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At least 30 killed in Houthi strikes on Yemen base, spokesman says

Reuters
Posted at Aug 29 08:18 PM

ADEN - At least 30 soldiers were killed and 60 wounded on Sunday in Houthi strikes on a military base belonging to forces of the Saudi-led coalition in southwest Yemen, a spokesman for the southern forces and medical sources said. Read more »

Philippines ranks last in finance magazine's 'safest countries' list

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 09:32 AM

MANILA (3rd UPDATE) — The Philippines has landed at the bottom of an international business magazine's list of the "world's safest countries" in 2021, with Iceland figuring at the top of 134 countries evaluated. Read more »

Danger and demons: Yemen's mysterious 'Well of Hell'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 21 06:58 PM

Surrounded in mystery and tales of demons, the Well of Barhout in Yemen's east -- known as the "Well of Hell" -- is a little-understood natural wonder. Read more »

Saudi air defenses intercept 17 Houthi armed drones - state TV

Reuters
Posted at Jun 20 11:32 AM

Saudi Arabian air defenses late on Saturday destroyed six armed drones launched by Yemen's Houthi movement towards the kingdom, bringing the total it intercepted during the day to 17, state TV cited the Saudi-led coalition as saying. Read more »

US commits to Saudi defense after Houthi attacks on oil heartland

Reuters
Posted at Mar 08 11:50 PM

DUBAI - The United States said on Monday it is committed to defending Saudi Arabia following drone and missile strikes claimed by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement, including on a Saudi facility vital to oil exports.   Read more »

Yemen 'step away' from devastating famine: UN

Mohamad Ali Harissi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 03 02:42 AM

DUBAI - Famine could become part of war-torn Yemen's "reality" in 2021, the UN warned Tuesday, after a donor conference raising funds to keep millions from starvation fell short by over half. Read more »

Saudi Arabia says Houthi missile attack on Riyadh thwarted

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 28 02:50 PM

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Yemen's Houthis say they carried out drone attack on Saudi airport

Reuters
Posted at Feb 10 10:27 PM

DUBAI - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group said it carried out a drone attack on Saudi Arabia's Abha airport on Wednesday which the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen said caused a fire in a civilian aircraft. Read more »

20 killed in attack on Yemen airport moments after new Cabinet lands

Mohammed Mukhashaf, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 31 02:46 AM

ADEN - At least 20 people were killed and dozens wounded in an attack on Aden airport on Wednesday moments after a plane landed carrying a newly formed Saudi-backed cabinet for government-held parts of Yemen. Read more »

Child malnutrition reaches new highs in parts of Yemen — UN survey

Reuters
Updated as of Oct 27 09:23 PM

According to a UN Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis of malnutrition in southern Yemen, acute cases in children under five increased about 10% in 2020, to more than half a million.   Read more »

War-torn Yemen reports first coronavirus case

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 10 10:05 PM

Yemen reported its first case of coronavirus Friday in a southern government-controlled province, raising fears of an outbreak in the war-torn country as air strikes blamed on the Saudi-led coalition tested a unilateral truce. Read more »

Saudi forces intercept missile over curfew-locked Riyadh

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 29 07:44 AM

Saudi forces intercepted a missile over Riyadh late Saturday, state media said, after at least three explosions were heard in the curfew-locked capital amid efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic.   Read more »

19 children among dead in recent Yemen strikes: UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 20 10:09 PM

Saturday's airstrikes came after the Iran-aligned rebels claimed to have shot down an aircraft of the Saudi-led coalition supporting the government. Read more »

US kills leader of al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula -Trump

Reuters
Posted at Feb 07 11:44 AM

President Donald Trump said Thursday the United States had killed Qassim al-Raymi, the leader of Islamist group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), in a counterterrorism operation in Yemen.   Read more »

US targeted Iranian official in Yemen in failed strike - sources

Phil Stewart, Reuters
Posted at Jan 11 07:03 AM

The United States carried out a secret operation in Yemen that targeted, but failed to kill, an Iranian military official last week, 2 US officials told Reuters on Friday. Read more »

Pope Francis defends migrants, calls for peace in Christmas message

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Dec 25 08:29 PM

In his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) Christmas Day message, the 83-year-old Pope called for peace in the Holy Land, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Venezuela, Ukraine and several African countries caught up in conflicts. Read more »

2 million children out of school in war-torn Yemen: UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 25 04:50 PM

Two million children are out of school in war-torn Yemen, a fourth of whom have dropped out since the conflict escalated in March 2015, the UN children's agency said Wednesday. Read more »

Gov't says ready to evacuate Pinoys in Saudi after attacks

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 03:19 PM

The government assured Filipino migrant workers in Saudi Arabia Tuesday that it is prepared to evacuate them if necessary, following the weekend bombing of oil facilities there.   Read more »

Saudi attacks expose threat to critical infrastructure

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 16 10:19 PM

The strike on Saudi oil infrastructure highlights the easy vulnerability of such facilities even as the kingdom has splurged billions on sophisticated defense hardware. Read more »

United States blames Iran for Saudi attacks

Alexandra Alper, Reuters
Posted at Sep 15 08:18 AM

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday accused Iran of leading attacks on Saudi oil plants that have cut the kingdom's output roughly in half, as he ruled out Yemeni involvement and denounced Tehran for engaging in false diplomacy. Read more »