Yemen

Yemen ceasefire ends without extension as UN envoy urges calm

INTERNATIONAL A six-month truce in Yemen’s war between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and a Saudi-led coalition expired on Sunday without being extended, the United Nations’ special envoy said, urging calm and adding that negotiations were continuing. Hans Grundberg said efforts to extend and expand the ceasefire for a further six months had not been successful ahead[…]

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3 STC fighters killed in Houthi attack in southern Yemen

Three Southern Transitional Council (STC) fighters were killed and two were wounded on Friday in a Houthi bombing that targeted the Lahij municipality in southern Yemen, according to an STC military spokesperson. Southern Armed Forces (STC military formations) spokesperson, Mohammed Al-Naqib, told Anadolu news agency that “three soldiers were killed after a[…]

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Violence rocks Yemen’s Shabwah, challenges Presidential Council authority

INTERNATIONAL Ferocious violence between UAE-backed fighters and militias allied to Islah, an Islamist alliance backed by Saudi Arabia, has rocked Yemen’s southern province of Shabwah – posing a serious challenge to the authority of the country’s new Presidential Leadership Council. Yemen has enjoyed a rare period of calm in the past four months, as[…]

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UN humanitarian response in Yemen ‘unacceptably poor’, warns review

INTERNATIONAL The United Nations’s response to the ongoing crisis in Yemen has been branded “unacceptably poor” in a report produced by an independent evaluation team. Findings released by the Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation (IAHE) of the Response to the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen provide a damning assessment on the UN’s work in Yemen since 2015, citing[…]

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Yemen: Houthi govt condemns ‘Al-Qaeda’s demolition’ of ancient mosque in Hudaydah

INTERNATIONAL Officials in Yemen’s Houthi-led government have spoken out against the demolition of an ancient mosque in the province of Al-Hudaydah on Saturday, blaming “Al-Qaeda” elements. The Sanaa-based General Authority for Awqaf (Endowments) have condemned the destruction carried out to parts of the historic Al-Noor Mosque in the Al-Qataba area,[…]

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WHO provides aid to fight child malnutrition in Yemen

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday announced the start of providing needed aid and medical intervention to around 18,000 Yemeni children suffering illnesses and malnutrition, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, WHO said the aid intervention, which is carried out in eight hospitals over a period of nine months, is implemented[…]

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