Tag: Sanaa

Nonseasonal floods kill 14 in Yemen

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SANAA, Yemen — At least fourteen people have been killed by flooding in Yemen in the past 24 hours, according to security officials. Non-seasonal...

Costly and critical: the battle for a key Yemeni city

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MARIB CITY, Yemen — The two fighters stand shoulder-to-shoulder on a mountain overlook, with a clear view below of the enemy’s position. They are...

UAE-backed Yemen leader says his troops at island air base

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A militia leader and nephew of Yemen's late strongman president has acknowledged that his Emirati-backed troops are stationed on...

Officials: Migrant boat capsizes off Yemen, some 200 missing

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SANAA, Yemen — U.N. and Yemeni officials said Monday a boat capsized off the coast of war-torn Yemen a day earlier and some 200...

Yemen national soccer team coach dies from COVID-19

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SANAA, Yemen — Yemen’s soccer association said Sunday that the country's national team coach Sami al-Naash has died from COVID-19. ...

UN Security Council urges immediate cease-fire in Yemen

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council called for an immediate halt to fighting in Yemen on Wednesday, saying that only a lasting cease-fire...

Yemen officials: Heavy flooding from seasonal rains kills 13

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SANAA, Yemen — Floods swept through parts of Yemen amid heavy seasonal rains, leaving at least 13 people dead, including two children, security officials...

Yemen launches coronavirus vaccination campaign

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CAIRO — Yemen’s internationally recognized government began a coronavirus vaccination campaign Tuesday as the U.N. warned the pandemic was “roaring back” in recent weeks. ...

Battle for Yemen desert city now a key to Iran, US tension

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The battle for an ancient desert city in war-torn Yemen has become a key to understanding wider tensions now...

Agency: 1/4 of civilian casualties in Yemen are children

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CAIRO — Children constituted a quarter of civilian casualties over the last three years in Yemen's grinding war between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and the...