Tag: Yemen
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Al-Qaeda announces death of Yemen branch leader
The leader of al-Qaeda branch in Yemen, Khalid Saeed al-Batarfi, is dead, the group announced in a video published on social media. The video, released on Sunday evening, showed al-Batarfi’s body in a shroud.
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Houthis order U.S., British nationals to leave Yemen
Yemen’s Houthi authorities have ordered the United States and British staff of the United Nations and Sanaa-based humanitarian organisations to leave the country within a month. A document and a Houthi official said on Wednesday.
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Yemen’s Houthis threaten to target Israeli ships in Red Sea
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels warned Tuesday that they would not hesitate to target any Israeli ship in the Red Sea as long as the Israeli war continues in Gaza.
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U.S., Yemeni ambassador condemn deadly attack on Aden Airport in Yemen
The U.S. and Yemeni Ambassador to Russia Ahmed Salem Al-Wahishi on Thursday strongly condemned the deadly attack on the airport of Aden in southern Yemen. On Wednesday, Aden airport was attacked as a plane carrying newly sworn-in Yemeni cabinet ministers arrived at the airport. At least 25 people were reportedly killed and 110 others have…
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Sad! 26 killed, 50 injured in Yemen airport blast
At least 26 people were killed when explosions rocked Yemen’s Aden airport moments after a new unity government flew in, in what some officials charged was a “cowardly” attack by Iran-backed Huthi rebels. Although all government ministers were reported to be unharmed in Wednesday’s attack, more than 50 people were wounded, medical and government sources…
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Trump confirms US killing of Al Qaeda chief in Yemen
The White House announced on Thursday, that US counterterrorism operation in Yemen had killed Qassim al-Rimi, the head of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the first official confirmation since a drone attack on 25 January. “At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, the United States conducted a counterterrorism operation in Yemen that successfully…
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Yemen’s Houthi drones strike government military parade, several killed
Houthi drones on Thursday attacked a Yemeni government military parade in Lahaj province, killing several people, Saudi and Houthi media reported. The parade was taking place inside a military base in al-Anad district when a loud explosion rocked the area, eyewitnesses said. High-ranked officials including Yemen’s deputy chief of staff were wounded in…
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Official: Saudi-led strikes kill 20 at wedding party in Yemen
At least 20 people have been killed and 40 others wounded in Saudi-led airstrikes that hit a wedding party in northern Yemen, a Yemeni health official said on Monday. The number of known casualties from Sunday’s airstrikes is likely to increase as rescue operations continue, a spokesman for the Houthi-controlled Health Ministry, Abdel-Karim al-Kahlani, told…