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UN calls for extension of truce in Yemen
Aden: An updated UN proposal calling for an extension of the existing truce set to expire on October 2 has been received by both sides of Yemen’s warring parties, but its fate remains…
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Yemen: 3 soldiers of pro-govt killed in clashes with Houthi fighters
Aden: At least three soldiers of Yemen’s joint pro-government forces were killed and 10 others injured in clashes with the Houthi fighters in the country’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, a…
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Houthi militia kidnapped 1,700 Yemeni women in last 7 years
The Iranian-backed Houthi militia kidnapped 1,700 Yemeni women, most of them in the capital, Sanaa, during the period from August 2015 to August 2022. This come during a speech before the Human…
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Houthi attack in Taiz kills 10 soldiers; Yemen govt appeals
The government of Yemen on Monday accused the Houthi rebels of strengthening its hold on the southern city of Taiz by launching a deadly attack on the only road connecting it with…
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Yemen: 13 soldiers killed, 27 wounded in Houthi fire in 5 days
The Yemeni army announced the killing of 13 soldiers and the wounding of 27 others by Houthi fire within five days, despite the truce between the two sides in force. The army said, in a…
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4 Yemeni soldiers killed in Houthi attacks despite truce
The Yemeni army announced that 4 soldiers were killed and 25 injured, in 351 Houthi violations of the UN armistice on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, August 8 to 10. The violations occurred…
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Houthi rebels admit kidnapping 2,850 civilians in one year
The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels admitted to kidnapping 2,856 civilians, including women, from several governorates subject to the coup during the past 12 months. In this context, human rights sources in Sana’a revealed to…
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UN: Yemen’s warring sides extend truce until October
The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday announced the extension of the Yemen truce for another two months from August 2, 2022, to October 2, 2022. The truce was extended according to the…
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Houthis deprive Yemeni journalist of medication amid health decline
The family of a 36-year-old Yemeni journalist held in Houthi prisons said that his health condition of the latter is critical and may die because the Iran-backed Houthis are depriving him of…
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Houthis torture Yemeni model, transfer her to solitary confinement
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia transferred Yemeni actress and model Entesar Al-Hammadi to solitary confinement, after a horrific torture session in the notorious Central Prison, north of Sanaa. In February 2021, Al Hammadi…
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Yemen: Houthis abduct girls in Hajjah on prostitution charges
Yemeni activists and human rights groups stated on Monday that the Iran-backed Houthi group has kidnapped dozens of girls from their homes on charges of prostitution since the beginning of July in…
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EU criticises Houthis for refusing to open Taiz’s roads
The European Union (EU) on Tuesday expressed its great regret at the Houthis’ rejection of the latest proposal of the United Nations Special Envoy to reopen roads, especially around Taiz Governorate. “The…
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Saudi-led coalition denies Houthi allegations of carrying out airstrikes in Yemen
Riyadh: The Saudi-led coalition involved in a war in Yemen denied on Wednesday carrying any airstrike in Yemen. The Houthi group’s allegations of conducting airstrikes in Yemen’s southern province Dhalea are baseless,…
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Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis refuse to extend the truce in Yemen
The Iranian-backed Houthi group announced on Saturday evening, its refusal to extend the UN truce in Yemen, which expires on August 2, Saba News Agency reported. The Houthi militia, which has never stopped violating…
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45-year-old Yemeni aid worker died in Houthi detention
Sanaa: A 45-year-old Yemeni aid worker, who was kidnapped by the Houthis five years ago, died in the prisons of the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Hodeidah Governorate, western Yemen. On Wednesday, July…