Yemeni Crisis

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Two Saudi Soldiers Killed Patrolling Yemen Border

Two Saudi soldiers were killed Thursday in a rocket attack near the border with war-torn Yemen, the interior ministry...

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Saudi Fire Stops ‘rebel Boat Bomb’ From Yemen

The Saudi coast guard fired on an unmanned boat rigged with explosives, thwarting an attack on one of the kingdom's oil...

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UN Eyes New Yemen Peace Talks By End of May

A new round of peace talks between Yemen's warring sides should begin by the end of May, the UN mediator said...

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Countries Pledge $1.1bn To Avert Yemen Famine

Countries around the world Tuesday pledged more than one billion dollars to help prevent a looming famine in war-torn...

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‘March For Bread’ Protestors Reach Key Yemen Port

Yemeni protestors reached the Red Sea city of Hodeida Tuesday, ending a weeklong march from the capital to demand the...

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Yemen Missile Seriously Wounds AFP Photographer

A local photographer who works with AFP was seriously wounded in a missile strike on Sunday in southwest Yemen, his...

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UN Urges Saudi Coalition Not To Bomb Yemen Port

The United Nations called Thursday on the Saudi-led coalition intervening in Yemen not to bomb the rebel-held port of...

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Pentagon Chief Warns of Yemen ‘Hezbollah’

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis warned Wednesday of Iranian efforts to create a Yemeni militia "in the image" of...

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Yemeni Protestors March On Key Port To Demand Humanitarian Zone

A group of Yemeni protestors set out from rebel-held capital Sanaa Wednesday on a 225-kilometre (140-mile) march to...

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‘Friendly Fire’ Downed Saudi Helicopter In Yemen

A Saudi military helicopter that crashed in Yemen killing 12 Saudi soldiers was likely hit by "friendly fire", military...

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US Pentagon Chief Meets Saudi King With Iran In Focus

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis met Saudi King Salman on Wednesday, beginning a series of talks to reinvigorate the...

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Yemen Drone Strikes Kill Five Qaeda Suspects

Two strikes apparently carried out by US drones killed five suspected Al-Qaeda members in Yemen overnight, military...

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Mattis In Riyadh To Boost US-Saudi Alliance

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to reinvigorate the Riyadh-Washington alliance, with both...

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Twelve Soldiers Dead As Saudi Helicopter Goes Down In Yemen

Twelve Saudi soldiers, including four officers, were killed on Tuesday when their helicopter went down in Yemen, the...

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Yemen Fight For Red Sea Base Leaves 25 Dead

At least 25 soldiers and rebels have died in clashes around a key military base near Yemen's west coast, military and...

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Rights Group Slams Yemen Journalist’s Death Sentence

Reporters Without Borders said Friday it was "appalled" at a death sentence handed to a veteran journalist by a court...

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Rights Group Slams Yemen Journalist’s Death Sentence

Reporters Without Borders said Friday it was "appalled" at a death sentence handed to a veteran journalist by a court...

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Rebel Court Sentences Yemen Journalist To Death

A Yemeni court in the rebel-held capital has sentenced a veteran journalist to death on charges of spying for...

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18 Fighters Killed In Raging Yemen Clashes

Intensified confrontations between government forces and Huthi rebels on Yemen's southwestern coast have killed 18...