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Yemen’s warring sides complete largest prisoner swap in 5 years

Yemen’s warring parties have completed the largest prisoner-swap in the country’s five-year war, with rebels releasing fighters affiliated with influential pro-government armed groups. More than 1,000 people were released and transported to their homes over the two-day exchange – completed on Friday – between the Iran-backed Houthi rebels and the Saudi-backed government in Yemen. The Houthis said 671 prisoners arrived in the capital Sanaa during the process. The swap has […]

today17 October 2020

International News

Saudis torture and ‘disappear’ civilians in Yemen, claims HRW

Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report today highlighting abuses by Saudi Arabia and the forces it supports in the ongoing conflict in Yemen, specifically in the eastern province of Al-Mahrah, which shares a border with Oman. The report, released a day before the fifth-anniversary of the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen, traces the serious abuses since June last year, including arbitrary arrests, torture, enforced disappearances and the illegal transfer […]

today26 March 2020

International News

Saudi-led coalition air raids ‘kill 10 women’ in Yemen

At least eight women and two girls heading home from a wedding have been killed in an air attack in central-west Yemen, a health official has told Al Jazeera. Saba news agency, aligned with Yemen's Houthi group, cited a security source as saying that the women's vehicle was struck by three Saudi-led coalition air raids late on Saturday. The attack reportedly took place at around 11pm local time (20:00 GMT) […]

today18 December 2017

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

Heavy rains trigger deadly floods in Yemen

At least 15 people have died in parts of central and southern Yemen after heavy summer rains triggered flash flooding, sweeping away dozens of cars and wrecking homes in the crisis-hit country, according to local officials and residents. Torrential rains destroyed several homes in Jibla, some 6km from the central city of Ibb, with at least five people confirmed dead and several others still unaccounted for, Anadolu news agency reported […]

today31 August 2017

International News

Saudi-led coalition calls on UN to run Yemen airport in Sanaa

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen asked the UN to take control of the country's main airport in the capital Sanaa, which is held by their Houthi-rebel enemies, state news agency SPA reported. In a Thursday statement titled "Official Coalition Spokesman Asks UN to run Sanaa International Airport," Spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki said the alliance may allow Sanaa flights to resume. "Should airport management and security be conducted properly, ensuring […]

today11 August 2017

International News

‘More than 200 cholera cases’ in Sanaa

More than 200 cholera cases have been reported in Yemen's capital Sanaa as contaminated water and poor sanitation lead to a sharp rise in the transmission of the deadly disease. Cholera is one of several risks to civilians, but a rapid advance of the disease would add a new dimension to an unfolding humanitarian disaster. "In the last few days we've received more than 200 patients with cholera," a nurse […]

today7 May 2017

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