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U.S. Lawmaker Holds Back Support for Munitions Sale to Gulf Allies due to Yemen
2018-06-29
A top U.S. Senate Democrat said on Thursday he cannot support for now a Trump administration plan to sell high-tech munitions to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates over concerns about the war in Yemen, a decision that could derail the sale.
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U.S. Rejected UAE Request for Intelligence Support for Yemen Operation: UAE Official
2018-06-18
The United States rejected a UAE request for intelligence, minesweeping and airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets for the military operation in Yemen’s Hodeidah, a UAE official said on Thursday.
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French Special Forces on the Ground in Yemen: Le Figaro
2018-06-18
French special forces are present on the ground in Yemen with forces from the United Arab Emirates, French newspaper Le Figaro reported on Saturday, citing two military sources.
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U.N. Yemen Envoy “Extremely Concerned” by Military Escalation
2018-06-13
The United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, called on the warring sides on Wednesday to avoid a battle for the port city of Hodeidah and return to the negotiating table.
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Saudi-Led Coalition Launches Attack on Yemen's Hodeidah
2018-06-13
Troops backed by a Saudi-led coalition on Wednesday launched an assault on Yemen’s main port city of Hodeidah, in the biggest battle of a three-year war between an alliance of Arab states and the Iran-aligned Houthis.
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US Warns UAE Aid Must Flow through Yemen Port
2018-06-13
The United States warned Monday that aid must flow through the Yemeni port of Hodeida amid reports that Emirati forces plan to seize it from Houthi rebels.
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UN Scrambles to Avert 'Fierce Bloody Battle' for Yemen Port
2018-06-13
The United Nations mobilized Monday to avert a "fierce, bloody battle" for a key port in Yemen that provides a lifeline for food, medicine and other vital supplies.
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Yemen Peace Plan Sees Ceasefire, Houthis Abandoning Missiles
2018-06-07
A U.N. peace plan for Yemen calls on the Houthi movement to give up its ballistic missiles in return for an end to a bombing campaign against it by a Saudi-led coalition and a transitional governance agreement, according to a draft of the document and sources.
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Saudi Arabia Says New Yemen Missile Intercepted
2018-06-06
Saudi air defences on Tuesday intercepted a ballistic missile that targeted the western city of Yanbu after being fired from rebel-held territory in neighbouring Yemen, a Saudi-led military coalition said.
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Emirates Expects “Imminent Victory” in Yemen’s Battles
2018-06-06
The UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said that victory over the Houthis in Yemen was “close”, as the Yemeni forces and the Arab coalition were closing in on the rebel-held port city of Al Hodeidah.
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U.N. Aid Boat Attacked off Yemen: Port Authority
2018-06-06
Unidentified forces attacked a U.N. aid vessel off the main Yemeni port of Hodeidah at the weekend and started a fire in the engine room, port authorities said on Monday.
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Oman's Salalah Airport to Close for 24 Hours Starting Midnight due to Storm
2018-05-27
Oman will close the country’s second largest airport in Salalah starting midnight (2000 GMT) on Thursday for 24 hours due to a tropical storm, the Public Authority for Civil Aviation announced.
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UAE Foundation to Build Electricity Plant in Yemeni Interim Capital
2018-04-20
A United Arab Emirates (UAE) foundation announced it is building a $100 million power plant in the southern Yemeni city Aden to solve the chronic electricity problem in Yemen's interim capital, the foundation announced on Thursday.
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Nephew of Former Yemeni President Leads Clashes against Houthi Forces
2018-04-20
Forces loyal to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh battled their former Houthi allies on Thursday over control of a key outpost, marking the first such battle between the two sides since the veteran leader was killed last year.
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UN, HRW Say African Migrants being Abused in Yemen
2018-04-18
African migrants and asylum seekers in Yemen are being subjected to physical and sexual abuse in detention, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said.
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Yemeni Foreign Minister Calls for Peace Talks, Says Aims to Open Ports
2018-04-04
Yemen’s foreign minister called on Tuesday for a return to the negotiating table to end the war in the Arabian peninsula’s poorest country, where Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces are fighting Iran-aligned Houthi fighters.
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US, Britain Committing Potential War Crimes In Yemen, Amnesty International
2018-03-23
Amnesty International on Friday denounced Western arms sales to Saudi Arabia and its allies in a coalition battling the Houthis in Yemen, saying such traffic made a "mockery" of a global arms trade treaty.
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Mattis Tells Saudi Leader of Urgent Need to Find End to Yemen War
2018-03-23
There is an urgent need to find a political solution to Yemen’s war, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday, as he voiced hope for a U.N. special envoy’s peace efforts and firmly backed Riyadh.
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Trump, Saudi Leader Discuss Houthi “Threat” in Yemen: White House
2018-03-22
U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed the situation in war-torn Yemen during a meeting on Tuesday, including Houthi rebel and Iranian activity and the humanitarian crisis, the White House said.
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Iranian Official Urges Dialogue between Yemen Factions
2018-03-19
A senior Iranian security official has called for dialogue between factions in Yemen to end the conflict there, Iranian state media reported on Saturday.