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US Navy intercepts fishing boat smuggling ammunition en route from Iran to Yemen

US Navy intercepts fishing boat smuggling ammunition en route from Iran to Yemen

The US Navy said Saturday it had seized one million rounds of ammunition along with rocket fuses and propellant being smuggled on a fishing trawler…

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Yemen: One person killed, 20 injured in mosque attack

Yemen: One person killed, 20 injured in mosque attack

One person died and 20 others were injured in a grenade attack at a mosque in Hadhramaut Governorate in eastern Yemen, a local government source sa…

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" Despite US calls for peace " ... Houthis say attacks on Yemen's oil ports will continue

" Despite US calls for peace " ... Houthis say attacks on Yemen's oil ports will continue

The Houthis will keep “protecting” Sanaa's oil and gas resources, the head of the Houthi political supreme council Mahdi Al Mashat said in a speech…

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 landmine blasts 3 killed in Yemen

landmine blasts 3 killed in Yemen

Landmine explosions killed two children and a man in Yemen on Tuesday, Yemen's state TV reported. The two children were killed in a landm…

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U.S. Urges Houthi Rebels To Halt Attacks on Yemen’s Ports

U.S. Urges Houthi Rebels To Halt Attacks on Yemen’s Ports

The warning to the Houthis comes as U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking returns to the region to push for peace between the country's warri…

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Lenderking visit the Region to Push Forward Peace in Yemen

Lenderking visit the Region to Push Forward Peace in Yemen

The US State Department called on Monday the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen to “immediately cease their attacks on Yemeni ports” and to engag…

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U.S. urges end to port attacks in Yemen, envoy visits region -statement

U.S. urges end to port attacks in Yemen, envoy visits region -statement

U.S. special envoy Tim Lenderking is traveling to Oman and Saudi Arabia this week to support Yemen peace efforts, the U.S. State Department said on…

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Yemen's Government Signs With UAE-Based Fund $1 Billion Aid Package

Yemen's Government Signs With UAE-Based Fund $1 Billion Aid Package

Yemen's internationally recognized government signed a deal with the Arab Monetary Fund on Sunday, state media said, paving the way for the…

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Yemeni Chief of Staff Accuses Houthi Rebels of Rejecting Peace, Pursuing Iran’s Interests

Yemeni Chief of Staff Accuses Houthi Rebels of Rejecting Peace, Pursuing Iran’s Interests

Chief of General Staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces Lieutenant General Sagheer bin Aziz stressed on Thursday that the Iran-backed Houthi militias wil…

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Yemeni government opens new airport in Yemen's Makha

Yemeni government opens new airport in Yemen's Makha

A humanitarian charter flight landed at Yemen's new Al Makha airport on Thursday, a first step towards the full opening of the facility, authoritie…

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Iran Involved in Dhaba Port Attacks, Yemen Presidential Council Says

Iran Involved in Dhaba Port Attacks, Yemen Presidential Council Says

Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) accused on Thursday Iran of being involved in the recent attacks on oil ports in the Hadramawt and Sh…

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Houthi drone attack kills 3 gov't soldiers in Southern Yemen

Houthi drone attack kills 3 gov't soldiers in Southern Yemen

 Three Yemeni government soldiers were killed in the southern province of Dhalea on Thursday in a drone attack launched by the Houthi militia,…

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Yemeni Gov't Calls for Collective International Action to Deter Houthi Rebles

Yemeni Gov't Calls for Collective International Action to Deter Houthi Rebles

The Yemeni government urged the international community to take collective action to deter the Houthi militia terrorism, saying condemnation statem…

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UN Security Council Urges Yemen's Houthis to Extend Truce, Talk Peace

UN Security Council Urges Yemen's Houthis to Extend Truce, Talk Peace

U.N. Security Council members urged Yemen's Houthi rebels to renew a truce that expired in October and to engage in substantive talks to end the mo…

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US ambassador to Yemen calls  Houthis to stop threatening maritime trade , return to negotiations

US ambassador to Yemen calls Houthis to stop threatening maritime trade , return to negotiations

 US Ambassador to Yemen, Stephen Fagin, renewed his call to the Ansar Allah Houthi group, to stop the threat to maritime trade, to return to t…

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Yemen's delegate to UN confirms the keenness of country's leadership on the efforts of the UN envoy

Yemen's delegate to UN confirms the keenness of country's leadership on the efforts of the UN envoy

Yemen's permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Abdullah Al-Saadi, affirmed the keenness of the Presidential Leadership Council…

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"For the Second Time" ...  Houthi Rebels Strike Yemeni Oil Terminal

"For the Second Time" ... Houthi Rebels Strike Yemeni Oil Terminal

The Ash Shihr oil terminal is beginning to look like an unfriendly place for tankers. On Monday, the Saudi-backed Yemeni government claimed that Ho…

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Yemeni FM : Iran unrest was a factor in Houthis' rejection of truce in Yemen

Yemeni FM : Iran unrest was a factor in Houthis' rejection of truce in Yemen

The refusal by Yemen’s Houthi rebels to renew a nationwide truce last month was linked to Iran’s internal turmoil, Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad bin…

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Explosion hits military vehicle in Southern Yemen, 4 gov't soldiers Killed

Explosion hits military vehicle in Southern Yemen, 4 gov't soldiers Killed

At least four soldiers of Yemen's government forces were killed in an explosion in the country's southern province of Abyan on Saturday, a military…

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Yemeni Gov't accuses Houthis of firing an anti-ship missile

Yemeni Gov't accuses Houthis of firing an anti-ship missile

The government-affiliated Yemeni army accused the Houthi forces of test-firing an anti-ship missile from the capital, Sana'a, to the Red Sea.…

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