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Saudi jets intensify airstrikes on Yemen, destroy grain silos

Press TV 22 Mar 2021
Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies -- including the United Arab Emirates (UAE) -- launched a brutal war against Yemen in March 2015. The war was launched to eliminate Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and restore the former regime of Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi to power in Yemen.
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Saudi-led coalition intensifies Yemen air raids, hits grains port

Al Jazeera 22 Mar 2021
The port of Salif is part of a UN-brokered neutral zone on the Red Sea, according to an agreement signed in 2018 in Stockholm between Yemen’s warring parties ... The war, which has been a military deadlock for years, has killed tens of thousands of people and left millions on the brink of famine.
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Yemen war will finish once Saudi-led aggression, blockade stop, Houthi says

Press TV 21 Mar 2021
He addressed the Saudi-led military alliance, saying, “O’ tyrants, stop your aggression and siege for the famine and tragedy to end.” Yemen ... Backed by the US and others, Saudi Arabia launched the war on Yemen in March 2015, with the goal of bringing a former government back to power and crushing the popular Ansarullah movement.
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Houthis Advance On Marib

OWP 21 Mar 2021
In early March, fighting in Yemen’s civil war resumed when the Houthi rebel group advanced on the city of Marib ... Marib, which has not had to endure any significant conflict for most of the war, is now very much a fighting ground between the Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
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Yemen: Houthi minister in Sanaa dies of COVID-19

Middle East Monitor 21 Mar 2021
Yemen is divided between a Sanaa-based administration controlled by the Houthis, who are aligned with Iran, and the Aden-based internationally recognised government, which is backed by Saudi Arabia in Yemen's six-year-old war ... Yemen intensive care units full with COVID-19 patients.
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UN says 8 children killed, 33 wounded this month in Yemen

Egypt Independent 21 Mar 2021
CAIRO (AP) — A surge of fighting in war-torn Yemen has been particularly brutal for children this month, with at least eight killed and 33 wounded, the U.N ... Yemen has been convulsed by civil war since 2014 when the Houthis took control of the capital Sanaa and much of country’s ...
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Houthis inflicting 'grave abuses' on Yemeni women: report

The New Arab 21 Mar 2021
" is seeking to turn the violations suffered by women in Yemen into a global issue that gets international sympathy and ... Tens of thousands of people, mostly civilians, have been killed and millions displaced in Yemen's long war, which has crippled the economy and healthcare system.
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Saudi coalition launches air raids on Yemen’s Houthi-held capital

Al Jazeera 21 Mar 2021
The United Nations has described the situation in Yemen as the world’s worst humanitarian disaster with mass hunger, disease and poverty, largely caused by the war ... In renewed diplomatic efforts to end the war, the United Nations and United States have urged the Houthis – who are ...
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The Case for More Inclusive – and More Effective – Peacemaking in Yemen - Middle East Report N°221 | 18 March 2021 [EN/AR]

Reliefweb 21 Mar 2021
 The Yemen war is entering its seventh year ... President Joe Biden’s election has given UN-led efforts to end the Yemen war a shot in the arm ... The war stands at a critical juncture ... Power, influence and local legitimacy in Yemen are diffuse; a broad range of actors will be needed to end the war for good.
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Minister in Sanaa administration in Yemen dies of Covid-19, officials say

Straits Times 21 Mar 2021
Yemen is divided between a Sanaa-based administration controlled by the Houthis, who are aligned with Iran, and the Aden-based internationally recognised government, which is backed by Saudi Arabia in Yemen's six-year-old war ... Yemen expects to receive a first batch of 2.3 million ...
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Famine looms in Yemen as world looks on at war, rights defender warns

The Irish Times 21 Mar 2021
Millions of people in Yemen are facing starvation because of a war that continues to be largely ignored by the rest of the world, a leading Yemeni human rights defender has said ... “We know peace in Yemen is very possible ... The sense of hopelessness in Yemen is terrifying.” ... “We know what the people of Yemen want,” he said.
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Yemen's Houthi rebels admit teargas caused fire in migrant detention centre

The Observer 21 Mar 2021
Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday broke their silence on the cause of a ... Yemen war ... Despite its six-year-old civil war, Yemen remains a transit point for tens of thousands of African migrants desperate to find jobs as housekeepers, servants and construction workers in Saudi Arabia.
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Yemeni patients call for immediate reopening of Sana'a airport

Press TV 21 Mar 2021
The war and blockade have cost the lives of thousands of lives among patients ... An all-out blockade is imposed on Yemen since the Saudi-led coalition started its war on the country at the beginning of 2015. The blockade has pushed the war-torn country into the world's worst ...
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Houthis admit their forces caused fire at Yemen migrant centre

Al Jazeera 21 Mar 2021
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have admitted their forces caused a fire that killed 45 people ... Despite warnings, migrants and refugees from the nearby Horn of Africa continue to transit through war-torn and impoverished Yemen, seeking a better life in wealthy neighbouring Gulf Arab states.
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Saudi-led jets strike Houthi targets in Yemen after Aramco hit

Finger Lakes Times 21 Mar 2021
A separate strike hit a rebel target in the port province of Hodeidah ... efforts to end the seven-year war in Yemen, which has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with widespread famine and disease ... The Saudi-led coalition joined the conflict in neighboring Yemen in 2015 to try to restore its internationally recognized government ... ——— ... .
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