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Yemenis inspect the site of a suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group on 269 August 2016 at an army recruitment centre in the southern Yemeni city of Aden. Yemeni security officials told AFP that the attacker drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a gathering of army recruits at a school in northern Aden, killing at least 60. Picture: AFP

Yemens government

Arab coalition air strike kills 45 in Yemen - relatives, sources

By Reuters

The prison in the city’s al-Zaydiyah district was holding 84 prisoners when it was struck three times.

  • Yemenis inspect the site of a suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group on 269 August 2016 at an army recruitment centre in the southern Yemeni city of Aden. Yemeni security officials told AFP that the attacker drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a gathering of army recruits at a school in northern Aden, killing at least 60. Picture: AFP

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  • FILE: In a written statement posted to its social media accounts, Islamic state said the attack targeted “the apostate Yemeni army” and named the attacker as Abu Ali al-Adeni. Picture: AFP.

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  • Picture: AFP.

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  • FILE: Smoke billows following an air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition on the headquarters of the Special Security Forces, formerly known as the Central Security, on May 27, 2015, in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Picture: AFP.

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  • Smoke billows following an air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition on the headquarters of the Special Security Forces, formerly known as the Central Security, on May 27, 2015, in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Picture: AFP.

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  • FILE: Yemeni President Abd-Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. Picture: AFP.

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  • FILE: A screebgran picture shows people carrying an injured child in Yemen after Saudi-led air strikes in an ongoing war between the two countries.

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  • Yemenis inspect the damage of a building hit by a rocket during clashes between Shiite Huthi rebels and fighters from the Popular Resistance Committees, loyal to Yemen's fugitive President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, in the third city of Taez, on October 21, 2015. At least 22 civilians were killed and several others wounded as suspected rebel rockets crashed into the central Yemeni city of Taiz, according to medics and military officials. Picture: AFP.

    40 Yemeni fishermen killed in Saudi-led strikes

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    2480 days ago
  • FILE: A screebgran picture shows people carrying an injured child in Yemen after Saudi-led air strikes in an ongoing war between the two countries.

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  • FILE: Smoke billows following an air-strike by Saudi-led coalition on May 11, 2015, in the Yemen capital of Sanaa. Picture: AFP.

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  • embers of Shiite factions hold banners and flags during a demonstration to protest against the Saudi-led Arab coalition which is carrying out air strikes on Huthi militia targets across Yemen on 31 March, 2015. Picture: AFP.

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    2645 days ago
  • FILE: A flag of the United Nations floats at their Geneva’s offices during the third day of face-to-face peace talks in Geneva on 27 January 2014. Picture: AFP.

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    2663 days ago
  • Yemeni soldiers block streets around the presidential palace in the capital Sanaa on 19 January, 2015. Picture: AFP.

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    2664 days ago
  • Members of Shiite factions hold banners and flags during a demonstration to protest against the Saudi-led Arab coalition which is carrying out air strikes on Huthi militia targets across Yemen on 31 March, 2015 in the mainly Shiite southern Iraqi city of Basra. Picture: AFP.

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    Iran has warned that instability is allowing terrorist groups to gain a foothold in that country.

    2669 days ago
  • FILE: Ambassadors attend a meeting at the United Nations Security Council called by Russia 13 April 2014 at the United Nations in New York. Picture: AFP.

    UN names new Yemen envoy as peace efforts stall

    Mauritanian diplomat Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed will be the new special envoy to Yemen.

    2670 days ago
  • FILE. Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Picture: AFP.

    Yemen's exiled president appoints conciliatory figure as deputy

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    2674 days ago
  • FILE:Members of Shiite Huthi movement check people as they arrive for a gathering in a northern Sanaa stadium to watch on a giant screen a televised address by their chief Abdel Malek al-Huthi on 7 February, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    Iran leader: Saudi air strikes causing genocide

    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei condemned as genocide the military intervention by Saudi Arabia in Yemen.

    2677 days ago
  • Members of Shiite factions hold banners and flags during a demonstration to protest against the Saudi-led Arab coalition which is carrying out air strikes on Huthi militia targets across Yemen on 31 March, 2015 in the mainly Shiite southern Iraqi city of Basra. Picture: AFP.

    Heavy clashes on Saudi-Yemeni border

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    2686 days ago
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