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 Independent UN sanctions monitors accused Yemen’s government, in a report seen by Reuters on Tuesday, of “money-laundering and corruption”. It stated that the actions “adversely affected access to adequate food supplies” and added, “the Houthi group collected at least $1.8 Billion in state revenue in 2019 to help …
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Ahram Online The United States plans to designate Yemen’s Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late on Sunday. Aid groups and diplomats say it threatens peace talks and complicate efforts to combat the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. The decision to blacklist the Iran-aligned …
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Ahram Online Arab League (AL) Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit condemned the attack on Yemen’s Aden airport on Wednesday. The attack targeted the airport moments after the arrival of a flight carrying the newly appointed Yemeni cabinet. In a statement, Aboul-Gheit described the blast as “a coward terrorist attack which aimed at …
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Egypt Independent Two US nationals held by Houthi rebels in Yemen have been released, Omani state media said on Wednesday. This came as part of a prisoner swap, with Oman sending flights to Sanaa to return 250 Yemenis from the Gulf state and abroad. “Under the directions of Sultan Haitham …
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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 Independent Houses in Yemen’s UNESCO-listed Old City of Sanaa are collapsing under heavy rains, as months of floods and storms assail a country already reeling from war, food shortages and disease. The distinctive brown and white mud brick houses of Sanaa’s historic neighbourhoods, which were built before the 11th …
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Ahram Online “Saudi Arabia has presented a framework to expedite the stalled November deal in South Yemen, designed to end the standoff between nominal allies in the Saudi-led coalition”, Saudi state press agency SPA said on Wednesday. Riyadh is seeking to unite separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) and legitimate government …
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Ahram Online Egypt’s Minister of Defense and Military Production Mohamed Zaki ordered a shipment of medical supplies sent to Yemen on Sunday, to aid in the fight against COVID-19. The shipment was carried on board a military aircraft. It will be delivered to the legitimate government in Yemen through Riyad-based …
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