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Houthis claim attacks on two US warships in Red Sea
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthis said they launched multiple missile and drone attacks against two US Navy warships in the Red Sea on Tuesday night. “We carried out a qualitative military operation, targeting two…
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Houthis say they strike Israel with ballistic missiles
Sanaa: Yemen’s armed Houthi group has said that they have struck the Israeli city of Eilat with several ballistic missiles. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea in a statement aired by the group’s…
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Yemen army’s chief of staff survives bombing attack
Sanaa: Chief of Staff of Yemen’s armed forces, Sagheer Bin Aziz narrowly survived an assassination attempt in the country’s northeastern oil-rich province of Marib, a military official said. “An explosive-laden vehicle detonated…
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Immunisation rates of Yemeni kids plummet amid conflict: WHO
Sanaa: The World Health Organization (WHO) said that Yemen is facing a significant drop in immunisation rates among children as millions cannot be reached by routine vaccinations campaigns in the war-torn country.…
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Yemenia Airways suspends flights from Sanaa
Sanaa: Yemenia Airways, the state-run airline, has suspended the only international commercial flight from the capital, Sanaa. Yemenia suspended halt on the six weekly flights to Jordan in October, Reuters reported, citing four airline…
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Fourth Bahraini soldier dies after ‘Houthi drone attack’ near Saudi border
A fourth Bahraini soldier died on Friday, September 29, following a drone attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Monday, September 25, Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) said. First Lieutenant Hamad Khalifa Al Kubaisi…
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Four killed in explosion targets military ambulance in Yemen
Aden: An explosion targetting a military ambulance in Yemen’s southeastern province of Shabwa killed four soldiers loyal to the country’s government, a government official told media. The local government source, who spoke…
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18 stranded Indian sailors brought back home from Yemen
New Delhi: Eighteen Indian sailors, who were stranded in violence-hit Yemen, have been brought back to India. The regional passport office in Mumbai said on ‘X’ on Saturday that the seamen landed…
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Saudi welcomes positive results of peace talks with Houthi delegation
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Wednesday, September 20, welcomed the positive results of discussions with a Houthi delegation to support the peace process in Yemen, the Foreign Ministry said…
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Lightning strikes kill seven in Yemen
Sanaa: Lightning strikes have killed seven people in Yemen’s northwestern province of Hodeidah in the past 24 hours, local health authorities said. The victims are six women and a man in the…
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Omani delegation arrives in Sanaa for truce talks with Houthis
Sanaa: An Omani delegation arrived in Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa to persuade the Houthi group to resume a truce with the Yemeni government, media reported. The delegation will hold talks with Houthi…
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Explosion at gas station rocks Yemen’s capital
Sanaa: A massive explosion rocked a gas station in the Houthi-controlled Yemen’s capital of Sanaa, igniting a significant fire, reported by authorities and witnesses. The blast occurred at the Mufazer gas station,…
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Facing severe funding shortage for Yemen’s aid programs: WFP
Sanaa: The World Food Programme (WFP) has issued an alarming warning that it is facing a major funding crisis threatening its vital food assistance programs in war-ravaged Yemen. Due to a massive…
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UN successfully transfers all oil off decaying Yemen tanker
Aden: The high-stakes oil transfer from a decaying tanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen has been safely concluded, the UN announced, avoiding what the global body warned could have been a…
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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.…