Yemeni Crisis

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More Than 20 US Strikes Targeted Al-Qaeda In Yemen

US forces on Tuesday conducted a series of air strikes in Yemen against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Pentagon...

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Qaeda Confirms Coalition Strike Killed Top Leader In Syria

Al-Qaeda has confirmed that top leader Abu Khayr al-Masri, believed to be the organisation's number two, was killed in...

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Qaeda Confirms Coalition Strike Killed Top Leader In Syria

Al-Qaeda has confirmed that top leader Abu Khayr al-Masri, believed to be the organisation's number two, was killed in...

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Yemen’s Displaced Families Struggle To Survive

Wrapping their children in plastic sheets to stave off the winter cold, Yemeni families driven out of the historic port...

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UN Documents Nearly 1,500 Child Soldiers In Yemen

Nearly 1,500 children have been recruited by Yemen's warring parties, mostly the Shiite Huthi rebels, since March 2015,...

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Shelling Blocks UN Aid Chief Visit To Yemen’s Taez

UN aid chief Stephen O'Brien on Tuesday cancelled a visit to Yemen's third city Taez when shelling and a rebel...

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Yemen Faces ‘serious Risk of Famine’

UN humanitarian aid chief Stephen O'Brien warned Monday in Yemen that the war-torn and impoverished country faces...

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Suicide Bomber Kills Eight At Gate of Yemen Army Base

A suicide bomber killed eight people and wounded 11 on Friday when he blew up his vehicle at the gate of a Yemeni army...

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Yemen Loyalists Push Back Rebels On Red Sea Coast

Yemeni government forces made gains around the Red Sea coastal town of Mokha in heavy fighting overnight as they...

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Yemen President Says $10 Bn Saudi Aid For Reconstruction

Yemen's President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi said Wednesday that Saudi Arabia has earmarked $10 billion in aid for the...

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Top Yemen Commander Killed As Rebels Hit Back

Yemeni rebels hit back at government forces advancing up the Red Sea coast killing a deputy army commander in a missile...

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Norwegian Refugee Council Staff Abducted In Yemen

Yemeni rebels have abducted a dozen local staff working for the Norwegian Refugee Council in the Red Sea district of...

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Yemen Air Raid Kills Eight Women, Child At Funeral

An air strike killed eight women and a child at a funeral reception near the Yemeni capital, witnesses said Thursday,...

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MSF Urges Aid Access In Yemen

Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday urged all warring parties in Yemen to allow aid deliveries, saying it had treated...

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12 Saudis Killed In Recent Yemen Border Fighting

At least 12 Saudi soldiers have died on the southern border since early February, according to an unusual series of...

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20 Killed As Clashes Erupt On Yemen’s Coast

Twenty rebels and government troops were killed overnight in clashes as warring parties pushed north along Yemen's...

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Heartbroken UN Chief Seeks Yemen Talks ‘resurrection’

A heartbroken United Nations chief on Sunday called for the "resurrection" of peace talks between Yemen's warring sides...

International

U.N. Seeks $2.1 Billion To Avert Famine In Yemen

The United Nations appealed on Wednesday for $2.1 billion to provide food and other life-saving assistance to 12...

International

US Says Raid Was ‘very Thought-Out Process’

The White House has said a raid in Yemen on an al-Qaeda stronghold that likely killed civilians was a "very thought-out...