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UN envoy calls for monitoring of Yemen ceasefire

The UN's Yemen envoy called on the Security Council Friday to establish a "robust monitoring regime" to ensure a ceasefire at a vital port. Martin Griffiths told the council that not only is it essential for the mechanism to be set up at Hodaydah "it is also urgently needed."...

Children bear brunt of Yemen’s ongoing conflict

Yemeni refugees, mostly children who fled their homes due to the country’s ongoing conflict, face the specter of starvation due to a chronic lack of food supplies in refugee camps. An Anadolu Agency reporter on Friday spoke to refugees and medical personnel at the Maarib state...

U.S. Senate hands Trump historic rebuke on Saudi Arabia

The U.S. Senate delivered a rare double rebuke to President Donald Trump on Saudi Arabia on Thursday, voting to end U.S. military support for the war in Yemen and blame the Saudi crown prince for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The votes were largely symbolic because to become...

UN confirms Hudaydah deal between Yemen gov’t, rebels

Yemen’s warring parties have reached an agreement on cease-fire in the port city of Hudaydah, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres confirmed on Thursday. Guterres said that the agreement covered the deployment of the neutral forces, as well as the large-scale cease-fire in the...