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IOM Yemen - Marib Response

IOM Yemen - Marib Response

SITUATION OVERVIEW Almost a year since the first wave of conflict escalation along the outskirts of Marib, Al Jawf and S…

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Landmine explosion kills 3 in Yemen's Hodeidah

Landmine explosion kills 3 in Yemen's Hodeidah

A landmine explosion in Yemen's Red Sea coastal city of Hodeidah killed three civilians on Thursday, a military official from the Yemeni government…

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U.N. Pulling Americans From Northern Yemen Ahead of Houthi Terrorist Designation

U.N. Pulling Americans From Northern Yemen Ahead of Houthi Terrorist Designation

The Trump administration’s parting gift to Saudi Arabia has made it necessary to evacuate at-risk aid workers from the world’s worst humanitarian c…

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Saudi Arabia: Coalition downs bomb-laden Houthi drone fired from Yemen

Saudi Arabia: Coalition downs bomb-laden Houthi drone fired from Yemen

Coalition forces intercepted and destroyed a bomb-laden drone launched deliberately by the terrorist Houthi militia to target civilians and civilia…

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Yemen's Houthis deny reports on talks over alleged "border buffer zone" with Saudi Arabia

Yemen's Houthis deny reports on talks over alleged "border buffer zone" with Saudi Arabia

The comment came hours after reports that Saudi Arabia told Houthis that it would sign a cease-fire deal and lift all blockade on territories under…

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Saudis seek buffer zone with Yemen in return for ceasefire: Sources

Saudis seek buffer zone with Yemen in return for ceasefire: Sources

Saudi Arabia has told Yemen's Houthis in high-level back channel talks it would sign a UN proposal for a nationwide ceasefire if the Iran-aligned g…

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Trump Administration Plans to Designate Yemen’s Houthis as Terrorists

Trump Administration Plans to Designate Yemen’s Houthis as Terrorists

The move, opposed by the humanitarian community, is part of the administration’s pressure campaign on Iran—and could hamstring Biden. The…

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Yemen STC sends military reinforcements to Abyan governorate

Yemen STC sends military reinforcements to Abyan governorate

Yemen's Southern Transitional Council (STC) has sent military reinforcements to the southern governorate of Abyan as clashes with forces loyal to t…

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Yemeni rights groups urge UN to replace delegation

Yemeni rights groups urge UN to replace delegation

Human rights organizations in Yemen urged the UN on Sunday to replace its delegation of Yemeni international and regional experts and review its wo…

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Yemen’s rebel-run court sentences 21 to death for spying

Yemen’s rebel-run court sentences 21 to death for spying

 A court controlled by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has sentenced 21 men to death for allegedly spying for the Saudi-led coalition which backs the wa…

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Yemen: 301 prisoners to release in swap

Yemen: 301 prisoners to release in swap

Houthis rebels in Yemen said Sunday that 200 captives would be released by the government, while the group would release 101 during prisoner swap n…

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Pro-gov't Yemeni forces kill 9 Houthi fighters: local source

Pro-gov't Yemeni forces kill 9 Houthi fighters: local source

 Nine soldiers of the Houthi rebel group were killed by pro-government Yemeni forces in the country's southwestern province of Taiz on Saturda…

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Saudi-led coalition intercepts rebel drone from Yemen

Saudi-led coalition intercepts rebel drone from Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition said Saturday it had intercepted an explosive-laden drone fired by Houthi rebels from Yemen towards Saudi Arabia.…

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Egypt condemns Yemeni Houthi attack on Saudi oil facilities

Egypt condemns Yemeni Houthi attack on Saudi oil facilities

Egypt condemned on Friday Yemen's Houthi attack by two unmanned bomb-laden boats on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. In a statement, Egyptia…

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Yemeni gov’t, STC forces resume intense fighting, 15 killed

Yemeni gov’t, STC forces resume intense fighting, 15 killed

Intense fighting resumed between the Yemeni government and the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in the country’s southern province of Abyan on F…

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Yemen: Stricken oil tanker must be inspected to avoid environmental catastrophe, UN expert urges

Yemen: Stricken oil tanker must be inspected to avoid environmental catastrophe, UN expert urges

Having been abandoned five years ago when its engine room flooded with seawater, the 44-year-old Safer super tanker currently holds some 1.1 millio…

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Saudis say they thwarted Iran-backed attack on oil facility near Yemen

Saudis say they thwarted Iran-backed attack on oil facility near Yemen

 Saudi Arabia said early Friday it thwarted an attack by Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels that sparked a fire near an Aramco oil distribution center…

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Houthis seize over 300 aid containers in Yemen

Houthis seize over 300 aid containers in Yemen

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have seized Friday 326 humanitarian aid containers of the World Food Programme (WFP), accusing the organization of sending ex…

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Responding to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen

Responding to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen

Many thanks, Madam President. And thank you also to Mr Griffiths, Mr Lowcock and Mr Beasley. I think the briefings left us in no doubt as to the sc…

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UN still waiting for access to stranded Safer tanker off Yemen

UN still waiting for access to stranded Safer tanker off Yemen

The United Nations said on Wednesday that it has yet to receive approval to access the Safer tanker stranded in the Red Sea off Yemen. “A…

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