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Yemen pushes polio immunization in bid to stem outbreak

Yemeni health worker Fairouz Sanad lugs a coolbox of polio vaccines from house to house, dripping the liquid into children’s mouths hoping to stop an outbreak of the paralysing virus largely eradicated globally. As the world focussed on COVID-19 this year, the United Nations in August...

The soundtrack of the Arab uprisings in 10 songs

From the US civil rights movement's "Freedom Songs" to the Italian partisans' "Bella Ciao", revolutionaries throughout history have always rallied around an anthem. The demonstrators who took to the streets in Tunisia in late 2010 and in other countries since took up that tradition,...

Arab coalition targets areas near Sana'a airport

Yemen’s Houthis accused the Saudi-led Arab coalition on Sunday of targeting areas under their control in capital Sana’a. The coalition launched two airstrikes near the Sana’a International Airport, the Houthi-run TV broadcaster al-Masira reported. The Saudi-led coalition has not...

Saudi-led coalition bombs Yemen rebel sites after Aramco attack

The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen bombed rebel camps including in the capital Sanaa on Friday, witnesses and AFP correspondents said, days after the Huthis attacked an oil facility in Saudi Arabia. Several coalition air strikes targeted Huthi military camps in Sanaa, as well as the...