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(MENAFN) Yemeni government forces said Thursday they had repelled an attack by the Houthi group on Jabal Han, a strategically important mountain west of Taiz city in southwestern Yemen.

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(MENAFN) Yemen’s Houthi movement has released 159 people it had recently detained in Sanaa, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Saturday.

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(MENAFN) The Yemeni army said on Friday it had pushed deeper into Houthi lines on the eastern front in Marib governorate, seizing several strategic sites as its offensive gathered pace.

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(MENAFN) Eight Yemeni soldiers died in the southern province of Lahj, the Yemeni army announced late Saturday, as clashes with the Houthi group showed no sign of easing.

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(MENAFN) Three civilians, including two women, were killed and five others wounded in Houthi shelling across Yemen’s southwestern Taiz province, according to a government-affiliated office.

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(MENAFN) Iran warned Sunday that it may withhold its backing from a Yemen resolution under negotiation at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Baghdad unless the text reflects what Tehran regards as “fairness and balance”. Speaking on...

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(MENAFN) A small boat carrying seven people approached a liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker and fired shots at the vessel approximately 140 nautical miles southeast of Al Mukalla, Yemen, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). "A...

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(MENAFN) Yemen’s Houthi group claimed Saturday that its forces had shot down a Saudi Apache military helicopter near the Najran region in southern Saudi Arabia while it was conducting an operation against Houthi positions.

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(MENAFN) Houthi shelling in Yemen’s southwestern Taiz province kills three civilians, including two women, and leaves five others wounded, according to a statement issued by a government office.

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(MENAFN) The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen announced late Friday that it had destroyed ballistic missile launch ramps belonging to the Houthis, targeting launch platforms in the northwestern province of Saada.

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(MENAFN) Yemen’s government forces announced Tuesday that they had stepped up military operations against the Houthis along eastern and southern fronts under the ongoing “Dawn of Yemen” campaign, claiming approximately 1,200 Houthi fighters had...

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(MENAFN) Yemen’s government forces said on Wednesday that 1,250 Houthi fighters had been “neutralized” in the “Dawn of Yemen” offensive, which is being waged across multiple fronts.

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(MENAFN) Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council on Tuesday directed authorities to take immediate legal measures against individuals suspected of cooperating with or financing the Houthi group, warning that certain offenses against state security...

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(MENAFN) Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, declared on Tuesday that the military campaign against the Houthis will press on until the group’s coup is dismantled and state institutions are back in government hands....

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(MENAFN) The Saudi-led coalition carried out airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on Tuesday, according to statements from a Yemeni government official and the Houthi movement.

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(MENAFN) A woman was killed and three other people injured on Wednesday after a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi group malfunctioned and crashed in Taiz province in the country’s southwest, according to local reports.

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(MENAFN) Crude oil and petroleum exports from the Middle East declined sharply over the past week as Yemen’s Houthi group intensified attacks on commercial vessels navigating the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting key regional shipping routes.

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(MENAFN) Ten airstrikes struck Yemen’s western Al Hudaydah province on Tuesday, targeting the Ras Isa area, according to reports from a pro-government Yemeni television channel.

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(MENAFN) At least six civilians have died and another 18 have been wounded following Houthi artillery attacks on residential districts and populated areas across Yemen’s southwestern Taiz province over the past 24 hours, according to the Yemeni...

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(MENAFN) The Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen’s government said Tuesday it carried out a “special military operation” aimed at crippling resources that sustain the Houthi war effort.