Yemen

ADEN, Jul 29 (NNN-YPA) – Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), yesterday appointed four ministers, including a war-worn veteran, who will head the Saudi-backed Yemeni government’s Defence Ministry.

Mohsen Mohammed Hussein al-Daeri, who has led several military campaigns against the Houthi rebels, in the country’s northern provinces, and had been injured during the years of offensive, will lead the Defence Ministry, said a statement, released by state-run Saba news.

ADEN, Jul 18 (NNN-YPA) – Nine Yemeni soldiers were killed by the Houthis, during the past 48 hours, a military official said, accusing the militia of breaching the ceasefire.

“The Houthi militia breached the ceasefire, brokered by the United Nations, and launched a number of attacks against the government-controlled sites in Yemen,” the local military source said, on condition of anonymity.

The attacks involved scores of attacks using explosive-laden drones and artillery shells in various regions, he added.

13 July 2022; MEMO: The UN Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to extend the international community's special political mission in Yemen, Anadolu News Agency reports.

The authorities were set to expire 15 July, but the vote extends the UN Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) for one year.

SANAA, Jul 1 (NNN-YPA) – Yemen’s Houthi group sent a delegation to Jordan’s capital, Amman to resume the UN-sponsored truce talks with the Yemeni government, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported, yesterday.

The delegation would discuss violations of the ongoing truce and the opening of roads in Taiz.

There was no comment yet from the Yemeni government.

Millions more Yemenis are predicted to be at risk of starvation later this year, after the World Food Programme (WFP) announced further cuts to its food aid in Yemen.

The WFP made the announcement in a Twitter post yesterday, stating that "Critical funding gaps, global inflation and the knock-on effects of the war in Ukraine have forced WFP in Yemen to make some extremely tough decisions about the support we provide to our beneficiaries".

ADEN, Jun 26 (NNN-YPA) – Unidentified gunmen, shot dead a senior leader of Yemen’s newly-formed pro-government forces, in the country’s oil-rich province of Marib, a security official said.

The military commander, identified as Abdul-Razzaq Baqama, belonged to the newly-formed pro-government “Happy Yemen Brigades,” backed by Saudi Arabia, the source said, on condition of anonymity.

“Brigadier Baqama was found dead in his car, late on Friday night. He was shot by unknown gunmen’s automatic assault rifles,” said the security official.

ADEN, Yemen, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Yemen said that it facilitated the return of 300 Ethiopian migrants from Yemen to their country this week.

"This week, IOM helped 300 Ethiopian migrants embark on two Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) flights," the UN migration agency said in a tweet on Thursday.

The VHR flights are "the only safe and dignified pathway for migrants in Yemen to return home," IOM said, adding the program is a lifeline for migrants struggling to survive amid conflict.

ADEN, May 15 (NNN-YPA) – The internationally-recognised Yemeni government, yesterday accused the Houthi rebels of attacking the oil-rich province of Marib, despite a two-month cease-fire, brokered by the United Nations.

“The Houthis launched a sniper operation, killing one member of the armed forces and injuring another, on the north-western front of Marib Province,” said the Yemeni defence ministry.

The statement accused the Houthis of committing a series of breaches, of the UN-brokered truce in various areas of the war-ravaged country.

ADEN, Yemen, May 15 (Xinhua) -- A senior official of Yemeni armed forces on Sunday survived a car bombing attack in the country's southern port city of Aden, a security official told Xinhua.

"The convoy of General Ali Saleh Hassan, chief of the Joint Military Operations Authority, was struck by a car bomb while passing through the main road in Aden's district of Al-Mualla," the local official said on condition of anonymity.

Based on initial information, the attack occurred around noon when a parked booby-trapped car exploded and targeted Saleh's convoy, he said.

ADEN, May 11 (NNN-YPA) – The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, yesterday arrived in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, for a two-day visit, amid efforts to push the country’s warring parties to uphold a fragile UN-brokered ceasefire.

Grundberg held meetings with Rashad Al-Alimi, president of the Presidential Leadership Council and other high-ranking officials of the internationally-recognised Yemeni government in Aden, over the recent breaches to the UN-brokered truce.