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Attack on Iran ship off Yemen escalates shadow war
United News of Bangladesh / Associated Press | Updated at 01:44pm on April 09, 2021
An attack this week on an Iranian cargo ship that is said to serve as a floating base for Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard forces off...
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US couple held over joining IS in Yemen
Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 02:28pm on April 02, 2021
A US couple was charged on Thursday with support for a terror group after trying to board a Yemen-bound ship to join the Islamic State...
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UN experts backpedal on Yemen corruption claims
Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 10:47pm on April 01, 2021
A UN panel of experts has backtracked on corruption and money-laundering claims against Yemen’s Saudi-backed government, saying no evidence was found in a preliminary review...
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UN warns of risk of famine in Yemen, S Sudan, Nigeria
Agence France-Presse . Rome | Updated at 10:14pm on March 23, 2021
Millions of people in conflict-hit Yemen, South Sudan and northern Nigeria are at risk of famine in the coming months or already facing it, two...
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Saudis offer ceasefire to Huthis as conflict escalates
Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 10:32am on March 23, 2021
Saudi Arabia on Monday offered Yemen’s Huthi rebels a ‘comprehensive’ UN-supervised ceasefire, as part of a series of fresh proposals aimed at ending a catastrophic...
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Saudi coalition strikes advancing Yemen rebels
Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 10:21pm on March 20, 2021
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said Saturday it had launched air strikes in support of pro-government forces battling a quickening Huthi rebel advance on the...
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Huthis voice ‘deep regret’ over migrant deaths, say 44 killed
Agence France-Presse . Sanaa | Updated at 10:49pm on March 17, 2021
Yemen’s Huthis expressed ‘deep regret’ Wednesday over the deaths of dozens of migrants in a fire which Human Rights Watch said started when the rebels...
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Eight people killed, dozens hurt in Yemen migrant centre fire
Agence France-Presse . Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Updated at 12:57pm on March 08, 2021
At least eight migrants and guards were killed, and scores more were injured, in a fire on Sunday at a holding facility in Yemen’s capital,...
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Saudi-led coalition jets pound Sanaa after Huthi strikes
Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 10:04pm on March 07, 2021
A Saudi-led military coalition mounted air strikes on Yemen’s Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa on Sunday after it intercepted 10 drones launched by the Iran-backed rebels, state...
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Displaced families face new exodus as Yemen fighting shifts again
Agence France-Presse . Marib | Updated at 11:09pm on February 24, 2021
As the sound of gunfire grew closer, Mahfouz Ahmed knew to scoop up his children and run, before getting caught in the line of fire...