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Saudi condemns Houthi’s targeting of civilian facilities in Yemen
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Tuesday condemned the continued attacks of the Houthi group on economic facilities in Yemen, and called for stopping the supply of weapons, the Saudi…
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India addresses food security in Yemen by prioritising wheat exports
New Delhi: Highlighting India’s humanitarian assistance to Yemen, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj on Tuesday (local time) said that New Delhi took steps to address food security in Yemen by prioritizing wheat exports. Speaking at…
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Yemeni Houthis send ‘warning’ to foreign oil tanker
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi group has said that they have warned a foreign oil tanker not to load crude oil in a government-controlled port in the Yemeni southeastern province of Shabwa. “We have…
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Explosions rock govt-controlled weapons warehouse in Yemen
Sanaa: Several explosions rocked a weapons warehouse owned by Yemen’s government forces in the country’s northeastern oil-rich province of Marib, a security official said. On Monday night, the blasts rocked the warehouse…
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Yemen beefs up security measures to abort Houthi attacks
Sanaa: Yemen’s internationally-recognized government has started intensifying precautionary security measures around key production facilities in some southern regions as the Houthi militia have threatened to wage more attacks, a government source said.…
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Two separate landmine explosions kill four in Yemen
Sanaa: Two separate landmine explosions killed four civilians in Yemen, a security official said. “Three people, including two children, were killed in Hodeidah’s southern district of Durayhimi by an explosion caused by a…
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A first in 8 years of war, Yemen classifies Houthis as terrorist group
Sanaa: The Yemeni government on Saturday approved the classification of the armed Houthi movement as a “terrorist group”, the first classification since the start of the 8-year war. The Yemeni news agency…
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Explosions rock government-controlled oil port in Yemen
Sanaa: Two explosions ripped through a key government-controlled oil port in Yemen’s southeastern province of Hadramout, a security official said. “Initial reports indicate that the Houthi militia launched the attack against Dhabah…
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Houthis attack ship trying to ‘loot oil’ off Yemen port
Sanaa: The Houthi militia in Yemen said they attacked a ship trying to “loot oil” in a key government-controlled port in the country’s southeastern province of Hadramout. “The armed forces announced the…
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Yemen govt orders armed forces to raise combat readiness
Sanaa: Yemen’s internationally-recognized government has ordered its armed forces to raise combat readiness for the major changes in the war-torn Arab country in the upcoming days. The government on Monday also ordered…
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Saudi-led coalition, Yemen’s Houthis exchange prisoners’ visit
Riyadh: The Arab coalition led by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) announced that the two delegations from the coalition and the Iran-backed Houthi movement exchanged a visit to the prisoners of…
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Roadside bomb blast kills 2 pro-govt soldiers in Yemen’s Abyan
Sanaa: At least two soldiers of Yemen’s pro-government forces were killed and five others wounded in a roadside bomb blast in the country’s turbulent southern province of Abyan, a military official said.…
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Expired medicines kill 10 children in Yemen’s hospital
Sanaa: Ten children with leukemia died after receiving expired medicines in a public hospital in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, Houthi-run state media reported, citing a statement by the Houthi-controlled health authorities. Meanwhile, nine…
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Yemen truce ends without extension: UN envoy
Sanaa: The United Nations envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, announced on Sunday that the government and the Houthis have not reached an agreement to extend the truce that had been in place…
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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…
