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Decaying oil tanker poses potential catastrophe to Yemen

A decaying oil tanker threatening to spill 1.1 million barrels of crude oil off Yemen’s coast is leaving the war-torn country at the risk of an environmental and humanitarian catastrophe. The Safer oil tanker has been moored in the Red Sea since Houthi rebels captured the coastal province...

Will Houthi offensive on Marib end soon?

For the past four months, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen has made several calls on Houthi rebels to end their offensive on the city of Marib, but things have yet to change. In his latest press conference on May 31 in the capital, Sana'a, Martin Griffiths again...

Saudi-led coalition foils rebel attack in Red Sea

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said Saturday it had foiled a Houthi attack south of the Red sea, the second such attack in less than a week. A coalition statement cited by the official Saudi news agency SPA said two booby-trapped boats were destroyed off the Yemeni port of Salif. The...