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Yemen’s warring sides negotiate on lifting siege on Taiz
Sanaa: Representatives of the Yemen government and the Houthi militia have started meetings in Jordan’s capital Amman to discuss lifting of a siege on Taiz city, which holds strategic significance in the…
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Houthi delegation head to Jordan to discuss lifting Taiz siege
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi militia said they had sent representatives to Jordan’s capital Amman to attend a UN-sponsored negotiation over lifting the siege on Taiz city as part of the ongoing truce. The…
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Saudi-led coalition spy drone shot down in Yemen’s Hajjah
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi rebels have said they shot down a “spy drone” of the Saudi-led coalition that supports the Yemeni government in the country’s civil war, accusing the coalition of violating the…
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Yemeni govt accuses Houthis of recruiting children in conflict
Sanaa: Yemen’s internationally-recognised government has accused the Houthi rebels of recruiting children in their ongoing fighting in the Arab country. According to a statement released by the country’s Information Minister Muammar Eryani…
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Another commercial flight leaves Houthi-held Sanaa airport
Sanaa: Another commercial flight left Yemen’s capital of Sanaa held by the Houthi militia shortly after it offloaded passengers from Jordan, as part of the ongoing truce between Yemen’s warring parties. The…
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Saudi: One of the conjoined twins from Yemen dies after surgery
Riyadh: One of the Yemeni conjoined twins who underwent a separation operation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), died on Monday evening after a complicated 15-hour surgery, the Saudi Press Agency…
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UN envoy: Talks on now to extend Yemen’s 2-month cease-fire
United Nations: With just two weeks left in a two-month cease-fire in Yemen, the UN envoy to the war-torn country said Tuesday that talks with the government and Houthi rebels are going…
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Conjoined Yemeni twins split after 15-hour operation in Saudi
Doctors in Saudi Arabia successfully separated Yemeni conjoined twins on Monday following a 15-hour-long surgery. The twin boys identified as Yussef and Yassin were reportedly conjoined in various organs, and at least…
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First commercial flight departs from Sanaa airport after 6 years
Sanaa: The first commercial flight took off from the Houthi-controlled Sanaa International Airport in Yemen’s capital on Monday after a break of almost six years. The first flight carrying 126 passengers, took…
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Yemen govt accuses Houthis of attacking oil-rich province despite truce
Sanaa: The Yemen government has accused the Houthi rebels of attacking the oil-rich province of Marib despite a two-month ceasefire brokered by the UN. “The Houthis launched a sniper operation killing a…
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Two more gas ships allowed into Yemen’s Hodeidah port
Sanaa: Two more ships carrying diesel were allowed to enter Yemen’s blockaded Red Sea port of Hodeidah as part of the ongoing truce between the country’s warring sides. The Saudi-led coalition forces…
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$33mn pledged to tackle oil tanker threat off Yemen coast: UN
Sanaa: International donors have pledged $33 million to prevent a major oil spill from a decaying tanker anchored off Yemen’s western coast, the UN said. The commitments were announced at a pledging…
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UN Yemen envoy in Aden to uphold ceasefire
Aden: Hans Grundberg, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, arrived in the southern port city of Aden for a two-day visit, amid efforts to push the country’s warring parties to uphold a…
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Heavy fighting erupts in Yemen despite truce
Sanaa: Heavy fighting broke out between forces of the Yemen government and the Houthi militia despite a two-month truce brokered by the UN, a military source said. The fighting took place on…
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Gas ship allowed into Yemen’s Hodeidah port as part of truce
Sanaa: The Houthi militia have announced that a ship carrying gas was allowed to enter Yemen’s blockaded Red Sea port of Hodeidah as part of the ongoing truce between the country’s warring…
