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Another US MQ-9 Reaper drone goes down in Yemen, images purportedly show
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Another US MQ-9 Reaper drone goes down in Yemen, images purportedly show

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Another U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone went down in Yemen, images purported to show Wednesday, as Yemen’s Houthi rebels continued attacks on shipping around the Red Sea over the Israel-Hamas war. Located 120 kilometers east of Sanaa, Marib sits on the edge of the Arabian Peninsula’s Empty Quarter Desert at the foot of the Sarawat Mountains …

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Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels claim they shot down another US drone
7 months ago

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels claim they shot down another US drone

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed on Tuesday that they shot down an American drone over the country on the Arabian Peninsula. Last Friday, the Houthis claimed downing an American drone over the province of Marib, hours after footage circulated online of what appeared to be the wreckage of an MQ-9 Reaper. Responding to an Associated Press …

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Watch: Yemeni Houthi rebels have shot down another US MQ-9 Reaper drone, six in the last 12 months
7 months, 1 week ago

Watch: Yemeni Houthi rebels have shot down another US MQ-9 Reaper drone, six in the last 12 months

Hindustan Times  

Yemen's Houthi rebels on Friday claimed to have shot down an American drone, hours after footage circulated online of what appeared to be the wreckage of an MQ-9 Reaper drone. U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone sits in a hanger at Amari Air Base, Estonia. The drone shootdown comes as the Houthis launch attacks on shipping in the Red Sea …

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim shooting down another US MQ-9 Reaper drone as footage shows wreckage
7 months, 1 week ago

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim shooting down another US MQ-9 Reaper drone as footage shows wreckage

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Friday claimed to have shot down an American drone, hours after footage circulated online of what appeared to be the wreckage of an MQ-9 Reaper drone. A man, whose voice had been digitally altered to apparently prevent identification, chanted the Houthi slogan: “God is the greatest; death to America; death to …

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Aid groups call for renewed attention on Yemen
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Aid groups call for renewed attention on Yemen

China Daily  

As the Israel-Palestinian conflict had taken up much of the attention on the region in recent months, humanitarian organizations made an appeal this week to bring Yemen back into the spotlight, calling for fresh action to support humanitarian needs in the crisis-hit nation where, they say, donor support had "collapsed". In a statement released on May 7, the Norwegian Refugee …

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Do Yemen’s Houthis have their eye on Marib?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Do Yemen’s Houthis have their eye on Marib?

Al Jazeera  

The Houthis’ stance in support of Palestine is gaining accolades, could they also be looking at a domestic win? ‘A red line the Houthis cannot be allowed to cross’ “The Marib front is one of the fronts that flares up from time to time since the UN truce was declared in April 2022,” Faozi al-Goidi, a junior visiting fellow at …

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Who are the Houthis? A simple guide to the Yemeni group
11 months, 1 week ago

Who are the Houthis? A simple guide to the Yemeni group

Al Jazeera  

The Houthis have been in a decade-long civil war and say their attacks are in opposition to Israel’s war on Gaza. Following weeks of Houthi-led attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, the United States and United Kingdom have launched military strikes in Yemen in response, which the Houthis have described as “barbaric”. The Houthis are an Iran-aligned group based …

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Yemen rebels restrict humanitarian flights arriving in Sanaa
1 year, 8 months ago

Yemen rebels restrict humanitarian flights arriving in Sanaa

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they were imposing severe restrictions starting Saturday on U.N. and other humanitarian flights arriving in the capital, Sanaa. Waleed al-Abarah, a spokesman for Yemen’s Human Rights Ministry in Aden, said the Houthi decision amounts to a “war crime,” accusing the rebels of weaponizing humanitarian activities to achieve political gains. The Sanaa …

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Yemen: Fighting kills 16, endangering peace efforts
1 year, 9 months ago

Yemen: Fighting kills 16, endangering peace efforts

Associated Press  

SANAA, Yemen — Renewed fighting has erupted in central Yemen, killing at least 16 forces, security and health officials said Wednesday. The flare-up of violence comes after diplomats and leaders expressed new hope for peace efforts in the war-torn country in the days leading up to the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The fighting flared up Tuesday evening, two security …

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Al-Qaeda Confirms Top Leader Killed in US Air Strike in Yemen: Report
1 year, 9 months ago

Al-Qaeda Confirms Top Leader Killed in US Air Strike in Yemen: Report

News 18  

Al-Qaeda on Sunday confirmed the death of a senior figure in the jihadist network’s Yemen branch in a suspected US air strike last month, SITE Intelligence Group reported. Security and local government sources told AFP on Wednesday Hamad bin Hamoud al-Tamimi had been killed, identifying him as a top leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which Washington regards as …

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Top Al-Qaeda figure killed in Yemen air strike: sources
1 year, 9 months ago

Top Al-Qaeda figure killed in Yemen air strike: sources

The Hindu  

A senior Al-Qaeda figure was killed in a suspected U.S. air strike in war-torn Yemen, security and local government sources told AFP on Wednesday. Hamad bin Hamoud al-Tamimi, a top leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which Washington regards as among the global jihadist network's most dangerous branches, died in the strike along with a bodyguard, a security official …

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Yemen and Lebanon sites added to UNESCO endangered list
1 year, 10 months ago

Yemen and Lebanon sites added to UNESCO endangered list

Associated Press  

CAIRO — An ancient Yemeni kingdom and a Lebanese modernist concrete fair park were added Wednesday to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites in danger, the latest entries from the Middle East. The seven major landmarks of the Ancient Yemenite Kingdom of Saba and the Rachid Karami International Fair in Tripoli were inscribed on the U.N. agency list in ‘’an …

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Three sites ‘in danger’ added to UNESCO World Heritage List
1 year, 10 months ago

Three sites ‘in danger’ added to UNESCO World Heritage List

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. CNN — The historic center of the Ukrainian port city of Odesa and sites in Yemen and Lebanon were added to the World Heritage List Wednesday by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. All three sites were simultaneously added to UNESCO’s List of World Heritage in …

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Yemen inaugurates new presidential council
2 years, 8 months ago

Yemen inaugurates new presidential council

Al Jazeera  

It is unclear whether the government and presidential council will remain in Aden, Yemen or in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as was previously the case. Marib, Yemen – The head of Yemen’s newly formed presidential council, Rashad al-Alimi, has been sworn in along with other members of the eight-member council in a ceremony in the southern port city of Aden. Last …

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Fighting rages in Marib despite UN truce
2 years, 8 months ago

Fighting rages in Marib despite UN truce

Al Jazeera  

All sides have agreed to a two-month truce in Yemen, but people in Marib say the Houthis are still attacking. “They are intensively using explosive-laden drones against our positions and vehicles, and I have lost a comrade.” Despite setbacks in neighbouring Shabwah governorate at the beginning of the year after an offensive by forces backed by the United Arab Emirates, …

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Saudi-based GCC to hold Yemen talks; rebels decline invite
2 years, 9 months ago

Saudi-based GCC to hold Yemen talks; rebels decline invite

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United ARAB EMIRATES — The Saudi-based Gulf Cooperation Council on Thursday invited warring sides in Yemen for talks aimed at ending the civil war in the Arab world’s most impoverished country, a conflict now in its eight year. However, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have already rejected Riyadh — the Saudi capital were the GCC is headquartered — as venue …

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Saudi Arabia: 12 hurt in attack targeting airport near Yemen
2 years, 10 months ago

Saudi Arabia: 12 hurt in attack targeting airport near Yemen

Associated Press  

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said 12 people were injured by falling debris from an attempted drone attack Thursday on an airport in the southern Saudi region of Abha, near the kingdom’s border with Yemen. Saudi Arabia has been involved in Yemen’s civil war since 2015, fighting against the rebel Houthis who overran the capital, …

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How will UAE respond to Houthi attacks?
2 years, 10 months ago

How will UAE respond to Houthi attacks?

Al Jazeera  

Offensive against the Houthis marks a shift in the UAE’s strategy, which had focused on consolidating power of groups it supports in southern Yemen. I went to my bed shaking, I couldn’t sleep that night.” The air raids, carried out by the Saudi-led coalition, have been a recurring theme in Sanaa, along with other areas controlled by the Houthi rebels, …

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Oxfam says battle over Yemeni city displaced 1,00,000 people
2 years, 10 months ago

Oxfam says battle over Yemeni city displaced 1,00,000 people

The Hindu  

A yearlong battle over the strategic Yemeni city of Marib has displaced about 1,00,000 people, the international charity group Oxfam said on February 8. The stark warning underscored how the fighting over Marib has worsening an already dire humanitarian situation of the displaced, many of whom have fled multiple times from fighting elsewhere in war-wrecked Yemen, Oxfam said. However, their …

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Oxfam says battle over Yemeni city displaced 100,000 people
2 years, 10 months ago

Oxfam says battle over Yemeni city displaced 100,000 people

Associated Press  

CAIRO — A yearlong battle over the strategic Yemeni city of Marib has displaced about 100,000 people., the international charity group Oxfam said Tuesday. The stark warning underscored how the fighting over Marib has worsened an already dire humanitarian situation of the displaced, many of whom have fled multiple times from fighting elsewhere in war-wrecked Yemen, Oxfam said. However, their …

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Yemen Government forces sweep through Marib
2 years, 10 months ago

Yemen Government forces sweep through Marib

The Hindu  

Forces of Yemen’s internationally recognised government and their United Arab Emirates-backed allies swept through a strategic central province, forcing Houthi rebels out of its second largest district, officials said on Wednesday. Their offensive crumbled when the UAE-backed Giants Brigades helped reclaim the nearby Shabwa province earlier this month before advancing in Marib under air cover from the Saudi-led coalition. Government …

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EXPLAINER: Why Yemen’s war has spilled into the Emirates
2 years, 11 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why Yemen’s war has spilled into the Emirates

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Twice in the past week, Yemen’s rebels have launched attacks with missiles and drones on the United Arab Emirates, a major escalation for one of the world’s most protracted conflicts. The Houthis blame the Emirates for significant recent battlefield losses inside Yemen, that have virtually ended their efforts to complete control of the country’s north. Capturing Marib would …

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Escalation of the ‘forgotten war’ in Yemen
2 years, 11 months ago

Escalation of the ‘forgotten war’ in Yemen

The Hindu  

The new year began badly for Yemen. The Houthis are just 20 km from the provincial capital, but now face freshly deployed crack troops mobilised by the United Arab Emirates – the ‘Giants Brigade’ that is rapidly moving north after taking Shabwa province. The Saudi geopolitical interest is at the other end of Yemeni territory – the Al-Mahra province that …

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Nearly 200 dead as fighting surges near Yemen's Marib: sources
2 years, 11 months ago

Nearly 200 dead as fighting surges near Yemen's Marib: sources

The Hindu  

About 200 fighters have been killed in fresh clashes near the strategic Yemeni city of Marib, military and medical sources said Tuesday, as the seven-year war witnesses a surge in violence. More than 125 Houthi rebels were killed in air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition and clashes with pro-government forces in Shabwa and Al-Bayda provinces, bordering Marib, medical sources told …

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