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Car-bomb attack kills governor of Yemen’s Aden

The governor of Yemen’s port city of Aden, Major General Jaafar Mohammed Saad, was killed on Sunday in a car-bomb attack along with five of his bodyguards. The automobile assault occurred in Aden’s Tawahi district in the country’s south. Tawahi has become a stronghold in recent months for armed groups,[…]

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Coalition troops killed after attacks in Aden

Attacks on several targets in the Yemeni-port city of Aden have killed 15 soldiers from the Arab coalition and its allies in Yemen, according to the official WAM news agency based in the United Arab Emirates. Explosions hit a hotel housing Yemeni officials and a Gulf military base in Aden,[…]

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Blasts hit Aden hotel used by Yemeni PM

A hotel in Yemen’s second city of Aden which Khaled Bahah, the prime minister and vice president, and members of the government are using as a base has been hit by several blasts. Government officials said Bahah was not hurt in Tuesday morning’s attack, but there were other casualties. It[…]

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Hadi returns to Aden after six-month exile

Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi landed in Aden on Tuesday, airport sources said, returning to the southern port city for the first time since he escaped to Saudi Arabia as Houthi fighters closed in six months ago. A government source said Hadi would spend the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday in[…]

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GOTG gets green light for Yemen aid

Despite little assurances of safety as a result of the on-going conflict in Yemen, the Gift of the Givers (GOTG) is to continue aid operations in the civil war-stricken country. With the Port of Aden opening for the first time in six months, GOTG are set to use the opportunity[…]

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Loyalist forces push Houthi rebels from Aden

Saudi-backed forces loyal to Yemen’s exiled government have announced the recapture of Abyan province in a southern offensive that has seen key gains against the Houthi rebels. Military officials who back President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi said on Tuesday that loyalist forces have retaken Loder, the last town in Abyan to[…]

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French woman freed from captivity in Yemen

A French woman who was abducted in Yemen in February has been freed. French President Francois Hollande’s office said in a statement early on Friday that the woman, Isabelle Prime, would return to France in the coming hours. “Our compatriot Isabelle Prime has been freed tonight,” the statement said. “The President[…]

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