Al-Qaeda in Yemen frees prisoners in mass jailbreak
9 years, 11 months ago

Al-Qaeda in Yemen frees prisoners in mass jailbreak

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of inmates, including a senior al-Qaeda figure, freed during raid in southeastern Yemen, official says. Al-Qaeda fighters have stormed a prison in southeastern Yemen and freed several hundred inmates, including one of their leaders, a security official said. Khalid Batarfi, a senior al-Qaeda figure who had been held for more than four years, was among more than 300 prisoners who escaped from the jail in Hadramout province on Thursday, AFP news agency reported the official as saying. Batarfi is among al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s top regional commanders, known for his leading role in a 2011-2012 battle with Yemeni government troops during which the fighters seized large amounts of territory in the south and east. Al-Qaeda gunmen also clashed on Thursday with troops guarding the local administration complex in the provincial capital Mukalla, a branch of the central bank and the police headquarters, the official said.

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UN suspends its humanitarian work in Houthi rebels’ stronghold in Yemen after more staff detentions
Trending News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

UN suspends its humanitarian work in Houthi rebels’ stronghold in Yemen after more staff detentions

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The United Nations said Monday it suspended its humanitarian operations in the stronghold of Yemen’s Houthi rebels after they detained eight more U.N. staffers, affecting the global response to one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters. The rebels in recent months have detained dozens of U.N. staffers, as well as people associated with aid groups, civil society and …

Yemen’s Houthi rebels unilaterally release 153 war detainees, Red Cross says
2 months ago

Yemen’s Houthi rebels unilaterally release 153 war detainees, Red Cross says

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen’s Houthi rebels unilaterally released 153 war detainees Saturday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. The Red Cross said it “welcomes this unilateral release as another positive step towards reviving negotiations” over ending the country’s long-running war. “This operation has brought much-needed relief and joy to families who have been anxiously waiting for …

Yemen’s Houthi rebels release 153 prisoners of war
2 months ago

Yemen’s Houthi rebels release 153 prisoners of war

Al Jazeera  

The identities of the prisoners were not disclosed. The Houthis in Yemen have unilaterally released 153 prisoners of war to the International Committee of the Red Cross, the non-governmental organisation and the rebel group confirmed. The “conflict-related detainees” were released in the capital, Sanaa on Saturday, and had received regular visits by the ICRC as part of detention work to …

Yemen’s Houthi rebels release 153 war detainees, Red Cross says
2 months ago

Yemen’s Houthi rebels release 153 war detainees, Red Cross says

LA Times  

Detainees stand in line before being freed by Houthi rebels in Sanaa, Yemen, on Saturday. Yemen’s Houthi rebels unilaterally freed 153 war detainees Saturday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said, one of several overtures in recent days to ease tensions after the Israel-Hamas cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Previous prisoner releases have been viewed as a means to …

US transfers 11 Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen after holding them for 2 decades without charge
2 months, 3 weeks ago

US transfers 11 Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen after holding them for 2 decades without charge

Firstpost  

The US Department of Defense has transferred 11 Yemeni nationals after holding them for more than two decades without charge at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility Detainees in orange jumpsuits sit in a holding area under the watchful eyes of military police during in-processing to the temporary detention facility at Camp X-Ray of Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, January 11, 2002. …

U.S. transfers 11 Guantanamo detainees to Yemen after more than two decades without charge
2 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S. transfers 11 Guantanamo detainees to Yemen after more than two decades without charge

The Hindu  

The Pentagon said on Monday that it had transferred 11 Yemeni men to Oman this week after holding them for more than two decades without charge at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. That's the fewest since 2002, when President George W. Bush's administration turned Guantanamo into a detention site for the mostly Muslim men taken into custody …

U.S. transfers 11 Yemeni prisoners from Guantánamo to Oman
Trending News
2 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S. transfers 11 Yemeni prisoners from Guantánamo to Oman

NPR  

U.S. transfers 11 Yemeni prisoners from Guantánamo to Oman toggle caption Thomas Watkins/AFP via Getty Images In the most dramatic step in years to reduce the population at the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the Biden administration has transferred 11 Yemeni detainees to Oman, which has agreed to help resettle them and provide security monitoring. Uthman Abdul al-Rahim …

Yemen’s Houthi rebels could free a rival political leader held incommunicado since 2015, UN says
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Yemen’s Houthi rebels could free a rival political leader held incommunicado since 2015, UN says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Yemen’s Houthi rebels could free a political leader with ties to the internationally recognized government who has been detained for nearly a decade, under a preliminary prisoner swap deal announced by the United Nations on Monday. Mohamed Qahtan is the leader of the Sunni Islamist Islah party, which is aligned with the Saudi Arabia-backed government, and he …

Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Detain at Least 9 UN Staffers and Others in Sudden Crackdown, Officials Say
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Detain at Least 9 UN Staffers and Others in Sudden Crackdown, Officials Say

Deccan Chronicle  

Dubai : At least nine Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies have been detained by Yemen's Houthi rebels under unclear circumstances, authorities said Friday, as the rebels face increasing financial pressure and airstrikes from a US-led coalition. The detentions come as the Houthis, who seized Yemen's capital nearly a decade ago and have been fighting a Saudi-led coalition since shortly …

Yemen’s Houthis sentence 44 to death on charges of collaboration with a Saudi-led coalition
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Yemen’s Houthis sentence 44 to death on charges of collaboration with a Saudi-led coalition

Associated Press  

CAIRO — A court run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday sentenced 44 people to death, including a businessman working with aid groups, on spying charges, a defense lawyer said. The 44 were among 49 people who were detained by the Iran-backed rebels and accused of “collaborating with the enemy,” a reference to the Saudi-led coalition that has been at …

Yemen’s Houthis freed over 100 war prisoners, the Red Cross says
10 months ago

Yemen’s Houthis freed over 100 war prisoners, the Red Cross says

The Independent  

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Al-Qaida's Yemen branch says leader Khalid al-Batarfi dead in unclear circumstances
1 year ago

Al-Qaida's Yemen branch says leader Khalid al-Batarfi dead in unclear circumstances

The Independent  

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Al-Qaida’s Yemen branch says leader Khalid al-Batarfi dead in unclear circumstances
1 year ago

Al-Qaida’s Yemen branch says leader Khalid al-Batarfi dead in unclear circumstances

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The leader of Yemen’s branch of al-Qaida is dead, the militant group announced late Sunday, without giving details. The U.S. has a $6 million bounty on him, saying al-Awlaki “has publicly called for attacks against the United States and its allies.” The Yemen branch of al-Qaida has been seen by Washington as the terror network’s …

UN: 5 staff members kidnapped in Yemen last year released
1 year, 7 months ago

UN: 5 staff members kidnapped in Yemen last year released

Al Jazeera  

All ‘five colleagues’ who were kidnapped 18 months ago are in good health, spokesman for UN chief Antonio Guterres says. The United Nations says five staff members who were kidnapped in Yemen 18 months ago have walked free. In a brief statement on Friday, Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said all “available information suggests that all …

Saudi-led coalition releases additional Yemen war prisoners
1 year, 11 months ago

Saudi-led coalition releases additional Yemen war prisoners

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Saudi-led military coalition on Monday freed 104 more prisoners captured in Yemen’s war, a unilateral release that followed an organized prisoner swap amid renewed diplomatic efforts to halt the conflict. The International Committee of the Red Cross said it flew two flights carrying a total of 96 released detainees from Saudi Arabia’s Abha International …

Yemen rebels and government complete prisoner exchange
1 year, 11 months ago

Yemen rebels and government complete prisoner exchange

Al Jazeera  

Scores of prisoners have been freed on the last of a three-day exchange of nearly 900 detainees. Yemeni rebels and government forces have freed scores of prisoners, including a woman, on the last of a three-day exchange of more than 800 detainees, boosting hopes of ending their protracted war. “She was freed in exchange for the release of journalists held …

Hundreds of Houthi prisoners, 16 Saudis freed on day two of swap
1 year, 11 months ago

Hundreds of Houthi prisoners, 16 Saudis freed on day two of swap

Al Jazeera  

Houthi rebels free 16 Saudis, three Sudanese as Riyadh also releases hundreds of Yemeni prisoners on second day of detainee exchange. Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni Houthi rebels have freed hundreds of prisoners of war as part of a multi-day exchange amid concerted efforts to end Yemen’s eight-year-old war, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross. Saturday’s first …

Red Cross: Yemen rebels, Saudi coalition begin prisoner swap
1 year, 11 months ago

Red Cross: Yemen rebels, Saudi coalition begin prisoner swap

Associated Press  

SANAA, Yemen — An exchange of more than 800 prisoners linked to Yemen’s long-running war began on Friday, the International Committee for the Red Cross said. Carboni acknowledged some former prisoners needed medical care before making their flight, but “nothing out of the ordinary.” Meanwhile, prisoners released by the rebel Houthis took flights to Aden, the seat of the country’s …

Yemen rebels, Saudi coalition begin United Nations-brokered prisoner swap
1 year, 11 months ago

Yemen rebels, Saudi coalition begin United Nations-brokered prisoner swap

The Hindu  

An exchange of more than 800 prisoners from Yemen's war held by the Houthi rebels and the Saudi-led coalition battling them began on April 14, the International Committee for the Red Cross said. The three-day exchange will see flights transport prisoners between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, long held by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, said Majed Fadail, a deputy …

Yemen: Saudis free 13 Houthis as Omani officials visit Sanaa
1 year, 11 months ago

Yemen: Saudis free 13 Houthis as Omani officials visit Sanaa

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Saudi Arabia on Saturday released over a dozen war prisoners to their rivals, the Houthi rebels in Yemen, a Houthi official said. Abdul-Qader el-Murtaza, a Houthi official in charge of prisoner exchange talks in Yemen’s conflict, said 13 Houthi prisoners arrived Saturday in the capital, Sanaa. Yemen’s conflict began in 2014, when the Houthis seized Sanaa and much …

Yemeni sides say deal reached to free nearly 900 prisoners
2 years ago

Yemeni sides say deal reached to free nearly 900 prisoners

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Yemen’s warring sides said Monday they agreed to release nearly 900 prisoners of war in a U.N.-brokered deal amid international efforts to end the yearslong conflict. They were detained and sentenced to death in recent years by a Houthi-controlled court in a trial described by Amnesty International as “grossly unfair.” Fadail said the deal also includes the release …

Houthi rebels: 15 Saudis to be released in Yemen prisoner swap
2 years ago

Houthi rebels: 15 Saudis to be released in Yemen prisoner swap

Al Jazeera  

Yemeni government and Houthis say more than 800 prisoners will be exchanged in total, after UN-mediated talks. Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group said it would release 181 detainees, including 15 Saudis and three Sudanese, in exchange for 706 prisoners from the government, according to statements on Twitter by the head of the Houthis’ prisoner affairs committee Abdul Qader al-Murtada and the …

Al-Qaida suspect transferred from US prison to Saudi Arabia
2 years ago

Al-Qaida suspect transferred from US prison to Saudi Arabia

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.S. military officials said Wednesday they had returned a suspected al-Qaida operative long held at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to his home country, Saudi Arabia. Ghassan al Sharbi’s transfer was the latest aimed at emptying the Guantanamo military prison of those detainees who are no longer facing possible prosecution or who have finished their sentences …

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

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

Yemen: Houthis kidnap 'own' man for being vocal against corruption as crackdown on influencers continues
2 years, 2 months ago

Yemen: Houthis kidnap 'own' man for being vocal against corruption as crackdown on influencers continues

Firstpost  

Al-mukalla: In Yemen, Iran backed Houthis have kidnapped their own man as part of their crackdown on online influencers who are publicly condemning their corrupt practices which are allegedly leading the country towards a hunger crisis. As per reports, Mohammed Salah Al-Houthi was kidnapped by the Houthis from his home in Sanaa’s Khawlan just days after he was heard on …

Deadly al-Qaeda attack targets Yemen’s southern separatists
2 years, 6 months ago

Deadly al-Qaeda attack targets Yemen’s southern separatists

Al Jazeera  

Southern separatist forces say al-Qaeda kills 20 of its fighters, adding that six attackers were also killed in gunfight. Al-Qaeda fighters have killed at least 20 fighters aligned with Yemen’s southern separatists in an attack in the Abyan province, a southern military spokesman has said, adding that all attackers were killed. Yemen’s main southern separatist group STC, which is backed …

Saudi-led coalition sends dozens of freed prisoners to Yemen
2 years, 10 months ago

Saudi-led coalition sends dozens of freed prisoners to Yemen

Al Jazeera  

Coalition says 108 detainees were flown on Friday from Saudi Arabia to the southern Yemeni city of Aden. The Saudi-led coalition engaged in Yemen said has said it transported more than 100 freed prisoners to Yemen in coordination with the International Committee of the Red Cross in a humanitarian initiative to support a United Nations-brokered truce. The coalition said last …

Yemen: Saudi Arabia to release 163 Houthi prisoners
2 years, 11 months ago

Yemen: Saudi Arabia to release 163 Houthi prisoners

Al Jazeera  

Saudi officials say the move is aimed at solidifying a two-month truce that went into effect in early April. The Saudi Arabian-led coalition fighting in Yemen has said it would release 163 prisoners from Yemen’s Houthi rebel group who fought against the kingdom, as part of a humanitarian initiative. The coalition had already begun taking measures to release the prisoners …

‘20th Hijacker’ of 9/11 transferred from Guantanamo to psychiatric facility in Saudi Arabia
3 years ago

‘20th Hijacker’ of 9/11 transferred from Guantanamo to psychiatric facility in Saudi Arabia

The Independent  

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Saudi-led coalition says it’s probing deadly prison strike
3 years, 2 months ago

Saudi-led coalition says it’s probing deadly prison strike

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The Saud Arabia-led coalition at war in Yemen announced Thursday it is investigating an airstrike on a detention facility there that killed dozens of people. In a statement posted on Saudi Arabia’s state news portal, the coalition’s Joint Incident Assessment Team said it has been gathering information since reports first emerged of the prison being targeted on Jan. …

Yemen: Survivors slam Saudi coalition attack on detention centre
3 years, 2 months ago

Yemen: Survivors slam Saudi coalition attack on detention centre

Al Jazeera  

Yemeni detainee Mohammed Ali Salem was lucky a missile fired by warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition on the next ward caused a wave strong enough to shatter the door of his cell. At least 80 people were killed when missiles hit a detention centre in the Yemeni province of Saada, the stronghold of the Houthi group that has been at …

Saudi-led coalition denies targeting Yemen prison
3 years, 2 months ago

Saudi-led coalition denies targeting Yemen prison

The Hindu  

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen denied targeting a detention centre in Yemen’s Saada province, saying the facility hit was not a site restricted from strikes, the Saudi official news agency SPA reported on Saturday. Internet access in the Arab world’s poorest country meanwhile remained largely down as the coalition continued airstrikes on the capital of Sanaa and …

Yemeni rebels say Saudi-led airstrike on prison killed 70
3 years, 2 months ago

Yemeni rebels say Saudi-led airstrike on prison killed 70

Associated Press  

SANAA, Yemen — A Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a prison run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Friday, killing at least 70 detainees and wounding dozens, a rebel minister said. Doctors Without Borders put the number of wounded alone at “around 200.” Ahmed Mahat, MSF’s head of mission in Yemen, said they had reports of “many bodies still at the scene …

‘A war crime against humanity’: Yemen rebels denounce attack
3 years, 2 months ago

‘A war crime against humanity’: Yemen rebels denounce attack

Al Jazeera  

State news agency reports coalition spokesman saying facility was not on OCHA ‘no-target list’ as calls grow for a de-escalation of violence. The Saudi-led coalition has denied reports that it bombed a prison in the northern Yemeni city of Saada, as the United Nations condemned the deadly coalition air strikes in the country. An official from Yemen’s Houthi rebel group …

Death toll from Yemen prison airstrike climbs to 82, rebels and an aid group say
3 years, 2 months ago

Death toll from Yemen prison airstrike climbs to 82, rebels and an aid group say

LA Times  

A man is rescued early Friday after Saudi-led airstrikes targeted a site in the contested city of Hodeida, Yemen, in a photo provided by Ansar Allah Media Office. A Saudi-led airstrike targeting a prison run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed and wounded detainees Friday, rescuers said. The death toll from a Saudi-led coalition airstrike that hit a prison run by …

Dozens killed in Saudi-led coalition air raid on Yemen prison
3 years, 2 months ago

Dozens killed in Saudi-led coalition air raid on Yemen prison

Al Jazeera  

At least 70 people killed in air raid on prison in northern city of Saada, and dozens of others wounded. Dozens of people have been killed in an air raid on a prison in northern Yemen, a Houthi official and medical charity Doctors Without Borders have said, after a night of deadly bombing underlined a dramatic escalation in violence in …

Saudi-led airstrikes on rebel-run prison kills 70 in Yemen
3 years, 2 months ago

Saudi-led airstrikes on rebel-run prison kills 70 in Yemen

India TV News  

The health minister in the rebel government set up by Yemen's Houthi rebels says the airstrike on a rebel-run detention facility in the country's north early on Friday killed at least 70 detainees. The minister, told The Associated Press in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, also held by the rebels, that he expects the number of those killed to rise since …

Several killed in Saudi Arabia, Yemen in coalition, rebel attacks
3 years, 3 months ago

Several killed in Saudi Arabia, Yemen in coalition, rebel attacks

Al Jazeera  

Two killed in the Saudi city of Jizan while three die in a coalition air raid in Yemen’s Ajama. Three people have been killed in Yemen in an air raid by a Riyadh-led coalition while two were killed in Saudi Arabia in a projectile attack blamed on Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Since 2014, Yemen has been racked by a civil war …

Yemen's Houthis execute 9 over senior official's killing
3 years, 6 months ago

Yemen's Houthis execute 9 over senior official's killing

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Yemen’s Houthi rebels executed on …

Yemen rebels say nine executed over political leader’s killing
3 years, 6 months ago

Yemen rebels say nine executed over political leader’s killing

Al Jazeera  

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and former US President Donald Trump were tried in absentia and also sentenced to death. Yemen’s Houthi movement says that authorities have executed nine men convicted of involvement in the 2018 killing of Saleh al-Sammad, then the armed group’s top civilian leader. Seven other people – including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and …

Dozens killed in Houthi attack on Yemen’s largest base
3 years, 7 months ago

Dozens killed in Houthi attack on Yemen’s largest base

Al Jazeera  

At least 30 soldiers killed and 60 wounded in rebel attacks on major military base housing Saudi-led forces. At least 30 soldiers have been killed and 60 wounded in Houthi attacks on a military base belonging to forces of the Saudi-led coalition, a spokesman for Yemen’s southern forces said. Sunday’s attack on the al-Anad military base in the government-held southern …

Houthis admit their forces caused fire at Yemen migrant centre
4 years ago

Houthis admit their forces caused fire at Yemen migrant centre

Al Jazeera  

Group says 11 security personnel detained in connection with the blaze that left at least 45 migrants dead. Yemen’s Houthi rebels have admitted their forces caused a fire that killed 45 people at a migrant centre earlier this month, saying more than a dozen soldiers and officials face punishment. Houthi security forces had responded to a protest at a Sanaa …

Yemen’s warring sides begin prisoner swap, raising hope for peace
4 years, 5 months ago

Yemen’s warring sides begin prisoner swap, raising hope for peace

Al Jazeera  

Warring factions in Yemen to exchange 1,081 prisoners under a deal struck last month, igniting peace prospects. The warring sides in Yemen’s long conflict will exchange some 1,081 prisoners on Thursday and Friday under a deal struck in Switzerland last month, a senior rebel official said. “The transaction will be executed, with God’s help, on the scheduled dates today and …

Yemen’s warring sides agree to ‘large-scale’ prisoner exchange
5 years, 1 month ago

Yemen’s warring sides agree to ‘large-scale’ prisoner exchange

Al Jazeera  

Yemen‘s warring sides have agreed to implement a major prisoner swap, the United Nations has said, in a breakthrough that came after another bout of heavy fighting, including air raids by a Saudi-UAE-led military coalition that killed dozens of civilians. The UN mission in Yemen said in a statement that both sides had decided to “immediately begin with exchanging the …

Terrorist leader in Yemen is killed in air strike after bragging to Trump about killing
5 years, 1 month ago

Terrorist leader in Yemen is killed in air strike after bragging to Trump about killing

Daily Mail  

The United States carried out an airstrike in January that killed a leader of Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen after months of tracking him, according to current and former government officials. Qassim al-Rimi, 41, was killed in the January strike but officials had been waiting to confirm the information before making public statement, the New York Times reports. Qassim al-Rimi, …

128 Houthi prisoners detained in Saudi Arabia released, flown to Yemen’s Sanna in efforts to end five-year conflict
5 years, 4 months ago

128 Houthi prisoners detained in Saudi Arabia released, flown to Yemen’s Sanna in efforts to end five-year conflict

Firstpost  

Prisoners arrived on three ICRC planes and were met inside the airport by rebel commanders and some family members Sanaa: Some 128 Houthi rebels detained in Saudi Arabia were flown to the Yemeni city of Sanaa and released on Thursday, as efforts to end the five-year conflict gain momentum. The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen said earlier this week that …

Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen rebel-run prison kill over 100
5 years, 6 months ago

Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen rebel-run prison kill over 100

Associated Press  

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni medics said on Monday they pulled dozens of bodies from the rubble of a Houthi rebel-run detention center that was hit a day earlier by Saudi-led coalition airstrikes, killing over 100 people and wounding dozens. By late Monday, Yemen’s Red Crescent said 88 bodies had been pulled from the ruins of the detention center in southwestern …

More than 100 people killed in air strike by Saudi-led military coalition on detention centre in Yemen, says ICRC
5 years, 6 months ago

More than 100 people killed in air strike by Saudi-led military coalition on detention centre in Yemen, says ICRC

Firstpost  

Fighting since 2015 has already claimed tens of thousands of lives and sparked what the United Nations calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis Sanaa: More than 100 people are believed to have been killed in an air strike by the Saudi-led military coalition on a detention centre in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Sunday. The …

Saudi-led strike hits Yemen prison, killing more than 100 people
5 years, 6 months ago

Saudi-led strike hits Yemen prison, killing more than 100 people

ABC  

Air strikes by a Saudi-led military coalition in southwest Yemen have hit a prison complex, killing scores of people, Yemen's Houthi movement and a Red Cross official said on Sunday. Key points: At least 60 bodies have already been pulled from the rubble at the detention centre Another 50 people people were injured in the strikes Residents reported that six …

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