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World Bank Funds Equipping 1,000 Schools in Yemen

The World Bank has launched a project to restore education in Yemen. It aims at facilitating the return of children to schools by providing incentives for teachers and meals for children as well as equipping and rehabilitating more than 1,000 schools across Yemen. “More than 2.4 million school-aged Yemeni girls…

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Houthis Loot Real Estate in Ibb, Yemen

Ibb governorate witnessed a new wave of Houthi looting of real estate over the past few days as the group continues to control public and private property. Informed sources in Ibb reported that Houthi commanders escalated the transgression and organized looting against public and private land and property. Residents of…

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Yemen's Insurgents Tighten Restrictions on Civilians Traveling for Work

The Houthi militia in Yemen has tightened restrictions on civilians traveling to work abroad, forcing them to pay fees and register relatives' data, according to informed sources in Sanaa. The sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the coup is targeting Yemenis traveling abroad for work, which would enable them to support…

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European Diplomat to Asharq Al-Awsat: No Current Intention to Open Our Embassies in Aden

At the present time, none of the European countries intends to open their embassies in the interim Yemeni capital, Aden, a European diplomat told Asharq Al-Awsat. The diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity, affirmed that visits to Aden will continue in the coming period. Two days ago, Yemeni Foreign…

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French forces seize shipment of weapons headed from Iran to Yemen

Officials say the seizure, the latest in the water surrounding the Arabian Peninsula, happened in January.

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French Forces Seize Iranian-Supplied Weapons Bound for Yemen

The French naval special forces, along with their US and British counterparts, are now involved in combating the smuggling of Iranian weapons to the Houthi militias in Yemen, an indication of a noticeable change in France’s policy. Paris announced that its Elite special forces seized a boatload of Iranian-supplied weapons…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Masam Cleared 4,615 Houthi Mines in January

The Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance in Yemen (MASAM) announced that it removed 4,615 Houthi mines, unexploded ordnance, and other explosive devices in January. MASAM stated that the total mines, explosive devices, and ammunition removed during the past month were 536 anti-tank mines, 49 anti-personnel mines, 4023 unexploded ordnance, and…

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France seizes Iran assault rifles, missiles heading to Yemen

French naval forces have seized thousands of assault rifles, machine guns and anti-tank missiles earlier this month in the Gulf of Oman coming from Iran heading to Yemen’s Houthi rebels

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Yemen Urges Diplomatic Missions to Resume Work in Aden

The Yemeni Foreign Ministry urged diplomatic missions to resume their work from the interim capital, Aden, pledging to provide all facilities to enhance the state's role. Foreign diplomatic missions closed their embassies and evacuated their staff from Sanaa after the Houthi militia took control of the capital in September 2014.…

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Campaigners challenge British arms export licences to Saudi Arabia

Britain is unlawfully allowing arms sales to Saudi Arabia for possible use in the war in Yemen despite evidence of repeated violations of international humanitarian law, campaigners told London’s High Court on Tuesday.

Reuters

UK gov’t facing High Court battle over arms sales to Saudi Arabia

The Campaign Against Arms Trade group says the weapons exports have contributed to the deaths of thousands of civilians.

Al Jazeera

Campaign group challenges lawfulness of arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Two judges are considering the Campaign Against Arms Trade challenge to Government decisions at a High Court hearing in London.

The Independent UK

Campaigners seek to overturn Liz Truss’s resumption of Saudi arms sales

Lawyers will argue the then trade secretary ignored Saudi air force’s bombing of civilians in Yemen

The Guardian - UK

Yemen Forms ‘National Shield Forces’ Headed by Al-Alimi

Chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad al-Alimi issued a presidential decree to form the “National Shield Forces,” a military force under his direct command. The decree is part of efforts, carried out by the higher military and security commission, to restructure the many military formations in Yemen and…

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Yemeni Insurgents Acknowledge Deterioration of Education Sector in Their Areas

The Houthi militia acknowledged the deterioration of the education sector in the areas under its control.

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Alimi Returns to Aden, Thanks Coalition, Donor Countries

The Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad al-Alimi, affirmed the keenness of the Council and the government to fulfill their declared pledges to Yemenis. Alimi arrived in Aden on Saturday, coming from Riyadh. Alimi told Saba News Agency that the government aimed to increase Yemen's presence in the…

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Yemen Urges Support for Legitimate Govt, Ending Houthi Ties to Iran

Yemen’s legitimate government reiterated on Friday its call on the international community to provide it with political and economic support. Foreign Minister Ahmed bin Awad bin Mubarak met on Friday with Director of the Middle East and North Africa of German Foreign Office Dr. Tobias Tunkel to discuss the latest…

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Yemen and Lebanon landmarks added to UNESCO endangered list

Landmarks of ancient kingdom of Saba and Rachid Karami International Fair inscribed to list of sites in danger.

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Yemen's Kingdom of Saba landmarks and Lebanon's Rachid Karami International Fair sites added to UNESCO endangered list

Seven landmarks of the Kingdom of Saba are added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites in ''an emergency procedure" sparked by the ongoing conflict in Yemen.

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Odesa and other sites are added to the list of World Heritage In Danger

Odesa in Ukraine has been added to the cultural sites that UNESCO is highlighting. Also being included are ancient sites in Lebanon and Yemen.

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UNESCO Lists Yemen, Lebanon Sites as World Heritage in Danger

The United Nations on Wednesday inscribed an ancient city and its dam in war-torn Yemen and a futurist park in cash-strapped Lebanon on its world heritage list. The UN cultural agency listed both as world heritage sites in danger, the first because of the conflict raging in Yemen since 2014,…

The Independent UK

Yemen and Lebanon sites added to UNESCO world heritage list

UNESCO has added one of Yemen’s ancient kingdoms and a Lebanese modernist concrete fair park to its list of World Heritage sites in danger

Asharq Al-Awsat

100 Houthi-Bound Drone Parts Seized in Yemen

Yemeni security agencies seized on Monday a shipment of some one hundred drone parts that were bound to the terrorist Iran-backed Houthi militias. The shipment was busted in the eastern al-Mahra province. Yemeni official sources said security forces seized the shipment while inspecting a truck at a crossing point. The…

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Yemenis Angry over Death of 2 Detainees Under Torture in Militia Prisons

The death of two Yemenis under torture in Houthi prisons sparked widespread human rights anger on Monday, amid accusations that the militias had killed 300 civilians abducted in the same way over the course of eight years. According to Yemeni human rights reports, one civilian and one military detainees died…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Houthi Aid Constraints Affect 10 Mn Yemenis

An estimated 10.1 million (49 percent) of the people in need across Yemen are living in areas affected by Houthi aid access constraints, according to the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs. In a report reviewing the relief work during the past year, the UN indicated that the operating environment in…

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