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Yemeni Houthis celebrate ‘Friday of victory’

Thousands of supporters of Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen have taken to the streets to celebrate their first Friday since taking control of much of the capital, Sanaa. Houthi rebels, who had besieged Sanaa for a month, seized key state installations earlier this week without any resistance. Armed Houthis hailed[…]

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200 killed in Yemen in a week: govt

At least 200 people were killed on the outskirts of the Yemeni capital in fighting during the past week between Shiite rebels and Sunni militiamen, the government said Monday. Rescue teams retrieved 53 bodies during the day, “bringing the total pulled by ministry teams since September 16 to 200 bodies,”[…]

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels advance into Sanaa

Yemen’s government troops have been battling Houthi rebels for a third day in the capital Sanaa after the collapse of ceasefire talks, officials and residents say. Explosions were heard on Saturday near the Interior Ministry in the northern part of Sanaa, a day after the Shia fighters began shelling the[…]

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Syria rebel leader killed in bomb attack

The leader of one of Syria’s most powerful rebel groups has been killed along with dozens of other commanders in a bomb attack on a high-level meeting in Idlib province. Hassan Abboud, the head of the Ahrar al-Sham brigade, was among up to 45 people killed on Tuesday at the[…]

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Ukraine signs ceasefire deal with rebels

Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels have signed an agreement on a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine starting at 6pm (15:00 GMT) on Friday, separatists and Kiev officials have said. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko confirmed that envoys at talks in the Belarusian capital had signed the agreement on Friday. “I am ordering the[…]

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Russia supplying Ukraine rebels tanks: NATO

Russia has continued to supply pro-Kremlin separatists in Ukraine with tanks, armoured vehicles, rocket launchers and artillery, NATO’s Secretary General has said, echoing comments by Western leaders that the separatists seeking independence are being aided militarily by Moscow. Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Friday that Russian troops had also “fired[…]

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Benghazi ‘falls to al-Qaeda-linked rebels’

Armed groups claimed to have taken control of Libya’s second largest city, Benghazi, after defeating units loyal to a renegade general, taking over their barracks and seizing tanks, rockets and hundreds of boxes of ammunition. The main police headquarters was on Thursday still smouldering after it was hit by shelling[…]

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