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Yemen : United Nations completes removal of oil from decaying tanker in Red Sea

Yemen : United Nations completes removal of oil from decaying tanker in Red Sea

"More than I.I million barrels of oil transferred to the replacement tanker over 18 days" At 1800 local time, the United Nations successful…

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Five UN security personnel kidnapped in Yemen released after 18 months in captivity

Five UN security personnel kidnapped in Yemen released after 18 months in captivity

The United Nations said Friday that five staff members who were kidnapped in Yemen 18 months ago have walked free. In a brief statement, UN…

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UN Sends Mine-Clearing Equipment to Houthis, Sparking Anger Among Yemenis

UN Sends Mine-Clearing Equipment to Houthis, Sparking Anger Among Yemenis

The UN Development Program (UNDP) in Yemen sparked anger among Yemeni governmental and human rights activists after handing over $750,000 worth of…

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Yemeni military commander among four killed in suspected al-Qaeda attack in Abyan

Yemeni military commander among four killed in suspected al-Qaeda attack in Abyan

A bombing in southern Yemen on Thursday killed four fighters loyal to the Southern Transitional Council, including a prominent commander who previo…

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Yemen Defense Ministry Warns of Houthi Collusion with ISIS, Qaeda

Yemen Defense Ministry Warns of Houthi Collusion with ISIS, Qaeda

Yemen’s Defense Ministry has issued a stern warning about the peril of the ongoing aggressive actions by the Iran-backed Houthi militias agai…

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Yemen: Rescue Operation for ‘Safer’ Enters Final Stages

Yemen: Rescue Operation for ‘Safer’ Enters Final Stages

Roughly two weeks after its initiation, the final stages of the rescue operation for the derelict oil tanker Safer, moored off the coasts of Yemen,…

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Al-Qaeda attack kills 2 gov't soldiers in S. Yemen

Al-Qaeda attack kills 2 gov't soldiers in S. Yemen

Two soldiers of Yemen's government forces were killed in an attack by militants from the Yemeni branch of al-Qaeda in the southern province of Abya…

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UN Completes 1st Phase of Safer Oil Transfer in Yemen

UN Completes 1st Phase of Safer Oil Transfer in Yemen

The United Nations stated the transfer of one-third of the oil from the tanker Safer, bringing the first phase of the operation to an end.…

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Yemen: Food supply chain Update - Thematic report, 2 August 2023

Yemen: Food supply chain Update - Thematic report, 2 August 2023

OVERVIEW Yemen’s dependence on imported food and fuel to meet local demand exposes its citizens to sudden a…

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UN operation to remove oil from decaying Yemeni tanker

UN operation to remove oil from decaying Yemeni tanker

UN operation to remove oil from the FSO Safer, a rusting tanker moored off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea, has successfully removed much of the…

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Gov't forces repel Houthi rebel attack in Yemen's port city: state TV

Gov't forces repel Houthi rebel attack in Yemen's port city: state TV

Yemen's government forces repelled Houthi rebels' overnight attack in the south of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, state TV reported Wednesday.…

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UN says most oil removed from decaying tanker off Yemen

UN says most oil removed from decaying tanker off Yemen

Most of the oil on board a rusting super-tanker off war-torn Yemen has been moved to a replacement vessel in a bid to avert a catastrophic spill, t…

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6 gov't soldiers killed in al-Qaeda attack in S. Yemen

6 gov't soldiers killed in al-Qaeda attack in S. Yemen

At least six soldiers of Yemen's government forces were killed in an attack carried out by al-Qaeda militants in the turbulent southern province of…

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Yemen: Violence Against Health Care in Conflict

Yemen: Violence Against Health Care in Conflict

A new report (available in Arabic and English) by the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) identified 24 incidents of violence against…

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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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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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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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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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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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