AHMED AL-HAJ

This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
Monsoon floods tear through a village in Yemen and kill 13 people
Authorities in northern Yemen say rescue workers have recovered the bodies of 13 people who went missing after a flash flood inundated a village. Meanwhile, officials say 99 people have been killed since the start of heavy seasonal rains.
 
This image made from a video provided by the Ansar Allah Media Office, shows the southern city of Hodeidah, Yemen, where 30 people have been killed and hundreds displaced by flooding, on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (Ansar Allah Media Office via AP)
Flooding in Yemen has left 30 people dead and hundreds displaced, official says
A Yemeni official says that 30 people have been killed and hundreds displaced in flooding in the southern city of Hodeidah following several days of heavy rains. Hodeidah Gov.
 
Oil tanks burn at the port in Hodeidah, Yemen, Saturday, July 20, 2024. The Israeli army said it has struck several Houthi targets in western Yemen following a fatal drone attack by the rebel group in Tel Aviv the previous day. (AP Photo)
Israeli military says it has struck Houthi targets in Yemen in response to attacks
The Israeli army says it has struck several Houthi targets in western Yemen following a fatal drone attack by the rebel group in Tel Aviv the previous day.
 
People shop in a supermarket in Sanaa, Yemen, before the Eid holiday on Saturday, June 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
Fight for control of Yemen’s banks between rebels, government threatens to further wreck economy
Yemen’s Houthi rebels and its internationally recognized government are locked in a fight for control of the country’s banks that experts warn is threatening to further wreck an economy already crippled by nearly a decade of war.
 
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
Yemeni security forces deploy in Aden as anger simmers over lengthy power outages
Yemeni authorities have deployed security forces and armored vehicles across the port city of Aden, in preparation for the latest in a series of protests over hours-long electricity outages caused by a shortage of fuel for power stations.
 
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
Suspected al-Qaida explosion kills 6 troops loyal to secessionist group in Yemen
An explosive device has killed six troops loyal to a United Arab Emirates-backed secessionist group in southern Yemen. A military spokesman blamed the attack on al-Qaida militants.
 
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
Yemen’s presidential council sacks the prime minister
Yemen’s internationally recognized presidential council has sacked the prime minister. It’s an unexpected move that comes at a time when a U.S.-led coalition has been striking targets of the government’s rivals, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
 
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
UN announces release of 5 staff members kidnapped by al-Qaida in Yemen 18 months ago
The United Nations says five staff members who were kidnapped in Yemen 18 months ago by an al-Qaida affiliate have walked free.
 
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
Suspected militant attack in Yemen kills 5 troops loyal to secessionist group, spokesperson says
A military spokesman says that a suspected militant attack in southern Yemen has killed at least five troops loyal to a secessionist group, in the latest such assault blamed on an affiliate of al-Qaida.
 
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
Gunmen riding on a motorcycle open fire, killing a worker for the World Food Program in Yemen
A humanitarian worker for the World Food Program has been fatally shot in an attack in Yemen. In a statement, the program said that the employee, a Jordanian, was shot on Friday by gunmen not long after he arrived in the country to assume the role as head of its office in the city of Taiz.
 
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
Yemen’s warring sides, Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia, exchange 64 bodies of their fallen troops
Yemen’s warring sides have exchanged 64 bodies of their fallen, the latest in reconciliation efforts amid the country’s yearslong conflict.
 
Yemen’s president in exile reshuffles Cabinet to end rift
Yemen’s embattled president in exile in Saudi Arabia has announced a Cabinet reshuffle, a major step toward closing a dangerous rift between his internationally recognized government and southern separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates.
 
Fighting reportedly erupts in Yemen’s UNESCO heritage site
The Yemeni government and witnesses say fiery clashes have convulsed Yemen’s remote Socotra archipelago, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
 
Yemen’s rebels: Saudi coalition airstrike kills 13 civilians
Yemen’s Houthi rebels say an airstrike from the Saudi-led coalition has struck a vehicle carrying civilians in northern Yemen and killed 13 people, including four children.
 
Flooding from heavy seasonal rains leaves 16 dead in Yemen
Security officials say floods have swept through Yemen amid heavy seasonal rains, leaving at least 16 people dead. The casualties were reported Thursday in eastern Hadramawt and southern Shabwa provinces, where it began raining late Wednesday.
 
Senior rebel commander killed in Yemen amid fierce battles
Yemen’s Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, say one of their senior commanders was killed as fierce battles rage along the front lines in the country’s central provinces.
 
1st medical relief flight in 3 years departs Yemen’s capital
A United Nations medical relief flight is carrying patients from Yemen’s rebel-held capital. Monday’s relief flight was the first in over three years.
 
Saudi-led coalition resumes airstrikes near Yemeni capital
Yemeni officials say the Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen is stepping up its bombing campaign near the rebel-held capital.
 
U.N. hosts renewed talks on contested Yemeni port city
The United Nations has restarted negotiations between the Houthi rebels and the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen on how to implement a truce in the country’s key port city of Hodeida.
 
Yemeni officials: Saudi troops take control Aden in deal
Yemeni officials say Saudi Arabian troops have taken control of the airport and ports in the interim capital Aden from separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates.
 
Officials: Saudi Arabia pushes for settlement in south Yemen
Yemeni officials say Saudi Arabia is pushing for a settlement between the internationally recognized government and southern separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates.
 
Saudi-led airstrikes kill at least 100 in rebel-run prison
Yemeni officials said Saudi-led coalition airstrikes have killed at least 100 people in a detention center operated by the Houthi rebels. The Red Cross visited the site of the attack and says the death toll could be higher.
 
Yemen government takes more southern areas from separatists
Yemeni officials say government forces have reclaimed more southern areas from separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates in clashes this week that killed at least 48 on both sides.
 
UAE-backed separatists pull back after seizing Yemen’s Aden
Yemeni separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates have begun withdrawing from positions they seized after wresting control of the southern port city of Aden from the internationally-recognized government.
 
Yemeni officials: Forces pursue al-Qaida militants, 8 dead
Yemeni officials and tribal leaders say security forces are pursuing al-Qaida militants in the southern Abyan province, leaving at least seven extremists and one soldier dead.
 
Yemen officials: Al-Qaida kills at least 20 at military camp
Yemeni officials and tribal leaders say al-Qaida militants have targeted a military camp in southern Abyan province, killing at least 20 troops.
 
Fighting grips south Yemen as Saudi coalition bombs capital
Yemen’s human rights minister says heavy fighting is underway in the country’s south as rebel Houthis push to gain more territory from government forces and their allies.
 
Yemeni officials: Blast in capital kills 13
Yemeni medical officials say a large explosion at a warehouse in the rebel-held capital has killed at least 13 people, including seven children, and wounded more than 100.
 
Clashes break out in Yemen’s key port city after cease-fire
Yemeni security officials and eyewitnesses say that fighting has erupted in the key port city of Hodeida, the first significant clashes since warring sides agreed to a U.N.-brokered cease-fire deal in December.
 
Yemen’s UN cease-fire monitors arrive in port of Hodeida
A U.N. team led by a Dutch officer has arrived at Hodeida to monitor a cease-fire that went into force in the Red Sea port city where Yemen’s civil war rivals been fighting for months, according to security officials and witnesses.
 
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