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Yemen's Houthis Say 17 Operatives Killed In US Strikes
A total of 17 Houthi fighters were killed in US strikes, the Iran-backed Yemeni rebel group said through its official media Saturday, following public funerals in the capital Sanaa.
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US To Send Warship, Fighter Jets To Assist UAE After Yemen Houthi Attacks
The United States will deploy a guided missile destroyer and state-of-the-art fighter jets to help defend the United Arab Emirates after a series of missile attacks by Yemeni rebels, a US statement said Wednesday.
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Yemeni Rebels Release Photos, Say They Killed, Wounded 500 Saudi Fighters
Yemeni rebels on Sunday said they carried out a major assault on forces of a Saudi Arabian-led coalition near the two nations' border, releasing footage they say shows hundreds of captured troops, including Saudi officers, and destroyed Saudi military vehicles. The rebels also said they killed or wounded 500 coalition soldiers.
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7 Suspected Al-Qaeda Fighters Killed In Yemen Drone Strike
Seven suspected Al-Qaeda fighters were killed Friday when a drone targeted their car in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa, a security official said.
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Tens Of Thousands Of Yemenis Mark A Year Of War, Denounce Saudi-Led Offensive
Tens of thousands of Yemenis took to the streets of the capital Sanaa on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the war between a coalition led by Saudi Arabia against Iran-allied fighters who had overthrown the government.
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Al Qaeda Militants Take Over 2 South Yemen Towns, Residents Say
Al Qaeda have retaken the two major southern Yemeni towns of Zinjibar and Jaar that had fallen briefly to militants four years ago, residents and local fighters said today.
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13 Rebels Killed By Loyalists in South Yemen Ambush
Pro-government forces today killed 13 rebel fighters in an ambush in Yemen's south after the insurgents took back several positions in the area, a military source said.
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Yemeni Government, Saudi-Led Forces Retake Red Sea Strait
Loyalist Yemeni troops and Gulf Arab forces on Thursday seized control of the Arabian side of the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden from Houthi fighters, a spokesman for the Gulf-backed government said.
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Houthis Lose Ground in Yemen's South, Saudi Targets Shelled
Southern Yemeni fighters backed by a Saudi-led air coalition seized more territory from Houthi militiamen near Aden on Friday, while three Saudi soldiers were killed when the kingdom came under shelling from Yemen, in an apparent Houthi attack.
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Saudi-Backed Forces Mobilise for Aden Offensive to Oust Houthis
Yemeni fighters backed by a Saudi-led coalition mobilised troops, weapons and armoured vehicles today to wrest back the whole of Aden from Houthi forces after taking part of the southern port city the previous day, militia officials said.
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Fighting, Air Strikes Kill At Least 45 in Yemen Despite Truce
Fighting near the southern Yemeni city of Aden killed 35 people on Sunday, the exiled government said, in breach of a temporary humanitarian truce brokered by the United Nations.
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Rival Libya Militants Fight Islamic State Amid Suicide Bombings
A Libyan Islamist militant alliance joined forces with local people in Derna to drive back Islamic State fighters, capturing the group's Yemeni commander and retaking a city courthouse, local residents said on Saturday.
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Saudi Arabia Intercepts Scud Missile Fired by Yemeni Forces
Saudi Arabia said it intercepted a Scud missile fired on its territory by rebel forces in neighbouring Yemen early Saturday as momentum gathers for peace talks in Switzerland next weekend.
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Air Strikes Kill Twenty Houthi Fighters in Yemen's Aden: Militia
Saudi-led air strikes killed a group of around 20 Houthi fighters outside the southern Yemeni port city of Aden today and also shook the capital Sanaa in the north, militiamen opposed to the Houthis said.
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Yemen Rebel Allies Accept Saudi Arabia's Ceasefire Proposal
Renegade Yemeni troops who have helped Shiite rebels to seize much of the country said today that they had accepted a Saudi proposal for a ceasefire later this week.
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Yemen's Houthis Say 17 Operatives Killed In US Strikes
A total of 17 Houthi fighters were killed in US strikes, the Iran-backed Yemeni rebel group said through its official media Saturday, following public funerals in the capital Sanaa.
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US To Send Warship, Fighter Jets To Assist UAE After Yemen Houthi Attacks
The United States will deploy a guided missile destroyer and state-of-the-art fighter jets to help defend the United Arab Emirates after a series of missile attacks by Yemeni rebels, a US statement said Wednesday.
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Yemeni Rebels Release Photos, Say They Killed, Wounded 500 Saudi Fighters
Yemeni rebels on Sunday said they carried out a major assault on forces of a Saudi Arabian-led coalition near the two nations' border, releasing footage they say shows hundreds of captured troops, including Saudi officers, and destroyed Saudi military vehicles. The rebels also said they killed or wounded 500 coalition soldiers.
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7 Suspected Al-Qaeda Fighters Killed In Yemen Drone Strike
Seven suspected Al-Qaeda fighters were killed Friday when a drone targeted their car in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa, a security official said.
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Tens Of Thousands Of Yemenis Mark A Year Of War, Denounce Saudi-Led Offensive
Tens of thousands of Yemenis took to the streets of the capital Sanaa on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the war between a coalition led by Saudi Arabia against Iran-allied fighters who had overthrown the government.
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Al Qaeda Militants Take Over 2 South Yemen Towns, Residents Say
Al Qaeda have retaken the two major southern Yemeni towns of Zinjibar and Jaar that had fallen briefly to militants four years ago, residents and local fighters said today.
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13 Rebels Killed By Loyalists in South Yemen Ambush
Pro-government forces today killed 13 rebel fighters in an ambush in Yemen's south after the insurgents took back several positions in the area, a military source said.
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Yemeni Government, Saudi-Led Forces Retake Red Sea Strait
Loyalist Yemeni troops and Gulf Arab forces on Thursday seized control of the Arabian side of the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden from Houthi fighters, a spokesman for the Gulf-backed government said.
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Houthis Lose Ground in Yemen's South, Saudi Targets Shelled
Southern Yemeni fighters backed by a Saudi-led air coalition seized more territory from Houthi militiamen near Aden on Friday, while three Saudi soldiers were killed when the kingdom came under shelling from Yemen, in an apparent Houthi attack.
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Saudi-Backed Forces Mobilise for Aden Offensive to Oust Houthis
Yemeni fighters backed by a Saudi-led coalition mobilised troops, weapons and armoured vehicles today to wrest back the whole of Aden from Houthi forces after taking part of the southern port city the previous day, militia officials said.
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Fighting, Air Strikes Kill At Least 45 in Yemen Despite Truce
Fighting near the southern Yemeni city of Aden killed 35 people on Sunday, the exiled government said, in breach of a temporary humanitarian truce brokered by the United Nations.
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Rival Libya Militants Fight Islamic State Amid Suicide Bombings
A Libyan Islamist militant alliance joined forces with local people in Derna to drive back Islamic State fighters, capturing the group's Yemeni commander and retaking a city courthouse, local residents said on Saturday.
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Saudi Arabia Intercepts Scud Missile Fired by Yemeni Forces
Saudi Arabia said it intercepted a Scud missile fired on its territory by rebel forces in neighbouring Yemen early Saturday as momentum gathers for peace talks in Switzerland next weekend.
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Air Strikes Kill Twenty Houthi Fighters in Yemen's Aden: Militia
Saudi-led air strikes killed a group of around 20 Houthi fighters outside the southern Yemeni port city of Aden today and also shook the capital Sanaa in the north, militiamen opposed to the Houthis said.
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Yemen Rebel Allies Accept Saudi Arabia's Ceasefire Proposal
Renegade Yemeni troops who have helped Shiite rebels to seize much of the country said today that they had accepted a Saudi proposal for a ceasefire later this week.
