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Pledge of more oil heightens odds of Saudi trip for Biden

The Biden administration is praising Saudi Arabia for its role in a promised boost in oil production and a cease-fire in Yemen

The Independent UK

Biden Welcomes Yemen Truce Extension, Lauds Courageous Saudi Leadership

US President Joe Biden welcomed the extension on Thursday of a UN-brokered truce between the Yemeni government and the Houthis, and said Saudi Arabia had demonstrated "courageous leadership" by endorsing and implementing its terms. "The last two months in Yemen, thanks to the truce brokered in April, have been among…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden welcomes Yemen truce extension, notes Saudi Arabia's 'courageous leadership'

U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed the extension on Thursday of a U.N.-brokered truce between Yemen's warring parties, and said Saudi Arabia had demonstrated "courageous leadership" by endorsing and implementing its terms.

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Yemeni Government, Houthis Agree to Renew Truce

The United Nations said Thursday that the Yemeni government and the Houthis have agreed to renew a nationwide truce for another two months.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN says Yemen’s warring parties agree to renew truce

The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen says that Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to renew a nationwide truce for another two months

The Independent UK

Yemen truce extended for two months, but warring sides far apart

Initial two-month truce, which had notably reduced hostilities in Yemen, had been set to expire on Thursday.

Al Jazeera

Yemen warring parties agree to extend truce for two months -U.N

Yemen's warring parties agreed to extend a U.N.-brokered truce for another two months under the same terms as the original deal that was due to expire on Thursday, the U.N. envoy to Yemen said.

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Rights groups allege French arms makers complicit in Yemen war crimes

Three non-governmenatal organisations (NGOs) said on Thursday they had filed a lawsuit at a Paris court against three top French arms' producers for alleged war crimes complicity in Yemen after selling weapons to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Reuters

U.S. lawmakers relaunch effort to stop U.S. support for Saudi Yemen campaign

Nearly 50 members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a resolution on Wednesday seeking to end any U.S. involvement in Saudi Arabia's air campaign in Yemen, with plans to introduce a similar measure in the Senate.

Reuters

Yemen truce extension in the balance a day before end date

No breakthrough in UN-backed talks, despite two-month truce bringing much-needed breathing room for Yemeni civilians.

Al Jazeera

Grundberg in Muscat to Pressure Houthis to End Taiz Siege, Open Roads

UN Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg is racing to garner approval for extending the humanitarian truce between the Yemeni government and the Houthi militias. However, the government is insisting on Houthis lifting the siege of Taiz and complying with their obligations under the truce. On Tuesday, Grundberg met with the…

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6 Million Yemenis Benefit from Yemen Humanitarian Fund

The Yemen Humanitarian Fund (YHF) helped to address the needs of around 6 million people in Yemen, which remains one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, the Fund’s 2021 Annual Report revealed. “The funding made it possible to allocate more than $109 million to support almost 5.8 million people in…

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‘Catastrophic hunger’: Charity urges truce extension in Yemen

Two-month truce is set to expire on Wednesday, prompting calls for an end to ‘the cycle of violence and suffering’.

Al Jazeera

U.S. and Saudi ministers discuss efforts to prolong Yemen truce

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud have held a call to discuss Saudi Arabia's efforts to prolong a truce in Yemen, the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia tweeted on Tuesday.

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Yemen Presidential Council Forms Security, Military Committee

The Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council announced on Monday the formation of a joint security and military committee. Veteran military official Haitham Qassem Taher was named as head of the 59-member committee. The formation of the body is part of the Council's efforts to consolidate its authority and efforts to unify…

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Draft Rules Prepared for PLC Work in Yemen

The committee tasked with preparing the work rules for Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) and its affiliated bodies has completed the preparation of a final draft that it will submit to Rashad Al-Alimi, PLC Chairman, to make final observations before presenting it to parliament for approval. Ahmed Attia, a member…

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Yemen Truce Nears End without Lasting Agreement on Lifting Taiz Siege

The two-month nationwide truce in Yemen is set to end on Thursday with negotiations failing to reach a lasting agreement over lifting the siege imposed by the Iran-backed Houthi militias on Taiz and reopening vital roads between the provinces. The warring parties did not reach an agreement Saturday to lift…

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KSrelief Distributes Over 14 Tons of Food Baskets in Yemen’s Taiz

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has distributed 14 tons and 231 kilograms of food baskets to needy groups in the directorate of Dhibab and Mayon Island in Taiz governorate, Yemen, benefiting 1,200 people, the Saudi Press Agency reported Saturday. This comes within the framework of the…

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Yemeni Presidential Council Asserts Need to Improve Services, Living Conditions

President of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Rashad al-Alimi stressed the need for the government to carry out its duties and implement financial and administrative reforms, according to official sources. Saba news agency reported that Alimi and his deputies reviewed the government plans on the country's economic and financial…

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World Bank Report Sheds Light on Sufferings of Yemeni Women

Katebah Sayyad, a 60-year-old woman in Quhal, describes fetching water as “an exhausting task for people, especially women.” In the Yemeni village of Quhal, in Amran governorate in northern Yemen, the main source of water used to be the old rainwater ponds that filled during the summer. This water fed…

Al Jazeera

US, Netherlands call for action on decaying Yemeni supertanker

The two countries warn of potential economic, environmental and humanitarian effects if FSO Safer spills or explodes.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemen Calls for Protecting Refugees from Houthi Attacks

Yemeni Permanent Representative to the UN, Abdullah Ali Fadhel Al-Saadi urged the international community and the Security Council to take measures to protect civilians in both cities and refugee camps from terrorist attacks by Iran-backed Houth militias and to protect civilian objects in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab…

Al Jazeera

US calls on Yemen’s Houthis to release its local embassy staff

US calls on Yemeni rebels to ‘end injustice’ and free current and former employees of the US embassy in Sanaa.

Reuters

Blast in Yemen fish market kills at least 4 people, wounds over 30

At least four people were killed and more than 30 injured at a Yemen fish market when an explosive device planted in a trash can detonated, police in the port city of Aden said on Thursday.

Al Jazeera

UN envoy urges Yemen’s warring parties to renew truce

Two-month nationwide truce between Saudi-led coalition and the rebel Houthi group is due to expire at beginning of June.

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