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Houthis attack Saudi's Abha airport with drones

Yemen's Houthis launched a drone attack against Saudi Arabia's Abha airport, the movement's Al-Masirah TV said Saturday, citing a military spokesman. They targeted the airport's fuel depot and control tower, he said. There was no confirmation from Saudi authorities but a Saudi-owned,...

UN urges rival Libya forces to agree humanitarian truce

The United Nations has called on forces loyal to Libya's internationally recognised government and a rival administration to commit to a humanitarian truce by midnight on Friday. The UN mission in Libya "calls on all parties to accept a humanitarian truce for Eid Al-Adha", it said in a...

World Food Programme to resume food aid in Yemen's Sanaa

The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday it would resume the distribution of food to 850,000 people in Yemen’s capital Sanaa next week after a two-month stoppage, having reached an agreement the Iran-aligned Houthi authorities. The U.N. agency halted some aid in Sanaa on June 20 out...

Yemen: Houthi rebel leader's brother killed

Yemen's Houthi rebel group on Friday confirmed the death of the group leader’s brother. Ibrahim al-Houthi was "assassinated by the treacherous hands of the American-Israeli aggression," said the group's so-called Interior Ministry, referring to the Saudi-led Arab coalition. The group...