Tag: Houthi rebels

War within Yemen

The ferment in Yemen, that has been festering for close to four years, has deepened rather acutely with the siege of the presidential palace in Aden ~ the seat of the country’s internationally recognised government ~ by the pro-secession Southern Transitional Council (STC). It is a measure of the renewed crisis that the Prime Minister …

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February 6, 2018

46 People killed in Arab coalition bombings in Yemen

At least 46 people, including 11 civilians, were killed in the last 24 hours in bombings allegedly by the Arab coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, in western Yemen, medics said on Thursday. Coalition aircraft attacked several positions by Houthi rebels in the province of al-Hudaydah, killing 35 combatants and wounding dozens, Efe news agency reported. …

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January 5, 2018

21 killed in air strike on hotel in Yemen

At least 21 people were killed and another seven wounded on Wednesday in an air strike by the Saudi-led Arab coalition on a hotel in northern Yemen’s Sa’dah province controlled by the Houthi rebels. The attack destroyed the hotel located near a market in Suhar region, Efe news reported. All the victims were men but …

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November 1, 2017

7 killed in airstrike in Yemen

At least seven persons, five civilians and two Houthi rebels, were killed in an airstrike allegedly carried out by the Saudi Arabia-led Arab coalition against a checkpoint near the Yemeni capital, witnesses said on Wednesday. An old man living in a house about 50 meters from a checkpoint targeted in the attack said that the …

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August 30, 2017

Over 200 children killed in Yemen war in 2017: UNICEF

A top United Nations official in Yemen said on Monday that a total of 201 children have been killed in the Yemeni ongoing civil war since the beginning of 2017. "In 2017, 201 children have been killed in Yemen: 152 boys and 49 girls," UNICEF resident representative in Yemen Meritxell Relano said in her twitter …

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August 8, 2017

Houthi rebels attack Saudi warship in Red Sea

Houthi rebels attacked a Saudi warship in the Red Sea, killing two sailors and injuring three others, a US official told Fox News. The warship, Al Madinah, was conducting routine operations on Monday when the attack occurred. However, it was unknown if the ship was hit by a missile or by suicide attack after being …

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January 31, 2017