Yemen

Fresh Saudi-led air strikes reported in Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition has reportedly conducted fresh air strikes on Yemen, hours after it said it had ended a four-week air campaign against Houthi fighters. The deputy governor of Aden, Nayef al-Bakri, told Al Jazeera that an air raid targeted tanks used by the Houthis and their allied forces in[…]

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Saudi-led coalition declares end to Yemen air strikes

The Saudi-led coalition that has been bombing Yemen for almost a month says its military operation “Decisive Storm” has ended and a new campaign aimed at protecting civilians and preventing Houthi fighters from operating has begun. Brigadier-General Ahmed al-Asiri, the coalition’s spokesperson, said on Tuesday that the coalition had achieved[…]

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Large explosions rock Yemeni capital Sanaa

At least 27 people have been killed in the Yemeni capital after Saudi-led air strikes targeted a suspected weapons base held by Houthi fighters, medical sources said. Health officials told Al Jazeera on Monday that hundreds more were wounded when warplanes reportedly struck a Scud missile base in Faj Attan,[…]

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Fighting and airstrikes rage across Yemen

Fighting and Saudi-led air strikes targeting Houthi rebels have struck across Yemen, officials said, as the United Nations said that Saudi Arabia had agreed to completely fund a $273.7 million appeal for emergency humanitarian aid to the county. In the southern port city of Aden, Yemen’s second largest, forces loyal[…]

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Yemenis flee to Horn of Africa

Thousands of Yemeni refugees fleeing the ongoing Saudi airstrikes are seeking shelter in the Horn of Africa. People displaced by the Yemeni conflict are crossing the Gulf of Aden on boats to reach neighboring African countries. Nearly 350 Yemeni refugees arrived at a temporary refugee camp of the United Nations[…]

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Yemen’s new PM calls for international intervention

Yemen’s vice-President and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah has called on the international community to intervene to end the crisis in the country at a conference. Bahah, who was recently appointed by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, told reporters at a press conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Thursday that resolving[…]

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UN Yemen envoy resigns amid crisis

Jamal Benomar, the UN special adviser on Yemen, has resigned, diplomatic sources have told Al Jazeera. James Bays, Al Jazeera’s diplomatic editor, said the Moroccan diplomat told Ban Ki-moon, the UN chief, that it was time for him to end his role. “Jamal Benomar has told the secretary-general it is[…]

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