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Yemen: more airstrikes hit captial as president returns from exile
After six months of exile, Yemen’s President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi arrived in the southern port city of Aden.
UAE, Bahrain lose 50 troops on deadliest day for Gulf in Yemen conflict
At least 50 soldiers from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were killed in Yemen on Friday in the deadliest attack on Gulf Arab troops in the Saudi-led...
Airstrike kills 36 bottling factory workers as coalition targets rebel forces
More than 30 civilians have been killed in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike at a factory in northern Yemen.
Troops storm in to rescue British hostage held for 18 months by al-Qaeda
A British hostage has been released after a military intelligence operation in Yemen.
Around 1,200 escape from Yemen prison, including al Qaida suspects
The prisoners escaped Tuesday after guards deserted their posts amid fierce fighting between Shiite rebels and their opponents, officials said. A...
UN humanitarian pause in Yemen to begin Friday
The United Nations on Thursday announced a six-day humanitarian pause in fighting in Yemen to bring in urgently needed supplies for millions of desperate...
Shadow cast on truce talks as air strikes kill nearly 100 in Yemen
Nearly 100 people were killed on Monday in air strikes across Yemen, the Houthi-run state news agency reported, as a Saudi-led coalition stepped up attacks...
About 1,200 escape from Yemen prison, including al Qaida suspects
The prisoners escaped Tuesday after guards deserted their posts amid fierce fighting between Shiite rebels and their opponents, officials said. A...
Around 1,200 escape from Yemen prison, including al Qaida suspects
The prisoners escaped Tuesday after guards deserted their posts amid fierce fighting between Shiite rebels and their opponents, officials said. A...
IS claim ‘revenge attack’ car bomb explosion in Yemeni capital, 28 wounded
A car bomb claimed by Islamic State exploded in the Yemeni capital Sanaa overnight, wounding at least 28 people gathered to mourn another attack earlier...
Yemen hit by deadly car bomb and air strikes as UN sounds warning
A car bomb exploded Saturday near a mosque in the Old City of the rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa, causing an unknown number of casualties, witnesses and...
UN-brokered Yemen peace talks end with no deal
Yemen’s exiled government and Shiite rebels who control the capital failed to agree on even a temporary cease-fire Friday as they wrapped up U.N.-brokered...
Saudi-led assault kills about 100 in deadliest bombings of Yemen war
Saudi-led air strikes killed about 100 people near Yemen’s border with Saudi Arabia and in the capital Sanaa on Wednesday, residents said, the deadliest...
Saudi-led alliance resumes air strikes on Yemen after truce expires
A Saudi Arabian-led coalition resumed air strikes against Yemen’s Houthi militia in Aden overnight, hours after the expiry of a truce meant to facilitate...
Saudi-led strikes in Yemen break international law: U.N.
Air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition on Saada city in Yemen, where many civilians are trapped, are in breach of international law, despite calls for civilians...
Al Qaeda says U.S. strike kills man who claimed Paris killings
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said on Thursday a U.S. air strike had killed the senior figure who issued the group’s claim of responsibility...
New deadly strikes in Yemen despite rebel demands
Saudi-led warplanes launched more deadly strikes in Yemen Thursday despite a demand by Iran-backed rebels for a complete halt to the raids as a condition...
Yemen situation ‘catastrophic’ as Saudis vow to continue airstrikes
Saudi-led coalition warplanes bombed Yemen on Wednesday despite an announcement by Riyadh that it was ending its campaign of air strikes, while renewed...
Arrival of U.S. warships off Yemen ‘proof U.S. in league with Saudi Arabia’
A senior official in the Iran-allied Houthi movement said the movement of more U.S.
Saudi vows to cover $274m UN aid call for Yemen as air raids continue
Saudi Arabia pledged Saturday to cover the entire $274 million in humanitarian aid sought by the UN for conflict-torn Yemen, which has also been the target...
U.N. envoy to Yemen resigns after criticism of failed peacemaking
Jamal Benomar, the United Nations’ special adviser to Yemen, plans to step down from his job, and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is considering appointing...
UN envoy to Yemen resigns after criticism of failed peacemaking
U.N. special adviser to Yemen Jamal Benomar plans to step down from his job and U.N.
UN imposes arms embargo on Yemen rebels, country on ‘brink of collapse’
The U.N. Security Council stepped up efforts Tuesday to thwart a Houthi rebel takeover of Yemen, imposing an arms embargo on the leaders of the Shiite...
UN imposes arms embargo on Yemen rebels
The U.N. Security Council stepped up efforts Tuesday to thwart a Houthi rebel takeover of Yemen, imposing an arms embargo on the leaders of the Shiite...
Saudi demands Iran stop backing rebels in war-torn Yemen
Riyadh on Sunday demanded Tehran stop backing Shiite rebels in Yemen but insisted it is “not at war with Iran”, as Saudi-led warplanes launched...
Saudi air strikes kill eight more civilians in Yemen, medical sources say
Saudi-led airstrikes targeting a military camp killed eight civilians in the central Yemeni city of Taiz on Sunday, a medical source said.
Yemen rebels capture city, Iran condemns Saudi air campaign
Shiite rebels and allied troops overran the capital of an oil-rich Yemeni province in a heavily Sunni area on Thursday, making significant territorial...
Conflict plunging Yemen towards humanitarian disaster, says UN
Yemen’s conflict is driving an already impoverished country towards humanitarian disaster, displacing tens of thousands of families and exposing...
Saudi-led Yemen air strikes continue despite Red Cross pleas for ceasefire
Saudi-led air strikes against Houthi rebel targets have continued unabated in Yemen, hours after the Red Cross called for a 24-hour ceasefire to give aid...
Yemen air strikes continue despite Red Cross pleas for ceasefire
Saudi-led air strikes against Houthi rebel targets have continued unabated in Yemen, hours after the Red Cross called for a 24-hour ceasefire to give aid...
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