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Trump asks Saudi Arabia to Allow Immediate Aid to Yemen
2017-12-08
U.S. President Donald Trump called for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to immediately allow humanitarian aid to reach the Yemeni people, suggesting Washington had run out patience with a Saudi-led blockade that has been condemned by relief organizations.
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UN Chief Urges End to Air, Ground Assaults in Yemen
2017-12-05
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged warring parties in Yemen to stop all ground and air assaults and called for a resumption of all commercial imports into the country.
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Yemen Blockade Needs to be Fully Wound Down - U.N. Aid Chief
2017-12-01
The Saudi-led military coalition must fully lift its blockade on Yemen, where seven or eight million are "right on the brink of famine", U.N. humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said on Friday, but he declined to say if maintaining such a blockade was legal.
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ICRC Buying Fuel to Pump Clean Water in Yemen as 'Last Resort'
2017-11-29
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday it was making a "stop-gap" purchase of fuel so as to provide clean water to one million people in the Yemeni cities of Hodeidah and Taiz for one month.
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Yemeni Officials: Saudi-Led Coalition Allows First Aid Ship into Yemen's Hodeidah Port
2017-11-27
A ship carrying 5,500 tonnes of flour docked in Yemen’s Hodeidah port in the Red Sea on Sunday, the first after more than two weeks of a blockade by a Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi movement, local officials said.
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Medical Supplies, UN Aid Workers Reach Yemen after Blockade Eased
2017-11-27
Humanitarian aid workers and medical supplies began arriving in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Saturday, U.N. officials said, after the easing of a nearly three-week military blockade that sparked an international outcry.
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Medical Supplies, UN Aid Workers Reach Yemen after Blockade Eased
2017-11-25
Humanitarian aid workers and medical supplies began arriving in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Saturday, U.N. officials said, after the easing of a nearly three-week military blockade that sparked an international outcry.
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Reuters: U.S. Pressed Saudis to Ease Yemen Blockade
2017-11-23
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson asked Saudi Arabia to ease its blockade of Yemen, two sources said, just days before the Saudi-led military coalition announced on Wednesday it would let aid flow through the Yemeni port of Hodeidah and allow U.N. flights to the capital.
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Saudi-Led Coalition to reopen Yemen's Hodeidah port, Sanaa Airport for Aid
2017-11-23
The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen said on Wednesday it would allow humanitarian aid access through Yemen's port of Hodeidah and United Nations flights to the capital Sanaa, more than two weeks after blockading the country.
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Yemen Houthis say Sanaa Airport Repaired, Ready to Receive Fights
2017-11-22
Yemen's Sanaa airport, damaged in an air strike by a Saudi-led coalition last week, has been repaired and is ready to receive international flights, the Houthi-led government which runs the capital city said on Tuesday.
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Hezbollah Denies Sending Arms to Regional Conflicts
2017-11-21
The head of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah on Monday flatly denied Arab accusations his group had sent weapons to conflict-ridden regional countries, while celebrating his fighters' military wins abroad.
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UN Report: Saudi-Led Coalition Threatens Yemen by blocking Aid
2017-11-18
A Saudi-led military coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen is threatening the peace, security and stability of the country by blocking humanitarian aid, United Nations sanctions monitors told the Security Council in a confidential report.
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Governor of Yemen's Interim Capital Resigns, Accuses PM of Corruption
2017-11-18
The governor of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's interim capital Aden has resigned, citing what he said was government corruption that had undermined his efforts to restore basic services to the city.
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UN Pleads for End of Yemen Blockade or 'Untold Thousands' will Die
2017-11-17
The heads of three U.N. agencies urged the Saudi-led military coalition on Thursday to lift its blockade of Yemen, warning that "untold thousands" would die if it stayed in place.
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World Bank approves $150 Million to Restore Services in Yemeni Cities
2017-11-17
The World Bank agreed on Thursday to grant war-torn Yemen $150 million to help some of its hardest-hit cities restore basic services and fight a cholera epidemic.
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UN Warns Fuel Running Out For Yemen Hospitals
2017-11-16
The United Nations warned Wednesday that fuel supplies needed to run Yemen's hospital generators and pump clean water will run out in less than three weeks unless the Saudi-led coalition lifts its blockade.
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Saudi-Led Coalition Air Raid puts Yemen's Sanaa Airport out of Service
2017-11-15
An air raid by the Saudi-led military coalition put Yemeni airport in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa out of service on Tuesday, jeopardizing relief shipments to a country on the brink of famine, the state news agency SABA reported.
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Saudi-led Strikes Hit Defense Ministry in Yemen Capital
2017-11-11
The Saudi-led coalition carried out two air strikes on the defense ministry in Yemen's militant-held capital Sanaa late Friday, witnesses and rebel media said, without reporting casualties.
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Saudi-led Coalition Opens Yemen Border Crossing; Aid Agencies Warn of Famine
2017-11-11
The Saudi-led military coalition fighting against Yemen's Houthi movement reopened a land border crossing, partly easing a blockade imposed earlier this week, but aid agencies warned of famine and a health catastrophe if other ports stay shut.
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Saudi-led Coalition to Allow Commercial Flights to Yemen: minister
2017-11-11
The Saudi-led military coalition fighting against Yemen's Houthi movement will allow the resumption of international commercial flights to the country, a Yemeni government minister said, easing its nationwide blockade.