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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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UN envoy to Yemen leaves Sanaa with Patrick Cammaert

UN envoy to Yemen leaves Sanaa with Patrick Cammaert

UN envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths departed from Sanaa on Wednesday with chief monitor Patrick Cammaert, Al Arabiya reported. The departu…

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Pompeo 'very hopeful' for progress in Yemen.

Pompeo 'very hopeful' for progress in Yemen.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he's "very hopeful" that progress can be made toward ending Yemen's war. America's top d…

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UN Envoy in Yemen for Talks on Hudaydah Truce

UN Envoy in Yemen for Talks on Hudaydah Truce

The UN envoy for Yemen landed in Sana’a on Monday for talks aimed at shoring up a truce between forces loyal to Yemen’s fugitive former president A…

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UN Envoy to Yemen holds talks with Omani officials in Muscat

UN Envoy to Yemen holds talks with Omani officials in Muscat

On Sunday, UN special envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths held discussions in Muscat with Omani officials as part of his attempts to gather regional pr…

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Accidental blast in Yemen kills two South Africans

Accidental blast in Yemen kills two South Africans

Two South Africans are among five people who were killed in an accidental explosion in Yemen while transporting mines and explosives to be destroye…

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Blast kills 5 demining experts in Yemen

Blast kills 5 demining experts in Yemen

An explosion killed five demining specialists in war-torn Yemen’s central province of Maarib on Sunday, security and medical sources said. A pro-go…

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Yemen:Arab coalition air strikes on Huthi targets in Sana'a

Yemen:Arab coalition air strikes on Huthi targets in Sana'a

The Arab coalition aircraft launched several air strikes on sites belonging to the Houthis northwest of Sanaa. Other sites were also monitored:…

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