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Yemen: Anger mounts in Aden as temperatures and power outages soar

As the summer heat scorches Yemen, authorities in the coastal city of Aden are cracking down on demonstrators protesting against the dire economic situation and near-constant power outages. With temperatures reaching record highs across Europe and the Middle East as climate change accelerates, reliable electricity supplies are needed to run fans and air conditioning units, with people seeking some relief from the heat. Aden is currently recording temperatures in the […]

today18 July 2023

International News

‘Bodies ripped to pieces’: Yemenis flee Hudaida as battle rages

Tens of thousands of Yemenis are fleeing their homes as fighting intensifies near a rebel-held western coastal province, a rights group said, warning the worst humanitarian crisis in the three-year conflict is yet to come if battles engulf urban areas. Displaced civilians in the southern city of Aden described "terrifying mortar attacks, air strikes, landmines and other dangers" amid the government-led offensive, according to an Amnesty International report published on […]

today18 May 2018

International News

UAE jet enables separatists to seize army base in Aden

A senior Yemeni official has told Al Jazeera that southern separatists, backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), seized control of a key military base in the coastal city of Aden, after a UAE fighter jet bombed the facility. The official told Al Jazeera that fighters from the Southern Resistance Forces (SRF), the armed wing of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) - a political movement demanding secession for southern Yemen […]

today31 January 2018

International News

Yemen’s Saudi-backed government, UAE-backed separatists clash in Aden

Aden's streets have emptied except for tanks and armoured vehicles as deadly clashes continue between forces loyal to Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi and the separatist Southern Transitional Council, backed by the United Arab Emirates. At least 10 people were killed and about 100 others were wounded as separatists fought government troops, local medics said, deepening a rift between forces that had been on the same side. Clashes first […]

today29 January 2018

International News

Saleh and Houthi forces clash in Sanaa

Three fighters from forces loyal to the former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh were killed in a second day of clashes with their allies from the Houthi movement in the capital Sanaa, Saleh's party said on Thursday. The two groups are fighting a Saudi-led coalition that has intervened in a 2-1/2 year Yemeni civil war with a view to restoring the internationally recognised government of President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi. […]

today1 December 2017

International News

Saudi alliance bombs Sanaa airport, blocking aid access

Yemen's Houthi rebels have accused the Saudi-led coalition of bombing the country's main international airport, destroying a navigation station that is critical to receiving already limited aid shipments. Houthi officials told Al Jazeera two air strikes targeted Sanaa's international airport in the rebel-held capital early on Tuesday, making it unusable for aid flights and further complicating humanitarian efforts into the country. "This attack is intended to cause maximum damage and […]

today15 November 2017

International News

UN aid chief decries ‘shocking’ humanitarian conditions in Yemen

UN aid chief Mark Lowcock on Saturday voiced alarm at the "shocking" humanitarian conditions in conflict-hit Yemen and called on warring parties to respect international law. Concluding a five-day mission, his first to Yemen, the UN head of humanitarian affairs and emergency relief said the war in the impoverished Arab nation should end through a political process. "I came to Yemen to better understand the deteriorating humanitarian crisis, including the […]

today29 October 2017

International News

Suicide bomber kills 30 soldiers in Yemen’s Aden

A suicide bomber has killed at least 30 Yemeni soldiers at a military base in the southern port city of Aden, a week after an attack by a local affiliate of ISIL killed dozens of troops in the city. Military officials and medics told the AFP news agency early on Sunday that the suicide bomber detonated his explosives as a group of soldiers were gathering to collect their salaries at […]

today18 December 2016

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