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Amnesty International urges EU to follow Biden’s UAE, Saudi weapons freeze
Jan 29, 2021 09:11Amnesty International has welcomed the United States decision to freeze arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), calling on European countries to follow suit and end weapons exports to the two countries involved in the devastating war on Yemen.
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Yemeni families seek justice for 34 deaths in US drone strikes
Jan 29, 2021 04:11Two Yemeni families have filed a petition against the US government over the “unlawful” killing of 34 relatives, including 17 children, in American attacks.
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Europe complicit in Yemen humanitarian disaster by selling arms to Saudi Arabia, UAE: Lawmaker
Jan 29, 2021 04:03A member of the European Parliament has denounced Europe’s support for the ongoing Saudi-led military onslaught on Yemen, arguing that EU nations have done little to condemn the attacks and deal with the humanitarian catastrophe there.
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US should place embargo on arms deliveries, logistical support to Saudi-led coalition: Houthi
Jan 27, 2021 08:47A member of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen has called on the new US administration to end logistical support for the Saudi-led coalition involved in a deadly military campaign against the Yemeni nation, and instead impose an arms embargo on Riyadh and its allies for their war crimes.
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US authorizes transactions with Yemen’s Ansarullah for 30 days
Jan 26, 2021 04:08The US Treasury Department has issued a license authorizing transactions until February 26 involving Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, which was earlier designated by the Trump administration as a foreign terrorist organization.
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Over 300 human rights groups call for end to disastrous Saudi war on Yemen
Jan 25, 2021 10:00More than 300 anti-war and humanitarian organizations across the world have signed a statement calling for an end to the Saudi war against impoverished Yemen.
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Yemen warring sides kick-start prisoner swap talks in Jordan: UN
Jan 24, 2021 14:13Fresh talks between delegations from Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and Saudi-backed former government have begun over exchange of hundreds of more prisoners, as part of steps taken to revive stalled UN-brokered peace negotiations, the United Nations says.
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Ansarullah: Saudi to pay heavy price for continuing Yemen war, siege
Jan 24, 2021 08:45Yemen’s defensive Ansarullah movement says the Saudi-led coalition will pay dearly for keeping up the war and a siege that it has simultaneously imposed on the impoverished country.
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US State Department starts to revisit Trump terrorist designation of Yemen’s Ansarullah
Jan 23, 2021 05:25A spokesperson at the US State Department says Washington has started a review of a decision by the administration of former US President Donald Trump to designate Yemen’s popular Ansarullah movement as a foreign terrorist organization.
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Yemen’s petroleum firm warns of humanitarian crisis amid Saudi siege
Jan 23, 2021 02:40The Yemen Petroleum Company (YPC) has urged the United Nations (UN) to take action to prevent an imminent humanitarian crisis as a Saudi-led coalition continues to seize ships carrying necessary oil products to the country.