Yemen

Yemenis hit Saudi base with Katyusha rockets in retaliatory attack

SANA: (Web Desk)- Yemeni forces backed by Ansarullah fighters have launched a volley of Katyusha rockets at a Saudi National Guard base in the kingdom’s southern Jizan region. The Wednesday retaliatory attack followed a Yemeni missile strike on a separate base in the region. According to reports, a Saudi tank …

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UN chief concerned over Saudi killing of Yemeni children

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern about the number of fatalities among Yemeni children as a result of Saudi Arabia’s deadly military aggression against the impoverished country. “I still have very strong concerns about the protection of Yemeni children. They must always come first,” Ban told the …

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7 Saudi Soldiers Killed by Yemeni Snipers at Border

SANA: (Web Desk)- Yemen’s Ansarullah movement announced that army snipers have killed 7 Saudi military men at the two countries’ common borders. “The army’s sniper units killed 5 Saudi forces in Jabal al-Dokhan and 2 others in al-Ibadiya and al-Moanaq districts in Southern Saudi Arabia,” a military source of Ansarullah …

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Suicide bombers attack Yemeni army checkpoints, killing 10

Two suicide bombers tried to ram vehicles laden with explosives through two Yemeni military checkpoints near the government-held port city of Mukalla on Monday, killing at least 10 people, the army and medics said. Al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch claimed responsibility for the attacks near the capital of Hadramout province on …

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U.N.-backed Yemen peace talks resume in Kuwait

United Nations-sponsored talks to end nearly 16 months of war in Yemen resumed in Kuwait on Saturday, delegates said, despite threats by representatives of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government not to attend. A shaky ceasefire that began when the talks started in April has helped slow down the fighting but clashes …

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Ansarullah Launches New Offensive to Capture Key Region in Northern Yemen

SANA: (Web Desk)- The Ansarullah forces, backed by the Yemeni Republican Guard, launched a new offensive to capture the strategic Al-Hazm region in Northern Yemen near the Saudi borders on Thursday. “If the Ansarullah forces seize Al-Hazm region in al-Jawf Province, then the pro-Hadi forces would suffer an embarrassing defeat …

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UN asks Saudi to prove prevention of Yemen child deaths

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked Saudi Arabia to provide convincing proof that could concretely back up Riyadh’s claims that its military coalition is adopting measures to prevent the killing and wounding of children in Yemen. Ban told Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir in New York on Thursday that he …

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Saudi soldier killed in landmine explosion along Yemen border

A Saudi soldier has been killed in a landmine explosion along the border with Yemen, the Saudi Interior Ministry said late Tuesday. The soldier died when a Border Guard patrol hit the landmine at about 7:00 a.m. (0400 GMT) Tuesday morning in the southwestern Saudi region of Jizan. The Saudi …

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