Aden, Jan 3 (IANS) Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces on Saturday retook Seiyun, the second-largest city in Yemen’s southeastern oil-rich province of Hadramout, about a month after it was seized by the Southern Transitional Council (STC), according to a government military source and local residents. The local government official, speaking to Xinhua news agency on condition of anonymity, said government troops entered the city and secured full control following the withdrawal of STC forces fr…
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Riyadh, Dec 31 (IANS) The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said that two vessels entering the southern port of Mukalla were carrying containers loaded with weapons and ammunition.In a post on X, coalition spokesperson Turki Al-Maliki said the vessels entered the port without obtaining entry permits from the Yemeni government or the Coalition Command, in response to a statement by the United Arab Emirates Foreign Ministry claiming that the shipment contained no weapons and was destined for Emirati fo…
Aden (Yemen), Dec 25 (IANS) Yemen’s internationally recognised government and the Houthi group have signed an agreement to recover and exchange thousands of bodies from both sides of the conflict, said officials from the two warring parties.Abdul Qader al-Murtada, head of the Houthis’ prisoner affairs committee, said on social media platform X on Wednesday (local time) that the deal covers bodies from all frontlines and regions in Yemen, and that joint field committees will be formed for impleme…