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Preparations to reopen Sanaa airport in Yemen underway
Sanaa: Preparations are underway to reopen Yemen’s Houthi-controlled Sanaa airport, nearly six years after it closed to commercial flights. Since 2016, the Saudi-led Arab coalition has halted air navigation at Sanaa airport…
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UN envoy urges Yemeni parties to commit to ceasefire
Sanaa: The UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg urged the country’s warring parties to commit to the agreed ceasefire after fighting broke out in the oil-rich Marib province. The fighting on Friday…
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Yemen’s President calls on Houthis for negotiations to end civil war
Sanaa: Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has urged the Houthi militia to sit at the negotiating table with the government to reach a political settlement and end the seven-year civil war, the Saba…
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UN security council welcomes truce call in Yemen
United Nations: The UN Security Council has issued a statement, welcoming the April 1 call by UN special envoy Hans Grundberg for a two-month truce announcement on Yemen and the positive response from…
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Houthis welcome announcement of 2-month ceasefire agreement
Yemen: Yemen’s Houthi militia have welcomed an announcement of a two-month ceasefire agreement by the UN Special Envoy for the country, Hans Grundberg, which is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. on Saturday.…
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Saudi-led Arab coalition reaffirms commitment to ceasefire in Yemen
Sanaa: The Saudi Arabia-led coalition involved in the civil war in Yemen said that it remained committed to a ceasefire that it announced two days ago. The coalition affirmed that its air forces…
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Yemen war: 7 years and counting, peace talks bear no results
On March 27, the war in Yemen entered its eighth year as the military escalation continues between the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the Yemeni government, and the Saudi-led Arab coalition on various fronts.…
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Saudi-led coalition refutes allegations on human rights violations in Yemen
Riyadh: The Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) in Yemen has said that it has investigated allegations on human-rights violations against the Saudi-led coalition fighting a war in Yemen and found out that…
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Yemen’s Houthi militia announce Saudi prisoner swap deal
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi militia has announced that they are ready to swap 823 prisoners of the Saudi-led coalition forces for 1,400 Houthi militants. The prisoner exchange agreement was reached on March 21…
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Saudi airstrikes hit Yemen’s Houthis after Jeddah attack
Sanaa: A Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen unleashed a barrage of airstrikes on the capital and a strategic Red Sea city, officials said Saturday. At least eight people were killed.…
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Houthi militia says ready for peace talks with Saudi-led coalition
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi militia announced that they are ready to negotiate with the Saudi-led coalition in an effort to end the country’s seven-year civil war. The Houthis said they “welcome dialogue with…
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GCC considering inviting Houthis for peace talks in Riyadh
Riyadh: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is considering inviting the Iranian-backed Ansar Allah armed group (Houthis) and other Yemeni parties for consultation in Riyadh this month as part of an initiative aimed…
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Saudi-led coalition repels Houthi advances in Yemen’s Marib
Sanaa: Forces of the Saudi-led coalition have repelled advances by the Houthi militia on two fronts in Yemen’s oil-rich province of Marib, a military source said. Coalition airstrikes targeted the Houthi combatants…
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Dozens of Yemeni children killed, injured in 2022: Report
Sanaa: Dozens of Yemeni children were killed or injured in the Yemeni civil war in January and February this year, as the ongoing conflict continued to escalate in the country and, as…
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Angelina Jolie holds talks with Houthis on Yemen’s situation
Sanaa: Hollywood actress and a special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Angelina Jolie held talks with the Houthi Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf in Sanaa, the Saba News Agency…
