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The Saudi-led coalition battling Iran-supported Houthi rebels said Tuesday it would cease military operations in Yemen today March 30 to help peace efforts by the UN and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). This, Arab News reports citing the coalition, comes in Read more
Iran has posted in Sanaa held by Houthi rebels its new ambassador five years after the last envoy departed. Foreign ministry spokesman Said Khatibzadeh Saturday told Fars news agency that the new diplomat, Hassan Eyrlou had arrived in the Yemeni Read more
Yemeni Houthi rebels have released US citizens held in their custodies following mediation by Oman, reports say. “Under the directions of Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, the relevant authorities in the Sultanate contacted authorities in Sanaa which agreed to release the Read more
A group of UN independent human rights experts have called for the immediate release of 24 people, mostly from Baha’i minority, who have been held by the de-facto authorities in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, since the middle of last month. Read more
The relentless conflict in Yemen has pushed a nation already on the brink “deep into the abyss,” said the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) chief, after returning this week from a four-day visit to the war-torn country. “Social services are Read more
The Emirati city of Dubai has topped US-based consulting firm Mercer’s survey for Quality of Life in the Middle East as it ranks 74th globally over 231 cities studied. Mercer is a top global human resource agency and is consulted Read more
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen will offer $1.5 billion in humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged country in coordination with the UN. A further $2 billion will be granted by the Saudis to the Yemeni central bank to avert a currency Read more
President Emmanuel Macron of France has called Saudi Arabia to ‘entirely’ lift the air and sea blockade its coalition has imposed on Yemen and which has worsened the humanitarian situation in the country devastated by more than two years of Read more
President Mansour Hadi Monday called on forces aligned with former President Ali Abdallah Saleh to join his troops to forge alliance in order to ouster Houthi rebels, who killed Saleh. “Yemen is passing through a decisive turning point that needs Read more
The Saudi-led coalition stopped a UN flight to fly from Djibouti to Sana’a, Yemen, because of security concerns. The flight was to carry an aid agency staff to the rebel-controlled city and also had three journalists from the BBC onboard. Read more