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Child Malnutrition at 'All Time High' in Yemen: U.N. Agency
2016-12-14
Hunger among Yemen's children has reached an "all time high", with nearly 2.2 million in need of urgent care, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF said on Monday.
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Stars and Stripes: ISIS Calls for Attacks on US Bases in Bahrain
2016-12-13
A US Army-affiliated website �Stars and Stripes� said that �the Islamic State (ISIS) has called on its followers to carry out attacks in Bahrain, including on U.S. installations, presumably including the U.S. 5th Fleet.�
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Mohammad bin Salman and Nasser bin Hamad: Who is �Iron Man�?
2016-12-10
Nasser is striving to portray himself as �a man of war� after his first two images were deformed, when he painted himself as an �athletic prince�, and was later exposed as a torturer.
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GCC Summit Ends without Declaring �Gulf Union�
2016-12-09
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders ended their 37th Summit in Manama. The closing statement did not break new ground in the �Gulf Union� file, which was heavily promoted in Gulf press during the past few days.
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Sanaa Government Accuses Hadi Government of Opening New Battlefronts
2016-12-09
Sanaa�s newly assigned Foreign Ministry accused the government of Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and the Saudi-led coalition of opening news battlefronts.
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Yemen Says U.N. Roadmap to End Conflict Sets Dangerous Precedent
2016-12-08
Yemen on Tuesday appeared to reject a U.N. plan to end its civil war, saying the roadmap would create a "dangerous international precedent" by legitimizing the rebellion against the country's internationally recognized government.
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U.S. Urges Yemen to Accept U.N.-Drafted Roadmap for Peace Talks
2016-12-08
The United States expressed disappointment on Wednesday at the Yemeni government's reaction to a U.N.-drafted roadmap to end the country's civil war and urged it to accept the proposal as a basis to begin negotiations on a peace agreement.
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Investigation Urges Coalition Apology for Yemen Hospital Attack
2016-12-08
An investigative body set up by the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Tuesday it should apologize for a deadly attack on a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital in August that the group said killed 11 people.
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Gulf Summit Kicks off stressing on Finding Solutions for Syrian and Yemeni Crises
2016-12-07
The 37th GCC summit kicked off in Manama on Tuesday (December 6, 2016), stressing on finding solutions for the Yemeni and Syrian crises.
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Coinciding with May�s Visit, UK�s Largest Warship Docks in Mina Salman Port
2016-12-07
Edwin Samuel, spokesperson for the UK government in the Middle East and North Africa, said that the largest UK military warship is now present in Bahrain�s Mina Salman Port
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Aden Security Arrests ISIS-Affiliated Assassination Cell
2016-12-07
The Security Directorate of the south Yemeni city of Aden said that the anti-terrorism unit of the City Security Department arrested an 8-member ISIS-affiliated military cell, in coordination with the Saudi-led Arab coalition forces.
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Qaeda Militants Blow up Yemen Gas Export Pipeline
2016-12-06
Al Qaeda militants blew up Yemen's only gas export pipeline on Monday, local officials said, in a further blow to a moribund but vital piece of infrastructure for an impoverished country battered by 20 months of war.
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Formation of New Houthi Government does not Help Yemen: U.N. Envoy
2016-11-30
The formation of a new government by Yemen's armed Houthi movement and its political allies will hinder peace efforts in the country, the U.N. special envoy to Yemen said on Tuesday.
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Yemen: Houthis and National Congress Form �National Salvation� Government
2016-11-29
The Houthi state news agency SABA reported that the Supreme Political Council announced the formations of a new �National Salvation� Government on Monday (November 28, 2016).
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ISIS Claims Responsibility for Assassinating Aden Airport Officer
2016-11-27
ISIS declared on its Telegram instant messaging application its responsibility for killing the Aden Airport security officer last Tuesday (November 22, 2016), in the southern Yemeni city.
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Reuters: Houthi Missile Arsenal Holds a Key to Future Yemen Peace
2016-11-24
A U.N. peace plan for Yemen seeks to deprive the country's armed Houthi movement of its missile arsenal which Yemeni security sources say includes scores and maybe even hundreds of Soviet-era ballistic missiles pointed at their foes in Saudi Arabia, Noah Browning wrote in his article for Reuters.
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Twelve Civilians Killed in Saudi-led Airstrike on Yemen
2016-11-24
Residents of Yemen said that twelve Yemeni civilians were killed by a Saudi-led air strike while riding in a pickup truck in the country's northwest early on Wednesday (November 23, 2016).
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Saudi Arabia Announces Yemen Ceasefire End Without Extension
2016-11-21
A 48-hour ceasefire ended Monday in Yemen after failing to stem violence across the country, with both sides blaming each other for deadly "violations" of the US-backed truce, AFP reported.
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Hadi�s Gov�t Says Saudi-Houthi Deal Announced by Kerry Was Not Coordinated with It
2016-11-16
Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi said that his country has no knowledge of the deal announced by US Secretary of State John Kerry, announcing a Yemen ceasefire and formation of a new government.
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Kerry Announces Saudi-Houthi Ceasefire Deal on Nov. 17, Hopes of New National Unity Gov�t
2016-11-16
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that Yemen's Houthi group and the Saudi-led coalition fighting it had agreed to a ceasefire in Yemen from Thursday (November 17, 2016).