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Saudi financial aid helps Yemeni riyal rebound

Saudi financial aid helps Yemeni riyal rebound

The Yemeni riyal rose against the dollar on Wednesday for the first time in months, less than a day after Saudi Arabia announced $1.2 billion in ai…

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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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Yemen: Rapid Response Mechanism-First Line Response RRM Cumulative Report, Jan to July 2023

Yemen: Rapid Response Mechanism-First Line Response RRM Cumulative Report, Jan to July 2023

OVERVIEW Between January and July 2023, 11,484 households (80,388 individuals) were affected by extreme weather conditions…

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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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Chairman of Yemen’s presidential leadership council commends $1.2bln Saudi aid

Chairman of Yemen’s presidential leadership council commends $1.2bln Saudi aid

The Chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Dr Rashad al-Alimi has commended Saudi Arabia’s $1.2 billion aid package…

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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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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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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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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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