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Yemeni Chief of Staff Accuses Houthis of Rejecting Peace, Pursuing Iran’s Interests

Chief of General Staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces Lieutenant General Sagheer bin Aziz stressed on Thursday that the Iran-backed Houthi militias will not agree to peace because they are bound to fulfilling Iran’s destructive agenda in the region. The Yemeni official met his Saudi counterpart Fayyadh bin Hamed Al…

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SDRPY Signs Agreement to Develop Education in Yemen

The Saudi Program for the Development and Reconstruction of Yemen (SDRPY) signed on Thursday an agreement to implement the International Professional Teaching Certificates (IPTC) project with King Saud University, represented by the King Abdullah Institute for Research and Consulting Studies. The agreement aims to unify efforts and facilitate the implementation…

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Yemen Presidential Council: Iran Involved in Dhaba Port Attacks

Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) accused on Thursday Iran of being involved in the recent attacks on oil ports in the Hadramawt and Shabwa provinces. It revealed that the debris of the drones used in the attacks match aircraft manufactured by Iran. The Iran-backed Houthi militias had in the past…

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Saudi Commander of Joint Forces Receives Yemeni Chief of General Staff

Saudi Commander of the Joint Forces and Deputy Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Mutlaq bin Salem Al-Azima received in Riyadh on Thursday Chief of the General Staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces Lieutenant General Sagheer Hammoud Aziz, reported the Saudi Press Agency. The officials reviewed issues of common…

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Yemenis divided over support for Saudi Arabia after World Cup win

Several leaders of the Houthi rebels initially congratulated the Saudi team, before retracting their comments.

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US, Saudi Arabia Urge UNSC to Take ‘Decisive Position’ on Houthis

The UN special envoy for Yemen said he is not only trying to renew and expand the truce that expired last month but to get the warring parties to initiate talks on a path toward a settlement of the eight-year conflict. Hans Grundberg’s appeal for talks coincided with the US…

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Yemeni FM: Houthi Officials Involved in Crimes Blacklisted...Peace Is Their Enemy

The Yemeni government is preparing to blacklist several Houthi leaders and entities in implementation of its decision to classify the Iran-backed militia as a terrorist group. Houthi government, military, and political officials, alongside any individual who has been proven to be involved in crimes, wars, or crimes that violate international…

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Yemen Calls for Collective International Action to Deter Houthi Terrorism

The Yemeni government urged the international community to take collective action to deter the Houthi militia terrorism, saying condemnation statements shouldn't be enough. This came following a Houthi attack using drone against an oil terminal in eastern Yemen. The attack targeted Al Dabba oil terminal, near the port city of…

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UN envoy seeking renewed truce and path to peace in Yemen

The U.N. special envoy for Yemen says he's not only trying to renew the truce that expired last month but also to get the warring parties to initiate talks on a path toward a settlement of the eight-year conflict

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia Slams Houthis for Continued Attacks on Yemen’s Civilian, Economic Locations

Saudi Arabia condemned on Tuesday the Iran-backed Houthi militias for their continued attacks on civilian and economic locations in Yemen. The Foreign Ministry slammed the Houthis for also targeting global energy and marine trade routes. Such practices confirm the Houthis’ ongoing approach in increasing the suffering of the Yemeni people…

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In war-torn states hurt by climate, scant hope for new funds

For conflict-ravaged nations, climate change is an added disaster

The Independent UK

Yemen's Houthis attack al-Dhabba oil terminal, force ship to leave

Yemen's Houthis attacked al-Dhabba oil terminal in Hadhramaut province on Monday, the group and Yemen's internationally recognised government said.

Reuters

Yemeni Official to Asharq Al-Awsat: Fate of FSO Safer to Be Determined after Unloading

The head of the Yemeni maritime authority has ruled out a new dispute arising and hindering the process of unloading the FSO Safer, a derelict oil tanker moored off the coast of Yemen. The government and Iran-backed Houthi militias will later agree on the fate of the tanker after unloading…

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Yemen FM Says Houthi Practices Are a Threat to Int’l Security

Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa called for continuing the joint work aimed at reinforcing international and regional security and stability. He received the British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on the sidelines of the 18th edition of the IISS Manama Dialogue. Prince Salman noted that Bahrain remains a…

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World Bank Officials: Cooperation in the Region Targets Development, Climate Protection

World Bank officials stressed that climate challenges in the Middle East included water scarcity, food shortage, and energy security, noting that the Saudi Green Initiative was an example to follow in order to address these threats. Asharq Al-Awsat interviewed Paul Noumba Um, the Regional Director of the World Bank’s Infrastructure…

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Saudi Arabia Always Pursues Political Solution in Yemen in Spite of Wrong Interpretations

Observers of the situation in Yemen find that Riyadh has used diplomacy to reach a solution to the war-torn country’s crisis and end the coup of the Iran-backed Houthi militias. Saudi Arabia has remained committed to its allies in Yemen. It has not abandoned them, making it difficult for the…

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Yemeni Army Accuses Militias of Testing Anti-Ship Missile

The Yemeni army accused the Houthi militia of testing an anti-ship missile launched from Sanaa, which landed in the Red Sea waters off Hodeidah. The army spokesman, Brigadier General Abdo Majali, announced that the Houthis conducted an anti-ship missile test from the Nehm district, which landed west of Hodeidah in…

The Independent UK

Billionaire’s murder-accused son ‘living as fugitive in Yemen’

New picture of Farouk Abdulhak released as part of documentary

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Murder-accused son of billionaire ‘leading isolated life in Yemen’

A new picture of Farouk Abdulhak, the suspect in the 2008 murder of a Norwegian student in London, has been released as part of a TV documentary.

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Alimi Warns Against Houthi Escalation, Says it Sabotages Peace Efforts

The President of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), Rashad al-Alimi, warned that the Houthi terrorist attacks on oil export ports and vital economic structures would undermine peace efforts, stressing that the legitimate government reserves the right to respond to these attacks. Alimi and council member Faraj al-Bahssani met with…

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Yemen's Ibb Suffers from Bread Shortage

Residents in Ibb governorate, southwest Yemen, suffer from bread shortage after the Houthi militia shut down 18 bakeries to blackmail their owners. Local sources in Ibb reported that militia targeted, since last Wednesday, bakeries in at least three districts, claiming that they violated measures, prices, and instructions. The sources told…

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US Navy Intercepts 'Massive' Shipment of Explosive Material Bound for Houthis

The US Navy's Fifth Fleet said on Tuesday it had intercepted a fishing vessel smuggling "massive" amounts of explosive material while transiting from Iran along a route in the Gulf of Oman that has been used to traffic weapons to Yemen's Houthi group. US forces found over 70 ton of…

Reuters

U.S. Navy intercepts 'massive' shipment of explosive material in Gulf of Oman

The U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet said on Tuesday it had intercepted a fishing vessel smuggling "massive" amounts of explosive material while transiting from Iran along a route in the Gulf of Oman that has been used to traffic weapons to Yemen's Houthi group.

The Independent UK

US Navy: 70 tons of missile fuel from Iran to Yemen seized

The U.S. Navy says it found 70 tons of a missile fuel component hidden among bags of fertilizer aboard a ship bound to Yemen from Iran, the first-such seizure in that country’s yearslong war as a cease-fire there has broken down

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Iranian Narcotics… Another Facet of Houthis’ War against Yemenis

Six weeks after the US Navy intercepted an Iranian drug smuggling ship off the coast of Oman, the Yemeni Navy seized another Iranian vessel loaded with narcotics off the coast of Socotra Island. The shipment is believed to have been bound for Houthi militias in Yemen. Similar arrests this year…

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