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A front-line city in Yemen is desperate for change after nearly a decade of civil war

Nearly a decade of civil war has destroyed millions of Yemeni lives, but perhaps nowhere has it been felt more than in the neighborhoods in Taiz that are closest to the fighting.

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Yemen prisoner exchange talks wrap with focus on political figure

The Yemeni government had threatened to abandon the UN-sponsored talks if Qahtan’s case continued to be dismissed.

Al Jazeera

Yemenis embark on first direct flight to Saudi Arabia since 2016

The flight carried Yemeni Muslims heading to Hajj and signals easing tensions between the two countries.

Al Jazeera

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Antrim company Fast Engineering helps UN prevent environmental disaster in Red Sea

The companies containment units are in position to capture potential oil spills from a super tanker held hostage off the coast of Yemen

Birmingham Post

UN says insurance coverage secured to salvage rusting oil tanker off Yemen

The United Nations Development Program says it's secured an insurance coverage to start a ship-to-ship transfer of 1.1 million barrels of crude from a rusting tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen — oil that could cause a major environmental disaster

The Independent UK

Quiet reconciliation: Are US-Saudi relations out of the rough?

Are the United States and Saudi Arabia quietly drawing closer? It’s been nearly a year since we were in Jeddah covering that frosty fist bump between Joe Biden and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Critics had been quick to evoke memories of 9/11, the brutal war in Yemen and the…

France 24

Saudi-Iranian ties: A history of ups and downs

Iran reopened its embassy in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Tuesday, Saudi media reported, months after the two regional rivals agreed to end years of antagonism under a Chinese-brokered deal.

Reuters

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Campaign group loses legal fight with Government over arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Campaign Against Arms Trade was challenging the lawfulness of a decision to continue licensing arms exports for ‘possible use’ in a war in Yemen.

The Independent UK

Yemeni activist who revealed Houthi sexual abuses ‘detained by Saudi Arabia’

Samira al-Houri disappeared after allegations that claims of female prisoners being raped were embellished

The Guardian - UK

Italy ends Yemen-linked embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Italy has lifted an embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia, the government said in a statement following a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

Reuters

Operation to empty Yemen Safer oil tanker set to begin, UN says

Operations to salvage 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker moored off Yemen's coast will soon begin after a technical support ship arrived on site on Tuesday, the United Nations said.

Reuters

Yemen: beauty on the edge of war – photo essay

The photographs of Mattia Velati tell a story of Yemen under the internationally recognised government and the different militias and tribes that control the southern part of the country in the civil war against Houthi forces that has ravaged the country since the end of 2014

The Guardian - UK

UK arms sales reach record £8.5bn as global tensions escalate

More than half of weapons exports were for repressive regimes such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia, as sales doubled last year

The Guardian - UK

The uncounted: how millions died unseen in America’s post-9/11 wars

A new report puts the loss of life from Afghanistan to Yemen at 4.5 million – the bulk of them poor women and children who are victims of economic collapse and continuing trauma

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Bashar al-Assad tells Arab League he hopes his return marks new era of peace

Assad is attending summit in Saudi Arabia after 12 years outside bloc over Syrian civil war

Al Jazeera

War-torn MENA nations missing out on much-needed climate funds

Iraq, Syria and Yemen in need of greater help to deal with intensifying climate change effects, aid groups warn.

Reuters

Iran still smuggling weapons, narcotics to Yemen, U.S. envoy says

Iran has continued supplying weapons and drugs that fuel the Yemen war despite its agreement to restore diplomatic ties with Saudi Arabia, U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking said on Thursday.

France 24

From pariah to peacemaker? New chapter for Mohammed bin Salman's Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's crown prince is mending fences with Syria and Iran, soothing rivalries with Gulf rivals and now welcoming the Biden administration's point man on security to Jeddah. Ten months after that frosty fist bump with the US president, Mohammed bin Salman is talking peace-brokering in Sudan and a winding…

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The Guardian - UK

Saudi-Iranian detente is fragile but potential for the Middle East is huge

Should rapprochement solidify it could augur well for Yemen, Lebanon and Syria – and spell disaster for Israel

Reuters

Top Biden aide discusses Yemen peace efforts with Saudi crown prince

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a visit to the kingdom on Sunday and reviewed what the White House called "significant progress" in Yemen peace efforts, the White House said.

The Conversation

Can China broker peace in Yemen – and further Beijing's Middle East strategy in the process?

After nearly a decade of grinding conflict, Yemen looks to be inching toward a peace deal.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Bahsani: Yemen’s Presidential Council will Seek to Achieve Stability in North, South

Major General Faraj Salmin al-Bahsani, member of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, confirmed that the council will lead the stage in the North and the South towards stability, calling for placing the national project above any other considerations. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Bahsani noted that a draft roadmap…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Conference Seeks Final Funds for Yemen Safer Oil Tanker Operation

The United Nations on Thursday aims to raise the final $29 million needed to start salvaging 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying vessel moored off war-torn Yemen's coast and avert an environmental disaster. UN officials have been warning for years that the Red Sea and Yemen's coastline was…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Envoy Meets Alimi in Aden After 'Constructive Discussions' with Houthis

The UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, outlined the Yemeni agreement he sought to conclude after holding "frank, detailed, and constructive" discussions with the Houthis in Sanaa. The UN envoy arrived in Sanaa Monday within the international efforts to support the Saudi and Omani mediation to achieve lasting peace in…

Reuters

UN fails to raise enough money for Yemen oil tanker operation

The United Nations on Thursday fell far short of raising the money it needs for an operation to salvage 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying vessel moored off Yemen's coast and avert an environmental disaster.

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