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Iraqis say they foiled ISIS plan to attack revered shrines

Iraqi intelligence officials say they have foiled an attempt by Daesh (ISIS) to attack revered Shiite shrines and the sect's spiritual leader. Two officers spoke to The Associated Press on Sunday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media. They said the...

Clashes near Yemen's Mokha kill 40 troops, rebels

More than 40 troops and rebels have been killed in several days of clashes between Yemen's Saudi Arabia-backed army and insurgents allied with Iran near the Red Sea port of Mokha, officials said Sunday. Sixteen Huthi rebels and seven soldiers were killed in overnight clashes east of Mokha, a...

Nearly 2,000 people have died in Yemen's cholera outbreak

( The New Arab )- Yemen's cholera epidemic has killed 1,992 people, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Saturday, with north-western province of Hajjah and the Red Sea port city of Hodeida being particulary hit-hard by the waterborne disease. It added that 419,804 suspected cases of the...

Yemen rebels target key port with boat bomb

The Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen's government said Shiite Huthi rebels on Saturday used a remote-controlled boat packed with explosives to attack the Red Sea port of Mokha, but without causing casualties. "On Saturday at dawn, Huthi militiamen targeted the port of Mokha with a remotely...