Tag: War in Yemen
Yemen government forces take control of Aden airport: minister
--Troops loyal to Hadi capture Aden's airport from southern separatist forces, information minister says
Troops loyal to Yemen's internationally recognised government have captured Aden's airport...
First Yemen pullback could begin as soon as Tuesday: UN envoy
UNITED NATIONS: The first redeployment of forces in Yemen's flashpoint city of Hodeida could possibly begin later Tuesday or the following day, a UN...
Saudis, UAE, Yemen ask UN to pressure Houthis
SANAA: Yemen's government and its allies Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) asked the United Nations Security Council on Thursday to turn...
Air strikes, clashes hit Yemen’s Hodeida despite ceasefire
HODEIDA: Clashes shook Yemen's flashpoint city of Hodeida Sunday after air strikes and deadly fighting on the outskirts overnight, residents said, despite a UN-brokered...
Defying Trump, US Senate advances measure to end support for Saudis...
WASHINGTON: In a rare break with President Donald Trump, the US Senate voted on Wednesday to move ahead with a resolution that would end...
Yemen peace talks due to begin in Sweden
SWEDEN: Peace talks between the Yemeni government and rebels, aimed at ending four years of war that has pushed 14 million people to the...
UN Yemen envoy pushes rebel chief on talks ahead of Hodeida...
SANAA: A United Nations envoy met Yemen's rebel chief Thursday to nail down details of peace talks expected in December, a day before a...
Yemen’s Houthis halt missile attacks on Saudi coalition
DUBAI: Yemen’s Houthi movement said on Monday it was halting drone and missile attacks on Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and their Yemeni...
US halting refueling of Saudi-led coalition aircraft in Yemen’s war
WASHINGTON: The United States is halting refueling of aircraft from the Saudi-led coalition engaged in Yemen, the United States and Saudi Arabia said on...
Pakistan can mediate in Yemen war if stakeholders agree, PM tells...
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that Pakistan was ready to mediate in the Yemen conflict if all parties involved gave their approval.
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Saudi Arabia says it destroyed missile fired at Aramco facility by...
DUBAI: Yemen’s armed Houthi movement said it had launched a ballistic missile toward a Saudi Aramco oil refinery on Friday, but Saudi air defence...
Yemen foes head to peace talks as ‘ugly war’ rages
SANAA: Yemen's warring parties meet in Geneva Thursday for a new round of peace talks with little hope of a breakthrough in an "ugly...
Yemeni government and Houthi movement invited to September 6 peace talks
GENEVA: The United Nations has invited the Yemeni government and the Houthi movement that controls most of the north to peace talks in Geneva...
40 children killed in Yemen bus strike: new Red Cross toll
SANAA: Forty children were among 51 people killed in a Saudi-led coalition air strike on a bus in rebel-held northern Yemen, the Red Cross...
Yemen’s Houthis welcome UN call for investigation into air strikes
DUBAI: Yemen’s Houthi group welcomed on Friday a call by the United Nations for an independent investigation into Saudi-led coalition air strikes that killed...
UN hopeful for Yemen peace deal but Saudi coalition unlikely to...
RIYADH: The Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said on Friday it would welcome a political deal to end the conflict but...
Yemen’s warring sides will return to peace talks, UN says
GENEVA: UN Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths expects to get the warring parties in Yemen back to the negotiating table for the first time in...