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UN aid workers return to Yemen on flights

Geneva - Emirates Voice

Humanitarian aid workers arrived in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Saturday, after a nearly three-week blockade by the Saudi-led military coalition, an official at the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) said. “First plane landed in Sanaa this morning with humanitarian aid workers,” WFP’s regional spokeswoman Abeer Etefa told Reuters in an e-mail on Saturday. Officials at Sanaa airport saidRead more

Yemenis struggle with tears, shortages as blockade wears on

Sanaa - Emirates Voice

A toddler writhed in pain on a hospital bed in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, a tube running through her nose, her eyes swelled shut and lashes wet with tears. In the hallway outside, doctor Mohammed al-Ayzari was alert, but his face looked worn from apparent exhaustion. "The malnutrition cases are up more than ever before," he told AFP. "There isRead more

Clashes renewed between Houthi militias and Saleh’s forces

Sana’a - Abdel Ghani Yahia

Clashes renewed between Houthi militias and forces of Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a. According to local sources, the clashes led to a large number of deaths and injuries from the two sides. Arab Coalition, on its hand, launched a number of air raids against strongholds of Houthi militias and Saleh’s forces in theRead more

Saudi-led coalition says Yemen civilians hit by mistake

Riyadh - Emieatesvoice

The Saudi-led Arab military coalition on Saturday admitted responsibility for an air strike the previous day in the Yemeni capital that killed 14 civilians, describing it as a "technical mistake". The coalition, in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency, said that after a review of the strike investigators found "that a technical mistake was behind the accident".Read more

Arab Coalition targeted forces loyal to Yemen’s Saleh in Sana’a

Sana’a - Abdel Ghani Yahia

Arab Coalition fighter jets bombarded areas in the Yemeni capital of Sana on early Wednesday, targeting the forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh. According to sources, the coalition aircrafts bombed the camp of Rima Hamid of former President Saleh in the Directorate of Sanhan south of the capital Sanaa. Arab coalition forces have destroyed a large weapons warehouseRead more

Yemeni army controls front defensive areas of Waleed Camp

Sanaa - Abd El-ghany yehia

Arab Coalition launched air raids against weapons stores controlled by the Houth militias at Sana’a Air Defense College on late Wednesday, as the explosions were heard in large swaths of the Yemeni capital. According to security sources, the coalition’s fighter jets destroyed a store for weapons and heavy ammunition at Hadida’s military airport. The air raids also targeted the sitesRead more