Yemen

Unknown Gunmen Kidnapped Two Foreign Aid Workers In Central Yemen

ADEN, Aug 29 (NNN-SABA) – Unknown gunmen kidnapped two foreigners working with the international charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF), in Yemen’s central province of Marib yesterday, a security official said.

The local security official, who asked to remain anonymous, said, the foreigners held captive by the unknown gunmen are identified as nationals from Germany and Myanmar, both serving under the MSF banner.

Landmine Blast Killed Two In Yemen’s Red Sea Port City

SANAA, Aug 24 (NNN-SABA) – Two people were killed yesterday, in a landmine explosion in Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen’s Ministry of Human Rights said in a statement.

The landmine exploded when the two civilians walked over it, on the side of a road in the al-Hayet area, in the southern district of al-Durayhimi, killing them on the spot.

Hodeidah witnessed a shaky cease-fire between Yemeni government forces and the Houthi militia, since they reached a UN-sponsored truce in Stockholm in Dec, 2018.

Omani Delegation To Hold Cease-Fire Talks With Yemen’s Houthis In Sanaa

SANAA, Aug 18 (NNN-SABA) – An Omani delegation arrived in Yemen’s rebel-held capital, Sanaa yesterday, in a bid to persuade the Houthi group to accept a UN proposal, for resuming a truce with the Yemeni government, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.

The delegation is scheduled to hold talks with top Houthi leaders in the coming hours, the television channel said, without elaborating further.

Gunmen Killed Yemeni Criminal Investigation Officer In S. Province

ADEN, Aug 16 (NNN-SABA) – Unidentified gunmen opened fire and killed a senior officer of Yemen’s government forces, in the country’s south-western province of Taiz yesterday, a government official said.

The official, who asked to remain anonymous, said that, Adnan Al-Muhya, an officer of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), was gunned down by masked assailants, in the Al-Jamhouri residential neighbourhood.

Houthi gov't warns US Navy of 'costliest war ever' if it gets too close to Yemen's waters

9 August 2023; MEMO: Yemen's Houthi-led National Salvation Government (NSG) has issued a warning to the US Navy against getting too close to the country's territorial waters, lest the US face the "longest" and "costliest" war in history.

Yemeni Authorities Arrested 12 Over Killing Of WFP Employee

ADEN, Jul 23 (NNN-SABA) – Yemeni security forces detained 12 suspects yesterday, in an operation to track down perpetrators who had shot dead an employee of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) a day earlier, a government official said.

Meanwhile, the security forces’ search operation was still underway to find those who masterminded the drive-by shooting attack, the official said.

UN Ship Arrives At Yemen’s Port To Transfer Crude Oil From Abandoned Tanker

SANAA, Jul 17 (NNN-SABA) – The UN replacement ship arrived in Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah yesterday, in preparation to transfer crude oil from a tanker, abandoned off the coast of the country since 2015, UN officials at the scene told reporters.

In the upcoming two-week first phase of the emergency rescue operation, the replacement vessel, Nautica, will transfer all crude from the floating supertanker, Safer, before a catenary anchor leg mooring buoy will be secured to the seabed, to fix the replacement ship in the second phase, according to the UN officials.

Houthi shelling killed Two in SW Yemen: medical official

SANAA, Jul 16 (NNN-SABA) – Houthi rebels shelled a residential area in Yemen’s south-western province of Taiz yesterday, killing a mother and her son, a local medical official said.

The shelling struck their house in the village of al-Hajamah, in the al-Abous district, damaging several other houses and farms in the area.

The medical official said, the attack was the latest in a series of Houthi shellings on Taiz, which has been under the rebels’ siege for more than seven years.

UN ship arrives at Yemen's port to transfer crude oil from abandoned tanker

SANAA, July 16 (Xinhua) -- A UN replacement ship arrived in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah on Sunday, in preparation to transfer crude oil from a tanker abandoned off the coast of the war-torn country since 2015, UN officials at the scene told reporters.

In the upcoming two-week first phase of the emergency rescue operation, the replacement vessel Nautica will transfer all crude from the floating supertanker Safer, before a catenary anchor leg mooring buoy will be secured to the seabed to fix the replacement ship in the second phase, according to the UN officials.

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