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By Shukri Hussein SANA’A, Yemen (AA): Yemen’s Ansar Allah [Houthi] announced a new prisoner swap agreement Sunday with the Yemeni government. This came shortly after the two rivals completed the exchange of nearly 900 prisoners. “An upcoming deal will include the release of 700 captives in exchange for 700 prisoners from the other side,” Abdul-Qader […]

31st Oct 2021

Yemen: 12 killed in explosion near Aden airport

By Mehmet Nuri Ucar ADEN, Yemen (AA):- At least 10 people were killed and 20 others injured in a car bomb blast near the airport in Yemen’s southern Aden city on Saturday, according to the information ministry. Airport spokesman Adel Hamran told Anadolu Agency that the bomb-laden vehicle exploded at the entrance of the […]

15th Jan 2021

UN urges US to drop Houthi terrorist designation

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): The UN urged the Trump administration on Thursday to reverse its decision to label Yemen’s Houthi [Ansar Allah] rebels as a terror group, warning the move could exacerbate the country’s dire humanitarian crisis. The UN’s aid chief Mark Lowcok told the Security Council the decision will push the impoverished nation […]

28th Dec 2020

Yemen’s new government faces major challenges ahead

By Mohammed Alragawi SANA’A (AA): A power-sharing government was announced in war-torn Yemen this month, containing 24 ministers including representatives of the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC), which is backed by the UAE. While the formation of the new government came in accordance with the terms of the Riyadh Agreement that was jointly signed between […]

25th Sep 2019

Yemen: 16 civilians, incl 7 children killed in Saudi-led attacks

By Mohamed al-Samei SANA’A (AA): At least 16 civilians, including seven children, were killed in Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in central Yemen on Tuesday, according to the Houthi rebel group. In a statement, rebel spokesman Yahya Sarei said two airstrikes targeted a house in Daelh, central province of Ad-Dali. “Seven children and four women were […]

31st Jan 2019

Yemen: 6,700 children killed, injured, 358,000 suffer severe malnutrition

By Mohammed al-Samei ADEN, Yemen (AA): Thousands of children have been killed and injured in war-torn conflict since 2015, UN children’s fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. “Over 6,700 children [were] verified killed or injured since 2015,” UNICEF said on Twitter. It said nearly 358,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition require immediate treatment, going […]

3rd Aug 2018

Yemen: 56 civilians killed, 90 injured by Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Hodeidah

(The Muslim News): At least 56 civilians have been killed and 90 injured in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah in air bombings carried out by Saudi and UAE-led coalition Thursday according local media. Many casualties include children and young boys street vendors. The strikes on Thursday, which fell close to the city’s main hospital, […]

8th Aug 2017

Yemen: More than 200 children killed in 2017

By Ali Oweida MAARIB, Yemen (AA): More than 200 children have been killed in war-battered Yemen this year, a UN official said Monday. “In 2017, 201 children killed in Yemen: 152 boys and 49 girls,” Meritxell Relano, UNICEF Resident Representative in Yemen, said on Twitter. She said 347 Yemeni children were maimed, including 113 […]

12th Nov 2016

Yemen: Houthis claim to seize villages in Saudi Arabia

By Zakaria al-Kamaali SANA’A (AA): Yemen’s Shia Muslim Ansar Allah [Houthi] movement claim to have seized several villages in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern Jizan province, the Houthi-run SABA news agency has reported. SABA quoted a military source as saying late Thursday that Houthi militiamen had taken control of the villages of Al-Kars and Al-Dafiniya — […]

1st Nov 2016

Yemen: UN envoy unveils details of peace plan

By Zakaria Al Kamali SANA’A, (AA): The UN Special Envoy for Yemen on Monday released details of a proposed “roadmap” to resolve the two-year conflict. In a briefing by Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed before a UN Security Council meeting, the envoy said the peace plan envisaged a new vice-president for Yemen and a national […]

23rd Aug 2016

Yemen: Fighting kills dozens in Taiz

By Murad al-Arifi SANAA (AA): At least 46 people were killed in deadly clashes Monday between pro-government forces and Ansar Allah group (Houthis) in Yemen’s central Taiz province. Battles broke out in western Taiz, in which 25 Houthis and allied forces of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh were killed, the pro-government forces said in […]

30th Jul 2016

Yemen: 8 killed, 17 injured in battles

By Murad al-Arifi TAIZ, (AA): Eight people were killed and 17 injured Friday in a bomb attack and clashes between Ansar Allah [Houthi] movement and pro-government forces in Yemen, local sources told Anadolu Agency. Three civilians were killed and four others injured when an improvised bomb was detonated near a market place in the […]

21st Mar 2016

Yemen: Ansar Allah [Houthis] ready to hold talks with govt

By Mohamed al-Samei SANA’A (AA): Yemen’s Shia Zaydi Muslim Ansar Allah [Houthi] group is prepared to engage in a fresh round of talks with the Yemeni government with a view to ending the country’s two-year-old conflict, Yemeni sources have said. “The Houthis have told [UN envoy Esmail] Ould Shaikh that they have agreed to […]

4th Jan 2016

Yemen: Saudi-led coalition bomb various cities

SANAA, (AA): Saudi-led coalition warplanes have stepped up attacks on positions held by Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Saleh and Shia Muslim Houthi group following the termination of a two-week humanitarian cease-fire. Coalition warplanes on Saturday night and early Sunday morning reportedly struck a number of Houthi targets north of capital Sanaa, where local residents reported […]

23rd Dec 2015

Yemen: Arab coalition blamed for most attacks on civilians

NEW YORK (AA) – A “disproportionate amount” of attacks on civilian areas in Yemen appears to have been carried out by the Saudi-led coalition, the UN human rights chief said Tuesday. Speaking at the UN Security Council’s first public meeting on Yemen since the Saudi-led coalition begain its airstrikes in March, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein voiced “extreme concern” about the […]

28th Oct 2015

Yemen: Saudi-led coalition airstrikes hit hospital

Human Rights Watch: The airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition on a hospital in northern Yemen supported by Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontiers, MSF) on October 26, 2015, was in apparent violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said today. The attack with a half-dozen bombs destroyed Haydan Hospital, the only medical facility […]

30th Aug 2015

Yemen: After losses, Houthis make gains in Taiz

TAIZ, (AA): Following a number of recent reverses, the Shia Houthi militant group has reportedly managed to capture a number of strategic positions from forces loyal to president-in-exile Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi in and around Yemen’s southwestern city of Taiz. The Houthis have succeeded in taking Al-Salih Gardens in Taiz, along with areas of the […]

18th Jul 2015

Yemen: Exclusive: 120-year-old Shi’a Muslim mosque bombed by Saudi airforce

By Abdullah Crater Aden, (The Muslim News): According to sources in Crater Aden in the District of Aden Governorate, few days ago, Saudi led air force bombed 120-year-old Shi’a Muslim mosque in the city. No one was killed or injured. However, the mosque was heavily damaged. The Masjid al-Husayn belongs to the Khoja Shi’a Ithna’ashari Muslims whose ancestors […]

21st Jun 2015

Yemen: Car bomb hits mosque in Sana’a, 3 killed

SANA’A, (Xinhua): A mosque controlled by the Shiite Houthi group in Yemen’s capital Sanaa was hit by a car bomb on Saturday, killing at least three people, a security official told Xinhua. “At least three people were confirmed killed and seven others wounded in the car bombing attack that targeted al-Kubbah al-Khadra mosque,” Colonel […]

6th Jun 2015

Yemen: Houthis & exiled President to attend UN-brokered peace talks

[Saudi Airforce] Houthi Shiite rebels and Yemen’s exiled government have agreed to attend UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva later this month. The UN has described the humanitarian situation in Yemen as “catastrophic.” The talks are aimed at ending weeks of fighting that have cost more 2,300 lives since mid-March. A Saudi-led coalition has been […]

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