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Saudi blockade of Yemen still in place, amounts to collective punishment: Aid agency
Nov 24, 2017 03:45A major aid agency says Saudi Arabia’s crippling blockade of Yemen is an “illegal collective punishment” of the Yemeni nation, some seven million of whom are on the brink of an appalling famine.
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Yemeni scholars slam plans by certain Arab states to normalize Israel ties
Nov 23, 2017 09:55Prominent Yemeni scholars have lashed out at certain Arab countries for their plans to normalize ties with the illegal Zionist entity, calling on their nations to put pressure on their governments to prevent such détente.
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Saudi Arabia shelling out $7bn more for US munitions amid escalating war against Yemen
Nov 23, 2017 09:50Saudi Arabia has struck a $7 billion deal with American arms manufactures for precision-guided munitions, sources say, a sign that the kingdom and its allies are adamant in pushing ahead with a years-long war on Yemen despite international pressure.
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UN says 32 flights to Yemen have been canceled since Saudi tightened blockade
Nov 23, 2017 04:30The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, has said that a total of 32 flights to Yemen have been canceled since the regime in Riyadh ordered a tightening of the blockade of the impoverished country.
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Saudi blockade drives 500 Yemeni kids into malnutrition weekly, aid group says
Nov 22, 2017 14:32The International Rescue Committee says Saudi Arabia's ongoing blockade on Yemen drives 500 children into malnutrition every week.
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At least 12 people martyred in fresh Saudi airstrikes in war-torn Yemen
Nov 21, 2017 02:14At least twelve people have been martyred in Saudi Arabia’s latest series of airstrikes on its impoverished neighbor Yemen.
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Five Yemeni cities left without water due to Saudi siege: ICRC
Nov 21, 2017 02:06The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says the Yemeni capital of Sana’a and the south-central city of Bayda have joined the list of urban centers without clean water due to a persisting blockade imposed on the impoverished nation by a Saudi-led military coalition.
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Millions in Yemen face death due to Saudi blockade: WFP
Nov 20, 2017 12:07The World Food Program says Saudi Arabia's continued blockade threatens the lives of millions in Yemen as aid deliveries cannot get to the needy.
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Saudi airstrikes kill 6 children, 3 women in Yemen’s Jawf Province
Nov 19, 2017 14:10At least eight children and three women have been killed after Saudi fighter jets targeted a residential area in Yemen's northern province of Jawf as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its ruthless bombardment of its southern neighbor.
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Saudi blockade hinders delivery of desperately needed medicine to Yemenis: MSF
Nov 18, 2017 13:09The international medical charity Doctors Without Borders says it has not been able to deliver vital medical and humanitarian assistance to the people in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, due to a tight blockade the Saudi-led military coalition has imposed on the impoverished nation.