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Yemen: Decaying oil tanker rescue operation nearing completion
Sanaa: The Yemen government announced that the UN’s delicate operation to unload oil from the decaying super oil tanker FSO Safer moored off the country’s western coast, is in its final stages.…
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Yemen: 11 passengers injured as storm shatters glass wall at Aden airport
Sanaa: In an unfortunate turn of events, Aden International Airport in Yemen on Monday was hit by a severe storm, accompanied by heavy rains and strong winds, damaging the facility and injuring…
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Yemen’s Houthi group says peace talks stalled over payment dispute with Saudi
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi militia said that peace talks with Saudi Arabia have been put on hold because of a dispute over the payment of the country civil servants in areas held by…
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Yemen reopens Ghaidah airport after 9-yr suspension due to war
Sanaa: The government in Yemen announced the reopening of Al Ghaydah Airport in the country’s eastern province of Al Mahrah after a nine-year suspension due to the ongoing civil war. The airport’s…
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Gunmen kill senior police officer in Yemen’s Taiz province
Aden: Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a senior police officer of Yemen’s government forces in the southwestern province of Taiz, a local government official said. The officer, identified as Salah Amrany, was…
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Prominent politician assassinated in Yemen
Sanaa: A group of unidentfied assailants gunned down a prominent politician in Yemen’s southwestern province of Taiz, a local security official said. The assassination took place in the port city of Mocha…
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Four govt soldiers killed in Houthi drone attack in Yemen
Aden: Four Yemeni government soldiers were killed in the southern province of Dhalea in a drone attack carried out by the Houthi militia, a military official told media. The Houthi militia deployed…
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Haj 2023: King Salman to host families of martyrs in Yemen operation
Riyadh: The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Sunday issued a directive to host 2,000 pilgrims from families of those martyred in the Decisive Storm…
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Yemeni govt, Houthis conclude prisoner swap talks with ‘positive’ results
Sanaa: The Yemeni government and the Houthi militia concluded the three-day UN-sponsored talks in Jordan on the prisoner swap issue with “positive” outcomes. Majed Fadayel, spokesman for the Yemeni government delegation, told…
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First flight from Yemen carrying Haj pilgrims arrives in Saudi Arabia since 2016
Riyadh: The first commercial flight from Yemeni capital Sana’a carrying 270 Haj pilgrims has arrived at Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The flight,…
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Houthi ‘economic war’ threatens peace prospects, Yemeni PM says
Aden: Yemen’s Prime Minister Maeen Abdul-Malik has warned that the “economic war” waged by the Houthi rebels against his government jeopardises prospects for peace in the war-ravaged Arab country. Speaking during a…
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UN envoy hails boost in flights connecting Yemen, Jordan
Aden: The UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, has welcomed a recent increase in flights between Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, and Amman, the capital of Jordan. In an official press statement…
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UNMHA conducts test landing at Yemen’s Hodeidah airport after 8-yr suspension
Sanaa: A UN mission has conducted a successful test landing of a helicopter at the Hodeidah International Airport in Yemen after an eight-year suspension. In a statement, the UN Mission to Support…
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Yemeni leader, UN envoy meet over ongoing peace process
Aden: Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Chairman Rashad Al-Alimi met UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh over the ongoing peace process. During the meeting, Grundberg briefed Al-Alimi…
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Yemen urges int’l support for UN plan to avert looming oil tanker disaster
Aden: Yemen urged international society to fund a UN plan to prevent a huge oil tanker moored off in the Red Sea from a catastrophic oil spill. The country’s state-run Saba news…