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A fighter with Yemen's separatist Southern Transitional Council mans a gun in the back of a pick-up in Aden

Saudi coalition calls for deal to be honoured in Yemen

A Saudi-led coalition mired in a lengthy war in Yemen has urged Emirati-backed southern separatists to honour terms of a Riyadh peace deal and share control of Aden with the country's internationally recognised government.

World • 27 Apr 20

Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed over the past five years in the war between the government and the Huthi rebels

Yemeni separatists declare self-rule

Yemeni separatists have declared self-rule of the country's south as a peace deal with the government crumbled, complicating a long and separate conflict with Huthi rebels who control much of the north.

World • 26 Apr 20

Members of the South Sudanese Ministry of Health Rapid Response Team prepare to take a sample from a woman at her home in Juba, South Sudan

Number of people suffering acute hunger could double

The Covid-19 pandemic could almost double the number of people suffering acute hunger in the world, pushing it to more than a quarter of a billion by the end of 2020 according to the United Nations World Food Programme.

World • 22 Apr 20

Young girl in the Al-Raqah refugee camp Yemen

Yemen facing 'disaster' if virus spreads there

An outbreak of Covid-19 in Yemen could be a "disaster" and "catastrophic" for the war-torn country, according to aid agencies.

World • 12 Apr 20

The conflict, seen as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, has been in military stalemate for years

Saudi-led ceasefire in Yemen begins

A nationwide ceasefire in response to the global coronavirus outbreak went into effect in Yemen today, stirring hope for an end to the five-year-old war that has pushed millions to the brink of famine.

World • 09 Apr 20

Airstrikes in Yemen have left buildings razed to the ground

Saudi-led coalition declares ceasefire in Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement has announced a two-week ceasefire, halting military operations nationwide from noon on Thursday to support a UN ceasefire initiative.

World • 08 Apr 20

Saturday's coalition airstrikes took place in Yemen's Al-Jawf province

UN says 19 children among dead in recent Yemen strikes

Nineteen children were among at least 31 civilians killed in air strikes on rebel-held northern Yemen last week, the United Nations has said.

World • 20 Feb 20

The flights from Sanaa will go to Amman in Jordan and Cairo in Egypt

'Glimmer of hope' as evacuation flights leave Yemen

Yemeni children in critical need of medical care were evacuated from the rebel-held capital Sanaa, in what the United Nations hopes will be the first of more mercy flights from the war-torn country.

World • 03 Feb 20

The coalition said it had destroyed four sites used in assembling remote-controlled boats and sea mines

Saudi-led coalition launches operation in Yemen

A Saudi-led coalition has launched a military operation north of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah

World • 20 Sep 19

A gas flame behind pipelines in the desert at Khurais oil field

Saudi Arabia 'ready to respond' over oil field attack

Saudi Arabia said it was ready to respond to drone attacks claimed by Iran-aligned Yemeni rebels on two major oil facilities, which severely disrupted production.

World • 15 Sep 19

The International Committee of the Red Cross said it was still looking for survivors

More than 100 believed killed in Yemen air strike

More than 100 people are believed to have been killed when the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels launched an air strike on a detention centre in Yemen.

World • 01 Sep 19

Member of the Yemeni southern separatist movement celebrate the capture of Aden (Credit Arab 24)

Saudi-led coalition moves against separatists in Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition intervened in Aden to support the Yemeni government after southern separatists effectively took over the port city, fracturing the alliance that had been battling the Iran-aligned Houthi movement.

World • 11 Aug 19

Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for the attacks

32 killed in drone attacks on Yemen military camp

At least 32 people have been killed in missile and drone attacks at a military parade in Yemen.

World • 01 Aug 19

President Trump holds a defence sales chart with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House

US Senate fails to prevent $8.1bn arms sales to Saudi

The US Senate has failed to prevent the controversial sale of $8.1 billion in weapons to Saudi Arabia, after President Donald Trump vetoed congressional resolutions blocking the deal.

US • 30 Jul 19

Last month, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Iran for attacks on two oil tankers travelling in the Strait of Hormuz

US military plan to safeguard waters off Iran and Yemen

The United States has developed a plan under which an international military coalition would safeguard strategic waters off both Iran and Yemen

World • 10 Jul 19

Andrew Smith, spokesperson for Campaign Against Arms Trade, speaks to the media outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London, after they won a landmark legal challenge

UK suspends new Saudi arms licences linked to Yemen

The British government said it would suspend issuing new Saudi licences for the sale of arms that might be used in the Gulf kingdom's bombing campaign in Yemen.

UK • 20 Jun 19

Veto was the second of Donald Trump's presidency

Trump vetoes bill to end US involvement in Yemen war

US President Donald Trump has vetoed a congressional resolution that sought to end US involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen.

News • 17 Apr 19

Worldwide, 98 countries have reported a surge in cases of measles

Warning over spike in measles as Irish cases up by 244%

Measles cases in Ireland increased by 244% between 2017 to 2018, according to UNICEF.

World • 01 Mar 19

A UN conference is hoping to raise €3.7bn to fund humanitarian operations in Yemen

Ireland to pledge €5m in aid to Yemen

Ireland is to pledge €5m in aid to Yemen to help what has been described by the United Nations as the "world's worst humanitarian crisis".

World • 26 Feb 19

Malak, 13, had to get married to save her younger brother Shadi who lost his leg and needed a prosthetic one (pic: Courtesy VFX ADEN/Oxfam)

Families in Yemen taking desperate measures to survive

The crisis in Yemen is forcing families to take desperate measures to survive- including marrying off children as young as three, the charity Oxfam has warned.

Yemen • 26 Feb 19

Pope Francis, before boarding a flight to the UAE, urged all sides to implement a fragile peace deal and help deliver aid

Pope Francis lands in UAE for historic Gulf visit

Pope Francis has landed in the United Arab Emirates for the first ever visit by a pontiff to the Arabian Peninsula.

World • 03 Feb 19

After a tearful televised plea from the boy's father prompted public outrage

Yemeni mother to see dying son after US waives visa ban

A mother from Yemen has been granted her wish to see her dying toddler one last time in the United States, which agreed to issue her a waiver from its ban on citizens from several Muslim-majority countries.

World • 19 Dec 18

Residents in Hodeida and the surrounding areas have reported fierce fighting and air strikes in recent days

Truce in Yemen to start tomorrow after fresh clashes

A ceasefire in Yemen's battleground port city of Hodeida and its surroundings will start tomorrow, a UN official said, after renewed fighting threatened the hard-won accord struck in Sweden.

Yemen • 17 Dec 18

The fighting comes days after a UN-backed ceasefire came into effect

Air strikes, clashes in Yemen despite UN ceasefire

Air strikes and fierce clashes have shook the outskirts of Yemen's rebel-held port city of Hodeida overnight, pro-government sources and residents have said, despite a UN-brokered ceasefire.

Yemen • 16 Dec 18

Houthi supporters rallying against the Saudi-led coalition today

First clashes hit Hodeida since Yemen ceasefire

Sporadic clashes broke out on the outskirts of Yemen's Hodeida today, the first violence to hit the lifeline port city since a UN-brokered ceasefire came into effect, residents said.

World • 14 Dec 18