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UN food agency stops deliveries to millions in Yemen areas controlled by Houthi rebels

Dec. 05, 2023 18:42 PM EST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations food agency said Tuesday it is stopping food distribution in areas of war-torn Yemen controlled by the Houthi rebels, a move that will impact millions of people. The World Food Program said the “pause” was driven by limited funding and...

US Navy seizes attackers who held Israel-linked tanker. Missiles from rebel-controlled Yemen follow

Nov. 26, 2023 23:44 PM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Armed assailants seized and later let go of a tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Yemen on Sunday before being apprehended by the United States Navy, officials said. Two ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled Yemen then landed near a U.S. warship...

Syria says an Israeli airstrike hit the Damascus airport and put it out of service

Nov. 26, 2023 13:36 PM EST

BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike Sunday hit the international airport in the Syrian capital of Damascus and put it out of commission, Syrian state media said. Israel has struck Syria's Damascus and Aleppo international airports several times since the onset of the Hamas-Israel...

Tens of thousands protest after Muslim prayers across Mideast over Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

Oct. 13, 2023 12:38 PM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of Muslims demonstrated Friday across the Middle East in support of the Palestinians and against the intensifying Israeli bombardment of Gaza, underscoring the risk of a wider regional conflict as Israel prepares for a possible ground invasion. ...

Yemen’s state-run airline suspends the only route out of Sanaa over Houthi restrictions on its funds

Oct. 01, 2023 04:18 AM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s state-run carrier has suspended the only air route out of the country's rebel-held capital to protest Houthi restrictions on its funds, officials said Sunday. Yemen Airways canceled its commercial flights from Sanaa's international airport to the Jordanian...

Delegation from Yemen's Houthi rebels flies into Saudi Arabia for peace talks with kingdom

Sep. 15, 2023 13:10 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A delegation from Yemen's Houthi rebels has flown into Saudi Arabia for talks with the kingdom on potentially ending the yearslong war tearing at the Arab world's poorest nation, officials said. It remains unclear what terms are being discussed...