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Yemen's warring parties agree to Hodeida cease-fire at U.N. talks
Yemen's warring parties on Thursday agreed to a cease-fire on a vital port in a series of breakthroughs in U.N.-brokered peace talks that could mark a major turning point after four years of devastating conflict. If implemented, the deal on the Hodeida port, a key ...
50 wounded Houthi rebels evacuated to Oman ahead of Yemen peace talks as U.N. envoy visits
The U.N.'s Yemen envoy visited rebel-held Sanaa on Monday as wounded insurgents were flown out of the capital for medical treatment, a key step towards bringing warring parties to the negotiating table in Sweden. A U.N. source said efforts were being made to reopen Sanaa ...
Sanaa water supplies sterilized as world's worst cholera outbreak surges
Authorities in the Houthi-held Yemeni capital Sanaa are sterilizing water supplies at wells, distribution networks and houses to help stem the world's worst outbreak of cholera. Nearly four years of war between a Saudi-led coalition and the Iranian-aligned Houthi group have crippled health care and ...
U.S. touts new evidence of Iranian weaponry in Yemen and Afghanistan
The United States on Thursday displayed pieces of what it said were Iranian weapons deployed to militants in Yemen and Afghanistan, a tactic by President Donald Trump's administration to pressure Tehran to curb its regional activities. The second presentation of Iranian weapons by the Pentagon, ...
Over 80,000 Yemeni children may have died from hunger, aid group says
An estimated 85,000 children under five may have died from extreme hunger in Yemen since a Saudi-led coalition intervened in the civil war in 2015, an aid agency said on Wednesday, as the U.N. special envoy arrived in Yemen to pursue peace talks. Western countries ...
Fierce fighting resumes in Yemen's Hodeida after Houthis say they're open to truce
Intense fighting broke out in Yemen's port city of Hodeida late on Monday, shattering a lull in violence that had raised hopes for a ceasefire between a Saudi-led coalition and Houthi insurgents as the United Nations tried to resume peace talks. Coalition warplanes conducted more ...
Yemen's Houthis halt missile attacks on Saudi coalition after foes put brakes on offensive
Yemen's Houthi movement said on Monday it was halting drone and missile attacks on Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and their Yemeni allies, responding to a demand from the United Nations. International pressure has mounted on Yemen's warring parties to end the war that ...
At least 150 killed in battle for Yemen's Hodeida as global alarm grows
At least 150 people have been killed in 24 hours of clashes in the Yemeni port city of Hodeida, medics said Monday, as Britain's top diplomat visited Riyadh seeking to boost international calls for a cease-fire. Government loyalists supported by a Saudi-led coalition are fighting ...
Backed by Saudi air support, Yemen troops advance deeper into Houthi rebel-held Hodeida
Yemeni pro-government forces backed by Saudi-led coalition warplanes advanced inside rebel-held Hodeida Thursday, leaving hundreds of thousands of civilians bracing for fighting in the streets of the Red Sea port city. After a week of intense battles with the Iran-backed Houthi insurgents on the outskirts ...
Airstrike kills at least 10 civilians in Yemen's Hodeida, medics and residents say
At least 10 people were killed on Wednesday in an airstrike that hit a group of farmers in a vegetable market in Yemen's Hodeida province, medical workers and residents said. A Saudi-led coalition that intervened in Yemen's war in 2015 has conducted frequent airstrikes targeting ...
Saudi-led coalition to open humanitarian corridors from Yemen's besieged port of Hodeida
A Saudi-led military alliance fighting in Yemen said Monday it would open humanitarian corridors between two key rebel strongholds — the Red Sea city of Hodeida and the capital Sanaa — in coordination with the U.N. "The coalition is working with (U.N. humanitarian agency) OCHA ...
