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News Articles: Yemen

This image released by ANSAR ALLAH HOUTHI MEDIA OFFICE, shows the aftermath of a deadly stampede in Sanna, Yemen Wednesday, April 19, 2023.

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  • Middle East

Stampede in Yemen at Ramadan charity event kills at least 78

The tragedy was Yemen's deadliest in years that was not related to the country's long-running war, and came ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which later this week marks the end of Ramadan.

April 20, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
In this handout photo released on April 9, 2023 by the Houthi group's media arm Ansar Allah, head of the Houthi's supreme political council Mahdi al-Mashat, left, shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed bin Saeed Al-Jaber, in Sanaa, Yemen.

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  • Middle East

Saudi officials visit Yemen's capital for talks with rebels

Saudi officials were in Yemen's capital Sunday for talks with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, as part of international efforts to find a settlement to Yemen's nine-year conflict, officials said.

April 10, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani (right) shakes hands with senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi, as Saudi national security adviser Musaad bin Mohammed al-Aiban looks on during an agreement signing ceremony between Iran and Saudi Arabia to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies in Beijing, Friday.

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  • World

Rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran restore ties, with China's help. Here's why it matters

Saudi Arabia and Iran are restoring full diplomatic relations in a deal brokered by China, a move that could reduce tensions in the region and that asserts China's growing influence in the Gulf.

March 10, 2023
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By:
  • Aya Batrawy
Sailors inventory urea and ammonium perchlorate found on a dhow intercepted in the Gulf of Oman. The U.S. Navy says it found 70 tons of a missile fuel component hidden among bags of fertilizer aboard a ship bound to Yemen from Iran.

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  • Middle East

U.S. Navy seizes 70 tons of Iranian missile fuel from a sailboat to Yemen

The load — enough for a dozen medium-range ballistic missiles — was hidden among bags of fertilizer on a wooden ship called a dhow. It likely was bound for Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

November 15, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Olha Abakumova, an opera singer from western Ukraine, came to the U.S. with her daughter. (Her husband was not able to migrate.) Olha brought her most treasured sheet music for Ukrainian arias. "They connect me with my motherland, culture and my roots," she says. "When I'm singing, I see pictures in front of my eyes," she says. "The words and music move through me and take me back to Ukraine."

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  • Global Health

PHOTOS: If you had to leave home and could take only 1 keepsake, what would it be?

We asked refugees around the world to tell us of a memento they brought to connect them to their old life even as they embarked on a new and uncertain future.

October 29, 2022
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  • NPR Special Report
Mariana Vishegirskaya stands outside a maternity hospital that was damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, on March 9. Vishegirskaya later gave birth to a girl in another hospital in Mariupol.

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  • Global Health

Russia's strike on Ukraine maternity hospital is part of a terrible wartime tradition

The attack on the facility in Mariupol reflects an unfortunate trend in wars in Syria, Ethiopia and other countries. The impact on health care in the short-term and the long run is beyond devastating.

March 16, 2022
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  • Diane Cole
This satellite image provided by Planet Labs PBC shows the aftermath of an attack claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels on an Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. fuel depot in the Mussafah neighborhood of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022.

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  • Middle East

UAE says it has intercepted 2 missiles from Yemen's Houthis

The missile fire further escalates tensions across the Persian Gulf, which previously had seen a series of assaults near Emirati soil.

January 24, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Emirates passenger planes are parked at their gates at Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates.

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  • World

A drone attack in Abu Dhabi claimed by rebels in Yemen has killed three people

While Abu Dhabi police did not immediately offer any suspects, Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for an attack targeting the United Arab Emirates.

January 17, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Left: Anwar Alsaeedi stands with his children, Nada, 9, and Mazeen, 6, in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Right: Hatem al-Showaiter with his daughter in Djibouti, when his daughter was three and half years old. She is now aged seven and half.

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  • World

Some Yemenis Struggle For U.S. Visas Even After The End Of The Travel Ban

Yemenis who won the diversity visa lottery were stopped by the Trump administration's travel ban. Now they've had to start applying all over again. "Our lives have been destroyed," says one man.

May 24, 2021
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  • Ruth Sherlock and
  • Nada Homsi
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud proposed a ceasefire for Yemen on Monday, speaking from Riyadh, the Saudi capital.

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  • Middle East

Yemen: Saudi Arabia Proposes A Peace Deal, But Houthis Say It's Not Enough

The Saudi proposal includes a nationwide ceasefire and reopening the airport in the Yemeni capital. But the Iranian-backed Houthis say the plan stops short of lifting a blockade.

March 22, 2021
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  • Laurel Wamsley
Supporters of the Houthi rebels attend a celebration of Mawlid al-Nabi — the birth of Islam's prophet, Muhammad — in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, last year.

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  • Politics

State Department Condemns Group It Removed From Terrorist List

The war between the Houthi rebels and the Saudi military has created what the U.N. calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

February 08, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Workers salvage oil canisters from the wreckage of a vehicle oil store hit by Saudi-led airstrikes last July in Sanaa, Yemen. The U.S. said Thursday it will no longer back the Saudi-led military offensive.

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  • Middle East

Biden Administration Ends U.S. Support Of Saudi-Led Offensive In Yemen

U.S. support to the coalition over the course of the war has included inflight refueling of Saudi warplanes and the sale of precision bombs dropped on Yemeni targets.

February 04, 2021
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  • Mark Katkov
Supporters of Ansarallah, also known as the Houthi movement, gather last year to commemorate the anniversary of the group's takeover of Yemen's capital, Sanaa.

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  • Middle East

Trump Administration Moves To Brand Houthis In Yemen A Terrorist Group

The designation has broad implications — not just for the Iran-backed group, which controls Yemen's capital, but also for international organizations trying to help residents badly in need of aid.

January 11, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell and
  • Colin Dwyer
A nurse checks a child who is receiving treatment for malnutrition at a hospital in Sana'a, Yemen. The photo was taken on December 13.<strong></strong>

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  • Children's Health

The Story Of 1-Year-Old Abdullah Is The Story Of Yemen

His parents traveled 15 hours by bus to bring him to a clinic to save his life. He weighed 6 pounds. And he could be one of the fortunate ones.

December 23, 2020
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  • Rosemary MIsdary

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