Egypt Independent Tariq Saleh, a militia leader and nephew of Yemen’s late strongman president has acknowledged that his “Emirati-backed troops are stationed on an island in a crucial maritime chokepoint”, where a mysterious air base is now under construction. The comments by Tariq Saleh come as ship-tracking data show that …
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Egypt Independent The United States blamed the Iran-aligned Houthis, on Friday, for the “failure of a ceasefire to take hold in Yemen”. It accused them of “not taking serious steps toward ending the brutal conflict”. “While there are numerous problematic actors inside Yemen, the Houthis bear major responsibility for refusing …
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Egypt Independent Yemeni officials demanded answers on Wednesday, after an Associated Press report highlighted a mysterious air base being built on the Yemeni ‘Mayun’ Island, in one of the world’s crucial maritime chokepoints. A lawmaker asked Yemen’s internationally recognized government if the United Arab Emirates has built the facility. The request followed …
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Egypt Independent Dozens of Yemeni protesters stormed a Presidential palace in the Southern port city of Aden on Tuesday, demanding payment of public sector salaries, witnesses said. “Yemeni Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik and other members of the internationally recognised government were besieged inside the building”, Yemeni officials noted. Aden is …
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Egypt Independent “Heavy fighting between Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and government forces in Yemen’s oil rich Marib has killed at least 27 people”, tribal leaders and security officials said on Friday. The Houthi rebels renewed their attack on Marib earlier this month, which is a stronghold for Yemeni forces allied with …
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Ahram Online “The United Nations Special Envoy on Yemen visited Tehran for the first time to discuss Yemen’s humanitarian crisis with the Iranian government”, Iranian state TV reported on Sunday. The visit came few days after Washington’s announced ending its support for the Saudi-led military operation in Yemen. Griffiths’ office …
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Egypt Independent “Clashes resumed in Southern Yemen between the Emirati-backed separatists and the internationally recognized government”, officials said on Wednesday. The renewed violence comes after the Southern Transitional Council (STC) suspended participation in talks to implement the Saudi-brokered peace deal. The STC, an umbrella group of militias backed by the …
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Egypt Today The Arab Coalition said it is extending a unilateral ceasefire in Yemen by one month to support efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, Al Arabiya reported on Friday. A two-week ceasefire was announced by the coalition, which battles the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen expired on Thursday, without …
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Ahram Online Cairo welcomed, on Thursday, the two-week ceasefire agreement declared by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, in a bid to stem the spread of Covid-19 in the war-torn country. Egyptian Foreign ministry “praised this key initiative and hoped it would pave the way for implementing the UN special envoy’s …
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Egypt Independent “Saudi military forces have committed grave abuses against civilians in an Eastern province of Yemen over the past year, including torture, forced disappearances and arbitrary detention”, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Wednesday. The New York-based watchdog presented chilling testimony from former detainees in Yemen’s …
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