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UK Urges Yemen’s Houthis to Avoid Escalation, US Calls for Release of 12 Employees

The British government urges the Houthi militias not to escalate and deal constructively with the efforts of the United Nations envoy to extend the truce in Yemen, according to the UK Government Arabic Spokesperson in MENA, Rosie Dyas. Dyas said in a statement on Twitter that the Houthis' rejection of…

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Saudi Arabia Contributes $10 Million to Address Danger of Safer Tanker

Advisor at the Saudi Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah signed on Saturday a memorandum on Saudi Arabia’s contribution of 10 million dollars to tackle the danger of the Safer oil tanker that has been moored off Yemen’s…

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Houthis Accused of Forcibly Displacing 4 Villages in Hodeidah

The Houthi militias started a large-scale campaign of demographic change in the southern districts of Hodeidah, displacing hundreds of residents from four villages and replacing them with residents from Saada and Hajjah. The new plot is part of the Houthi scheme to change the demography of Sunni areas in particular,…

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Saudi Arabia Welcomes Yemeni Gov’t Decision to Ease Entry of Oil Ships to Hodeidah

Saudi Arabia welcomed on Friday the Yemeni government’s decision to allow a number of oil ships to enter the port of Hodeidah on an exceptional basis at the request of the UN to alleviate the humanitarian crisis triggered by Houthi coup militias in Yemen. “Saudi Arabia welcomes the decision by…

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UN Envoy Meets Yemeni Leaders to Consolidate the Ceasefire

The UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, intensified his meetings with Yemeni officials as part of his efforts to consolidate the military and humanitarian ceasefire. The Houthi militias have pushed thousands of their armed members to Hodeidah in a show of force, which could lead to new battles and threaten…

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UN Raises Alarm on Red Sea Oil Tanker ‘Time-Bomb’

The UN appealed Tuesday for the last $14 million needed to try and prevent a stricken oil tanker from triggering a disaster off Yemen that could cost $20 billion to clean up. The decaying 45-year-old FSO Safer, long used as a floating storage platform and now abandoned off the port…

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Yemen Govt Slams Iran's Role in Undermining Truce

The legitimate Yemeni government slammed Tehran’s role in undermining the nationwide truce after a Houthi cell was busted for smuggling weapons from Iran. It condemned Tehran for its support to the Houthi militias, saying the smuggling of arms undermines the UN-sponsored truce that has been extended twice since coming into…

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Yemen Govt Slam’s Iran's Role in Undermining Truce

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Yemen's slide into political crisis and war

Yemen's warring parties agreed on Tuesday to renew until Oct. 2 a truce the United Nations says has brought the longest period of relative calm in over seven years. [L1N2ZE1Z5] Following is a timeline of Yemen's slide into conflict.

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Yemen: Fuel Imports through Hodeidah Increased during Truce Compared to Last Year

A World Food Program on Yemen food security update has said that fuel imports through Hodeidah port that falls under Houthi militia control significantly increased - in the first three months of the announced truce - compared to the previous year. This came at a time when the Yemeni government…

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Yemenis Return to Streets to Protest Houthi Violations

New waves of protests against the Houthis have erupted in regions held by the Iran-backed militias in Yemen in recent days. The demonstrators took to the streets to protest against the Houthi corruption and arbitrary practices against the people, demanding their overthrow. Yemeni sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Houthis…

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Yemen Quint Meeting Backs Truce Extension

A quint meeting, which included Saudi Arabia, Oman, the UAE, the US and the UK, has affirmed its support for extending the UN-sponsored truce in Yemen as a step towards reaching a permanent ceasefire and achieving a comprehensive political settlement. While the five nations expressed concern about the continuation of…

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EU Criticizes Continued Siege on Taiz Amid Efforts to Extend Yemeni Truce

The EU on Tuesday slammed the Iran-backed Houthis for refusing to end their siege on Taiz, a major Yemeni city, at a time when Yemen's Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak confirmed that the militias are still not ready to commit to peace. “The EU deeply regrets a rejection by…

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Parallel Entities: A Houthi Weapon that Destroys the State, Dismantles Society

The Houthi group continues to create parallel entities and bodies to replace state institutions despite its complete control over Sanaa. Last week, the head of the Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al-Mashat, established the General Corporation for Electric Industries and Renewable Energy and appointed Abdul-Ghani Mohammad Hussein al-Madani as its head.…

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KSrelief, FAO Sign Cooperation Agreement on Yemen

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) signed on Monday a cooperation agreement with the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to improve the living conditions of Yemeni families whose main source of income depends on agriculture, livestock and fisheries. Worth USD8 million, the agreement will benefit…

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Houthis Loot Hodeidah’s Billions, Leave Residents Without Electricity

Millions of Yemenis living in the Houthi-run Hodeidah governorate, which is experiencing long power outages and soaring temperatures, are experiencing miserable living and humanitarian conditions. Severe heat waves are striking Hodeidah at a time when power cuts have reached more than 22 hours a day for the city's residents.

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Saudi Arabia Provides $10 Mln to Tackle Yemen's Safer Tanker Crisis

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) announced on Saturday that Saudi Arabia will provide USD10 million to help address the existing threats arising from the Safer oil tanker, which is moored off Yemen's city of Hodeidah. In a statement, KSrelief said the Kingdom has always supported the…

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UKMTO: Ship Attacked Off Yemen's Hodeidah

A shipping vessel has been attacked 34 nautical miles (63 km) south west of Yemen's Hodeidah, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization (UKMTO) reported on its website on Thursday, adding that an investigation is ongoing. A US Navy's Fifth Fleet spokesperson told Reuters the navy is aware of an incident…

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UN Expects Unloading of Yemen's Safer Tanker Cargo by Mid-July

The UN expected the process of unloading Yemen's eroding FSO Safer tanker to an alternative vessel will begin in mid-July. The vessel is holding more than a million barrels of oil and has been moored off the Ras Issa coast in Hodeidah for years. It is in "imminent" danger of…

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Donors Pledge $33m to Stop Safer Oil Spill

Donor countries have pledged $33 million to help prevent the Safer oil tanker from unleashing a potentially catastrophic oil spill off the coast of Yemen. The decaying 45-year-old oil tanker, long used as a floating storage platform and now abandoned off Hodeidah, is in "imminent" danger of breaking up, the…

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Fighting rages in Marib despite UN truce

All sides have agreed to a two-month truce in Yemen, but people in Marib say the Houthis are still attacking.

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Arab Parliament Warns Houthis Against Turning Safer into a Political Bargain

The Arab Parliament warned the Houthi militias against tampering with the Safer tanker issue and using it to achieve political gains. It issued a statement Friday saying the militias continue to prevent maintenance teams from boarding the tanker off Ras Issa in Hodeidah. The Parliament stated that the tanker faces…

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Houthis Hike Fuel Prices in Spite of Shipments from Hodeidah

Yemenis living under Houthi rule were hopeful that the oil crisis created by the Iran-backed militias would come to an end with the legitimate government allowing oil shipments to arrive at Hodeidah, but instead the Houthis have hiked oil prices in their territories. The Houthis are selling a 20-liter can…

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Yemen Govt Stresses Need to Lift Taiz Siege as Houthis Continue to Violate Truce

Yemeni Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik stressed on Monday the need for the Iran-backed Houthi militias to lift their seven-year siege on the Taiz province in line with the UN truce that was announced earlier this month. The PM held talks with UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen David Gressly…

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UN, US Seek Funding to Save Safer Tanker off Yemen

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) stressed on Sunday its support to all international efforts aimed at salvaging the Safer oil tanker that has been moored off the coast of Yemen's Hodeidah for years. Carrying over 1.1 million barrels of crude oil, the FSO Safer tanker’s long-term presence in the Red…

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