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UN chief: Yemen’s Houthis, ex-govt. agree to ceasefire in Hudaydah
Dec 13, 2018 15:31UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the Yemeni warring parties have reached an agreement on a ceasefire in the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah, as a new round of peace talks aimed at ending nearly four years of a brutal Saudi-led war on its southern neighbor came to a close in Sweden.
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US Senate votes to end US support for Saudi war on Yemen
Dec 13, 2018 02:16The US Senate has voted to end President Donald Trump’s support for the Saudi war on Yemen.
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Ansarullah, Saudi-backed groups agree to reopen Sana'a airport as talks continue
Dec 12, 2018 14:20Yemen's warring parties have reportedly agreed to reopen the airport in the capital Sana'a, which was shuttered last year after numerous attacks by Saudi Arabia.
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UN asks warring parties to leave Hudaydah, proposes interim entity to rule Yemeni port
Dec 12, 2018 13:40The United Nations has proposed that both parties to the Yemen conflict pull out of Hudaydah, and that an interim entity be set up to run the embattled port city, a lifeline for millions of people in the war-torn country.
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Leader: US complicit in Saudi crimes against Yemenis
Dec 12, 2018 06:39Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the situation in the war-torn Yemen is the embodiment of the US’s indifference towards human lives, adding that the Saudi regime is perpetrating crimes in Yemen, but it is Washington that is abetting those atrocities.
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Iran welcomes Yemenis’ agreements in Sweden
Dec 11, 2018 11:32Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced on Tuesday that his country supports the agreements reached between Yemeni sides in the Swedish capital city of Stockholm, stressing continuation of the talks.
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Iran’s Rouhani voices support for intra-Yemeni peace talks
Dec 11, 2018 08:22President Hassan Rouhani has expressed Iran’s support for intra-Yemeni negotiations, saying the invaders have come to the realization that making peace with the Yemeni nation is the only option available to them.
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Yemen warring sides not there yet on key issues: UN envoy
Dec 11, 2018 04:49UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths says the country’s warring parties have not yet reached any agreement on the major sticking points on the agenda of the ongoing peace negotiations in Sweden, including a truce in the strategic port city of Hudaydah.
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Ansarullah, former Yemeni govt. delegations agree to prisoner swap
Dec 11, 2018 02:16Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and the country’s former Saudi-backed government say they have reached an agreement to carry out a mass prisoner swap, finalizing a key issue at UN-brokered peace negotiations in Sweden.
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US support for aggressors triggers humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen: Iran
Dec 10, 2018 03:55Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman says the United States is behind the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen by providing arms and financial support for the aggressor states, which have been wreaking havoc in the war-torn country.