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Truce offers glimmer of hope to Yemenis battered by seven-year war

Yemenis welcomed a nationwide U.N.-brokered ceasefire due to come into effect on Saturday evening as a glimmer of hope in a country ravaged by a seven-year conflict that has forced millions into hunger, poverty and homelessness.

Reuters

Yemen’s warring parties agree to two-month truce, UN says

The truce starting on Saturday would also allow fuel imports into Hodeidah and some flights resuming from Sanaa airport.

Al Jazeera

Yemen’s Warring Parties Agree Two-Month Truce in Major Breakthrough

The warring sides in Yemen's seven-year conflict have for the first time in years agreed a nationwide truce, which would also allow fuel imports into areas held by the Iran-backed Houthi militias and some flights operating from Sanaa airport, the United Nations envoy said on Friday. The last coordinated cessation…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Yemen's warring parties agree two-month truce in major breakthrough

The warring sides in Yemen's seven-year conflict have for the first time in years agreed a nationwide truce, which would also allow fuel imports into Houthi-held areas and some flights operating from Sanaa airport, the United Nations envoy said on Friday.

Reuters

Houthis Bar Politicians, Activists in Sanaa from Attending Riyadh Consultations

The Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen have barred politicians and activists in Sanaa from taking part in the Riyadh consultations. The intra-Yemeni consultations are set to kick off from the Saudi capital on Wednesday. They are being sponsored by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and held at its headquarters. Parties…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi-led coalition to halt military operations in Yemen as U.N. urges truce

The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi group in Yemen said late on Tuesday it will halt military operations from Wednesday, following a United Nations' call for a truce during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Reuters

Yemen’s Houthis announce three-day ceasefire after Saudi attacks

Statement comes a day after a wave of drone and missile attacks hit targets across Saudi Arabia.

Al Jazeera

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Arab Coalition Gives Houthis 3 Hours to Remove Arms from Hodeidah Ports, Sanaa Airport

The Saudi-led Arab coalition said on Saturday it had targeted armed drones in Yemen's ports of Hodeidah and al-Salif that were being prepared to be used in attacks. The coalition gave the Iran-backed Houthi militias three hours to remove weapons from protected areas, starting with Sanaa airport, and the Salif…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemen: Saudi-led coalition hits Houthi targets in Sanaa, Hodeidah

Saudi-led coalition targets Houthis after Friday’s attack by the group on an oil depot in Jeddah.

Al Jazeera

Saudi-led coalition sets deadline for Houthi weapons withdrawal from Sanaa airport -Al Arabiya

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen on Saturday set the Iran-aligned group Houthis a three-hour deadline to withdraw weapons from the airport of Sanaa and from two ports on the Red Sea, Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV reported.

Reuters

Arab Coalition Launches Military Operation to Neutralize Threats against Saudi Oil Facilities

The Saudi-led Arab coalition announced on Saturday the launch of a military operation to neutralize threats against oil facilities in the Kingdom and protect global energy sources. It carried out air strikes against sources of threats in Yemen's Sanaa and Hodeidah, it added. The operation was launched in wake of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'We are lost': Yemenis face eighth year of struggle as war grinds on

Khaled Rmeishi, 16, has spent half his life watching Yemen, and his hopes for the future, collapse under a war that has pushed millions in the long-impoverished Arabian peninsula country deeper into poverty and hunger.

Reuters

Int’l Bodies Reject Houthi Militias in Yemen, Tighten Noose on Their Leaders

Seven years after terrorist Houthis waged a coup in Yemen and took over the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, on September 21, 2014, the group is facing military and political pressures, after the world became aware of its criminal behavior both locally and abroad. In just two weeks, the group was dealt…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gulf Official: Yemeni Talks to Include Individuals from All Governorates, Including Sanaa

Intra-Yemeni talks slotted for the end of March will include new individuals and figures from all northern and southern governorates, including Sanaa, a Gulf official told Asharq Al-Awsat. Last week, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) announced that it will host Gulf-sponsored Yemeni consultations at the headquarters of its General Secretariat…

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Yemenis Accuse Houthis of Neglect, Corruption as Floods Wreak Havoc in Sanaa

Sanaa residents accused the Houthi militias of neglect after heavy rains, mixed with sewage water, flooded the city's streets and camps of the displaced persons. Local sources in Sanaa said that the streams swept through several streets and neighborhoods, blocking the roads as many could not leave their homes for…

Reuters

Yemen's war robs many children of lifesaving heart surgery, doctors say

While waiting for a sponsor to pay for congenital heart defect surgery, gangrene caused by the untreated ailment ate away at 16-year-old Zamzam Hizam's foot.

Reuters

Yemen Houthis welcome talks with Saudi-led coalition but in a neutral country -statement

Yemen's Houthi group said on Wednesday it would welcome talks with the Saudi-led coalition but the venue should be a neutral country, including some Gulf states, and that lifting restrictions on Yemeni ports and Sanaa airport should be a priority.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Defense Ministry: 2 American Women Rescued from Houthis in Yemen in Special Operation

Saudi Arabia and the United States mounted a joint operation in January to rescue two young American women who were held captive by the Iran-backed Houthi militias in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. Defense Ministry spokesman Turki al-Malki confirmed the operation, saying it was an "extension of the firm partnership…

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Two American women rescued from Yemen's Houthis in U.S.-Saudi operation -source

Saudi Arabia and the United States mounted a joint operation in January to rescue two young American women who were held captive by the Iran-backed Houthi movement in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Houthis on High Alert after Anti-Coup Slogans Appear on Sanaa Walls

Houthi militias in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, mobilized their security forces two days after slogans calling for the group's departure appeared on walls across the city it’s been occupying since mid-2014. Houthis fear a popular explosion against the backdrop of the crisis experienced by the population there, due to the…

Reuters

Scramble for transport as Yemen fuel shortage worsens

Yemenis are riding on the roof or hanging out the sides of taxi vans as severe fuel shortages in the capital Sanaa and other Houthi-held areas raise demand for public transportation, with people queuing for days to fill the tanks of their cars.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Trips of Death from Horn of Africa to Yemen

Three African refugees lie down to rest after washing their children's clothes near a shabby camp in Khur Maksar in Yemen. They laid out the clothes to dry on the street near the camp, the tents of which are made of tree branches and threadbare clothes. Thousands of Ethiopian refugees…

Reuters

Ukraine conflict could hit food supplies, worsening Yemen hunger crisis

Potential disruption to global wheat supplies after Russia's invasion of Ukraine is raising concerns that war-torn Yemen's hunger crisis and food price inflation could deepen, with some Yemenis rushing to buy flour.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Coalition Forces Down Houthi Drone Launched From Sanaa Airport

The spokesman of the Coalition for the Support of Legitimacy in Yemen, Colonel Turki al-Maliki, said that the Coalition Forces managed to intercept and down a drone launched by the Houthi militia from Sanaa towards Jazan. This came amid hostile escalation by the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen. Al-Maliki said…

Asharq Al-Awsat

16 Travelers Injured in Jazan by Debris from Houthi Drone Downed by Coalition

The Saudi-led Arab coalition announced on Monday that it had destroyed an armed drone, fired by the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen, against King Abdullah Airport in Jazan. The debris from the drone fell around the airport, injuring 16 civilians from various nationalities, it added. Three travelers are in critical…

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