Yemen

SANAA, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday that it would reduce food aid to Yemen as of January because it is running out of funds.

"From January, eight million (Yemenis) will receive a reduced food ration, while (the other) five million at immediate risk of slipping into famine conditions will remain on a full ration," the humanitarian agency said in a statement on its website.

08 Dec 2021; MEMO: The parties to the war in Yemen each have their own agenda, making the conflict hard to resolve. Here are some of these groups and what they want, as reported by Reuters:

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In the late 1990s, the Houthi family in far north Yemen set up a religious revival movement involving the Zaydi sect of Shia Islam, which had once ruled Yemen but whose northern heartland had been marginalised.

07 Dec 2021; MEMO: More than 40 Yemeni tribal leaders have called on all parties to the conflict in the country to start a "comprehensive and immediate ceasefire" and to reopen all humanitarian roads and corridors, Anadolu reported.

ADEN, Dec 5 (NNN-YPA) – A total of 16 people were killed, as a result of an aerial bombardment against Houthi military vehicles, in Yemen’s south-western province of Taiz, a military official said, yesterday.

“An airstrike was launched late on Friday night and struck a convoy of the Houthi rebel militia, in the countryside district of Maqbanah in Taiz, causing a huge explosion,” the source said.

The airstrike struck the Houthi military convoy when it was passing through an area held by a group of civilians, he added.

ADEN, Yemen, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- A total of 16 people were killed as a result of an aerial bombardment against Houthi military vehicles in Yemen's southwestern province of Taiz, a military official told Xinhua on Saturday.

"An airstrike was launched late on Friday night and struck a convoy of the Houthi rebel militia in the countryside district of Maqbanah in Taiz, causing a huge explosion," the local military source said on condition of anonymity.

The airstrike struck the Houthi military convoy when it was passing through an area held by a group of civilians, he added.

21 Nov 2021; MEMO: Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Saturday it had fired 14 drones at several Saudi Arabian cities, including at Saudi Aramco facilities in Jeddah, Reuters reported.

The Saudi-led coalition battling the Houthis in Yemen had on Friday said it destroyed three drones launched towards southern Saudi Arabia and a fourth over Yemen. It said the group "failed to launch two ballistic missiles" and they fell inside Yemen.

18 Nov 2021; MEMO: The former Yemeni regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh maintained secret contact with Israel, Rai Al Youm online newspaper reported an official saying yesterday.

According to the Deputy Director of Moral Guidance Department for Media Affairs in the Houthi government, Brigadier Abdullah Bin Amer, Israel widened its operation and activities in Yemen during Saleh's time as president.

ADEN, Yemen, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Three people suspected of being members of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch were killed by an airstrike in Yemen on Sunday, a military official told Xinhua.

"Missiles fired by a U.S. drone struck a traveling vehicle passing on road between the provinces of al-Bayda and Shabwa in the country's southern part," the local military source said on condition of anonymity.

The airstrike resulted in killing three people suspected of belonging to the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch and injuring two others including a woman at the scene, he said.

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized government have withdrawn from the strategic port city of Hodeida, allowing the rebels to retake their positions, Yemeni officials and the U.N. said.

The Joint Forces, backed by the United Arab Emirates, said late Friday they redeployed troops from Hodeida because there was no need to stay in the city amid a U.N.-brokered cease-fire deal.

13 Nov 2021; MEMO: Yemeni forces under a Saudi-led coalition said on Friday they have withdrawn from around the main port of Hodeidah held by their foes, the Houthis, as the Red Sea city's governor announced the reopening of a main road linking it to the capital, Sana'a, Reuters reported.

The Giants Brigade southern forces supported by the United Arab Emirates, posted on Twitter that they had redeployed from around Hodeidah city in western Yemen, the main entry point for commercial imports and aid flows.