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Saudi-led coalition targets Yemen sites after attempted drone attack -state media
(Reuters) - A Saudi-led coalition carried out a wide operation against targets in Yemen after intercepting and destroying a drone that attempted to attack Saudi Arabia's Abha international airport, Saudi…
U.N. calls for new talks on Yemen’s Hodeidah port as frontlines shift
ADEN (Reuters) - An U.N. monitoring mission on Monday called on Yemen's warring parties to hold new talks over Hodeidah as the Saudi-led coalition strafed areas south of the port…
Coalition forces say they have withdrawn from around Yemen’s Hodeidah port
By Reyam Mokhashef and Mohammed Ghobari ADEN (Reuters) - Yemeni forces under a Saudi-led coalition said on Friday they had withdrawn from around the main Red Sea port of Hodeidah…
Hezbollah rejects calls for minister to quit over Yemen comments
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Hezbollah leader rejected calls for the resignation of a Lebanese minister who sparked a diplomatic rift with Riyadh by criticising its military intervention in Yemen, underlining…
Saudi-led coalition says troops redeploying in Yemen, not withdrawing
By Aziz El Yaakoubi and Reyam Mukhshaf DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen said on Wednesday its troops were redeploying in line with its…
Saudi gets first major arms deal under Biden with air-to-air missiles
By Mike Stone and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department approved its first major arms sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under U.S. President Joe Biden with…
Buffeted by crises, Lebanon PM urges minister to do right thing
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Thursday urged a cabinet minister who triggered a rift with Saudi Arabia to put national interests first but stopped short of asking…
Displaced by war, Yemenis converge on Marib’s camps as frontline closes in
MARIB, Yemen (Reuters) - In his eighties, Mohammed Hadi al-Harmali has been uprooted four times by shifting frontlines during the seven years of Yemen's brutal civil war. Out of money…
Bahrain urges citizens in Lebanon to leave, Yemeni gov’t recalls envoy
CAIRO (Reuters) - Bahrain's foreign ministry on Tuesday urged citizens in Lebanon to leave immediately, the state news agency reported, amid a deepening row over comments by a Lebanese minister…
Analysis-Lebanon is dragged back into eye of Iranian-Saudi storm
By Tom Perry and Ghaida Ghantous BEIRUT (Reuters) - Already mired in economic collapse, Lebanon is facing a blast of Gulf Arab anger after a prominent broadcaster-turned-minister levelled blunt criticism…
Explosion near Yemen’s Aden airport kills at least six – sources
ADEN (Reuters) -An explosion near the entrance to the international airport of Yemen's southern port city of Aden on Saturday resulted in at least six deaths and around 20 injured,…
Crisis with Lebanon rooted in Hezbollah dominance – Saudi minister
By Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Saturday the latest crisis with Lebanon has its origins in a Lebanese political setup that reinforces the…
