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Yemen Sets Chaotic Backdrop for Trump's Saudi Visit
2017-05-19
Young men mangled in an explosion cling to life, motionless amid the chaos of a crowded hospital in Yemen's main southern city of Aden.
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NYT: Nabeel Rajab: Don’t Profit From Abuses by Bahrain
2017-05-18
Summary: Prominent detained Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab criticized U.S. President Donald Trump in a New York Times (NYT) column on Wednesday for selling arms to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, with reference to their human rights records.
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Cholera Strikes Yemen's Sanaa; State of Emergency Called
2017-05-15
Cholera has killed at least 115 people in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, the local Saba news agency said, after authorities on Sunday declared a state of emergency over the outbreak and called for international help to avert disaster.
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Yemen Government Dismisses Southerners' Secessionist Bid
2017-05-15
The Yemeni government on Friday rejected a new council formed by senior tribal, military and political figures that seeks the secession of southern Yemen, saying it would deepen divisions and play into the hands of Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
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Army Commander Honors Soldiers Returning from Yemen War
2017-05-13
Army Commander Khalifa bin Ahmad Al Khalifa honored a number of soldiers returning home from the war in Yemen, as part of the Saudi-led offensive launched March 2015.
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Yemenis Compete for AK-47 in Al-Qaeda Quiz
2017-05-12
Al Qaeda has started reaching out for recruits in Yemen by handing out quiz sheets, with an AK-47 assault rifle as top prize, residents and media said on Thursday.
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Yemen's Cholera Outbreak Kills 51 People in Two Weeks: WHO
2017-05-12
A cholera outbreak in Yemen has killed 51 people since April 27, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, more than double the toll of 25 reported three days ago.
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UAE Builds up Yemen Regional Army but Country Fragments
2017-05-04
Since a Yemeni force trained and funded by the United Arab Emirates recaptured the southern port of Mukalla from al Qaeda fighters a year ago, the Gulf state's efforts to consolidate progress risks being compromised by traditional rivalries.
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UAE Builds up Yemen Regional Army but Country Fragments
2017-05-04
Since a Yemeni force trained and funded by the United Arab Emirates recaptured the southern port of Mukalla from al Qaeda fighters a year ago, the Gulf state's efforts to consolidate progress risks being compromised by traditional rivalries.
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Victim of Yemen's War: The Death of Jamila, Aged 7
2017-05-04
Eyes half open and sunken deep into their sockets, little Jamila Ali Abdu already looked half dead for most of her 12-day stay at the malnutrition ward of Yemen's Hodeidah hospital.
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Kuwait Allocates USD 100 Million for Humanitarian Needs in Yemen
2017-04-26
Kuwait announced on Tuesday that it allocated USD 100 million as a contribution to international relief aid for the Yemeni people.
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Saudi Arabia to Donate $150M in Relief Support to Yemen
2017-04-26
A Yemen aid summit in Geneva on Tuesday received $150 million from Saudi Arabia and $100 million from Kuwait.
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Weighing Arms Sale, U.S. Seeks Saudi Pledge on Yemen Civilian Casualties
2017-04-21
The United States wants new commitments from Saudi Arabia to improve its targeting procedures to minimize civilian casualties in its part in the Yemen civil war as it weighs resuming sales of precision-guided munitions to Riyadh, U.S. officials told Reuters.
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Saudi General Backs off Statement on Egypt Sending Troops to Yemen
2017-04-19
Major General Ahmad Asiri, the spokesperson of the Saudi-led military coalition to support legitimacy in Yemen, withdrew on Monday a statement he made recently that stipulated Egypt offered to participate in Yemen war with nearly 40,000 conscripts.
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Reuters: Yemen War Needs a Political Solution, US Defense Secretary
2017-04-19
A political solution through U.N.-brokered negotiations is needed to resolve the conflict in Yemen, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday as he made his first trip in the role to Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Military Helicopter Crashes in Yemen, Killing 12 Officers
2017-04-19
A Saudi Black Hawk helicopter crashed during military operations in Yemen on Tuesday, killing 12 officers, Saudi news agency SPA reported.
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Asiri: Egypt Offered to send 40,000 Soldiers to Yemen
2017-04-18
Brigadier General Ahmed Asiri, spokesperson of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, said on Sunday that Egypt offered to send about 40,000 soldiers to Yemen to participate with the coalition.
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Wartime Economic Crisis Threatens Education of Millions of Yemeni Children
2017-04-18
Two years of war may deprive a generation of Yemeni children of an education, the U.N. warned this month, putting them at greater risk of being married off or recruited as child soldiers for a conflict which has killed at least 10,000 people.
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Khalid bin Hamad Receives BDF Forces Taking Part in War on Yemen
2017-04-13
Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa received at Sakhir Air Base yesterday night (Wednesday, April 12, 2017) a number of participants in the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF)'s currently taking part in the "Operation Restoring Hope" in Yemen within the Saudi-led Arab Coalition.
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Sudanese President Arrives in Bahrain Hours after Killing of 5 Sudanese Soldiers in Yemen
2017-04-13
Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir paid a visit to Bahrain on Wednesday (April 12, 2017) few hours after his country announced the killing of 5 of its soldiers in war on Yemen.