YEMEN CONFLICT
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Conflicts & War
Saudi Arabia frees additional Yemeni detainees after huge POW swap
Sana’a, Apr 17 (EFE).- Saudi Arabia on Monday released 104 prisoners of war to Yemen in a unilateral operation that…
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Conflicts & War
Scores released as Yemen prisoner exchange continues
Sana’a, Apr 16 (EFE).- About 200 people have been flown home as Yemen’s warring factions swapped prisoners on Sunday on…
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Conflicts & War
Houthis, Saudis to negotiate more before a possible Yemen peace pact
Cairo, Apr 14 (EFE).- The Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi negotiators have agreed to have another round of talks before…
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels hold mass wedding for hundreds in Sanaa
Sanaa, Oct 31 (EFE).- Hundreds of couples tied the knot during an annual mass wedding arranged by Yemen’s Houthi rebel…
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Disasters & Accidents
UN to begin salvage work on rusting oil tanker off Yemen
Cairo, Sep 22 (EFE).- The United Nations Wednesday said it raised more than $77 million in donations to begin the…
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Conflicts & War
Yemen’s warring sides agree to renew truce, UN says
Sana’a, Jun 2 (EFE).- The warring sides in Yemen’s conflict have agreed to extend a truce that was due to…
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Conflicts & War
First commercial flight in 6 years takes off from Yemen’s Sana’a
Sana’a, May 16 (EFE).- The first commercial flight from Yemen’s rebel-controlled capital Sana’a in six years took off on Monday.…
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Conflicts & War
Parties to Yemen conflict agree to 2-month truce
Sanaa, Apr 1 (EFE).- The governments and factions involved in the conflict that has made Yemen the scene of the…
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Yemeni rebels strike Saudi oil industry for 2nd time in 6 days
Riyadh/Sanaa, Mar 25 (EFE).- Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for an attack Friday on an oil facility near Jeddah, Saudi…
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Conflicts & War
16,000 Yemenis displaced by fighting so far this year, UN says
Al-Jarahi, Yemen, Feb 14 (EFE).- More than 2,500 Yemeni households, an estimated 16,000 people, were displaced by conflict between Houthi…
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