approves $1.2 bln in Yemen aid: Officials

Saudi approves $1.2 bln in Yemen aid: Officials

Yemen's finance minister and central bank governor as well as the Saudi ambassador were expected to disclose details of the grant at a signing cere…

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Yemen army officials warn of possible major Houthi offensive targeting Taiz

Yemen army officials warn of possible major Houthi offensive targeting Taiz

Yemen’s military officials said on Sunday that the Iran-backed Houthis had launched attacks on government troops outside the besieged city of…

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"Masam" project clears 625 mines in Yemen within a week

"Masam" project clears 625 mines in Yemen within a week

The project of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center "Masam" to clear the Yemeni lands of mines managed to extract 625 mines in variou…

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Yemen: 20% of the Safer oil tank was unloaded into the replacement tanker

Yemen: 20% of the Safer oil tank was unloaded into the replacement tanker

It will take about three weeks, while the World Food Program has stated that it will suspend its interventions in the field of preventing malnutrit…

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UK, US Announce Aid to Support Women and Children in Yemen

UK, US Announce Aid to Support Women and Children in Yemen

The UK and the US, separately, announced new aid for Yemeni women and children, amounting to about $228 million. UN announced that more tha…

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FSO Safer: Ship-to-ship transfer of oil underway

FSO Safer: Ship-to-ship transfer of oil underway

The ship-to-ship transfer of more than 1.1 million barrels of oil from the decaying floating storage and offlading unit FSO Safer to a replacement…

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WFP Suspends Activities to Prevent Malnutrition in Yemen

WFP Suspends Activities to Prevent Malnutrition in Yemen

The World Food Program (WFP) has stated that it will suspend its interventions to prevent malnutrition in Yemen starting next month, due to a sever…

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How unloading of oil from FSO Safer is defusing Red Sea’s ticking ecological time bomb

How unloading of oil from FSO Safer is defusing Red Sea’s ticking ecological time bomb

The risks of an ecological and humanitarian catastrophe happening off the coast of Yemen are receding as a UN-led operation to pump more than a mil…

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Yemen.. Taiz police seize weapons in the case of the assassination of  a UN Food Agency Worker

Yemen.. Taiz police seize weapons in the case of the assassination of a UN Food Agency Worker

Security authorities in Taiz revealed the seizure of a quantity of weapons, explosives, landmines, and wireless communication devices in the posses…

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Yemen welcomes new Saudi aid for Safer tanker salvage operations

Yemen welcomes new Saudi aid for Safer tanker salvage operations

The Yemeni government has expressed gratitude to Saudi Arabia for its additional 8-million-U.S. dollar assistance in the salvage operations of the…

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UK announces £160 million aid package for Yemeni women and children

UK announces £160 million aid package for Yemeni women and children

One million Yemeni women and children are to receive a major boost after Britain announced a new £160 million ($205 million) aid package on F…

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How the UN ended up rescuing a stranded vessel in the Red Sea

How the UN ended up rescuing a stranded vessel in the Red Sea

A 47-year-old tanker rusting off the Yemeni coast in the Red Sea is the scene of a delicate UN-led operation to transfer a million barrels of crude…

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Drop in UN Aid Increases Food Insecurity in Yemen

Drop in UN Aid Increases Food Insecurity in Yemen

The United Nations warned again of the repercussions of increased food insecurity in Yemen’s liberated areas, as economic experts expressed t…

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Child killed by Houthi drone attack in western Yemen

Child killed by Houthi drone attack in western Yemen

A 10-year-old child was killed and another was injured on Wednesday when Houthi rebels launched a drone attack on a village in Yemen's western Hode…

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The UN’s milestone operation to salvage Yemen’s stricken oil tanker: Key questions answered

The UN’s milestone operation to salvage Yemen’s stricken oil tanker: Key questions answered

The task of transferring a million barrels of oil from the stricken supertanker Yemen, will take some 19 days – preventing what would be the…

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Yemen: Proposal for Post-Conflict Justice

Yemen: Proposal for Post-Conflict Justice

Negotiations for an end to the conflict in Yemen should include plans for a post-conflict justice that is inclusive and victim-centered, and includ…

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Eight civilians, seven soldiers died in separate blasts in Yemen

Eight civilians, seven soldiers died in separate blasts in Yemen

Eight people, most from one family, were killed when an unexploded projectile from Yemen’s years-long war detonated inside a house, while sev…

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2 soldiers killed in blast in SW Yemen

2 soldiers killed in blast in SW Yemen

Two soldiers of Yemen's government forces were killed on Tuesday in a bomb blast in the southwestern province of Taiz, a military official said.…

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High-stakes UN operation underway in Yemen to avert catastrophic oil spill

High-stakes UN operation underway in Yemen to avert catastrophic oil spill

The UN on Tuesday began siphoning one million barrels of oil from a decaying supertanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen, a crucial step in the rac…

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Masam project clears 856 Houthi mines in Yemen

Masam project clears 856 Houthi mines in Yemen

 Masam, a Saudi project to clear landmines in Yemen, in the third week of July dismantled 856 mines planted by the Iran-backed Houthi militia.…

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