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At least 117 killed as Yemen government, Houthi forces clash
Aden: At least 117 people have been killed in four days of fierce clashes between Yemeni government forces and the Houthi group in the western provinces of Taiz and Hodeidah, medical officials…
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At least 25 killed as major Houthi assault rocks Yemen’s Taiz
Aden: At least 25 people were killed and several others wounded on Thursday as heavy fighting between Yemen’s government forces and the Houthis raged in southwestern Taiz province, a government military official…
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Houthis target Saudi airport, Aramco facility in drone attacks
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Thursday, August 20, claimed they had targeted a Saudi airport and an Aramco facility in the southern Najran region in two drone attacks. In a post on…
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Child among 11 injured in Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia
Riyadh: More than 10 civilians, including a 4-year-old child, were injured in Saudi Arabia on Thursday after a series of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, according to the Saudi military. The attacks,…
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At least 30 Yemen troops killed in Houthi attacks
Sanaa: Houthi rebel attacks Thursday, August 6, in central and eastern Yemen killed at least 30 government troops and wounded at least 50 others, Yemeni government officials said. The assaults hit camps…
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Saudi Arabia seeks 43-nation maritime alliance to secure Red Sea
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has proposed the creation of a multinational maritime defence alliance involving 43 countries to strengthen security across the Red Sea and safeguard one of the world’s busiest trade routes…
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AU warns Houthi attacks threaten Red Sea maritime security
Addis Ababa: The African Union (AU) on Thursday, July 23, strongly condemned attacks claimed by Yemen’s Houthi group against commercial oil tankers in the Red Sea, warning that these actions represent a…
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Houthis announce maritime ban on Saudi Arabia
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement on Monday, July 20, announced an immediate maritime ban on Saudi Arabia, describing the measure as retaliation for what it called Riyadh’s long-running blockade of Yemen. In a…
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Cargo ship comes under attack off Yemen’s Red Sea coast
Cairo: A cargo ship came under attack Sunday off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea, the British military said, the latest maritime attack off the conflict-torn Arab country. The United…
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Al Arabiya journalist killed in Yemen car bombing
Sanaa: A Yemeni journalist was killed in a car bombing in southeastern Yemen and investigators have been ordered to search for the culprits, the government said Thursday. Mohammed Aydah, a correspondent for…
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Houthis detain 24 UN staff in Yemen’s capital
Cairo: Iranian-backed Houthi rebels detained two dozen UN employees Sunday, a day after they raided another UN facility in the capital Sanaa, a UN official said. Jean Alam, a spokesman for the…
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At least 35 killed, 131 wounded in Israel strikes on Yemen
Sanaa: At least 35 people have been killed after Israel carried out airstrikes in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and the northern Al-Jawf governorate on Wednesday, September 10, according to Houthi media. The…
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Houthis raid UN offices in Sanaa, detain staff members
Cairo: The Iran-backed Houthis on Sunday raided offices of the United Nations’ food and children’s agencies in Yemen’s capital, detaining at least one UN employee, officials said. Abeer Etefa, a spokesperson for…
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Houthi PM Ahmed Ghaleb al-Rahwi killed in Israeli strike on Sanaa: Report
Sanaa: Ahmed Ghaleb al-Rahawi, the Prime Minister of the Houthis-run Yemeni government, has reportedly been killed in an Israeli airstrike on the capital, Sanaa. Yemen’s Al-Jumhuriya television and the Aden Al-Ghad newspaper…
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Israeli airstrikes target Yemen’s capital Sanaa
Sanaa: Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, early on Sunday, August 24, just days after the country’s Iran-backed rebels fired cluster munitions toward Israel, according to a local media report. The rebel…
