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New Fighting Along Yemen Border Closes Schools And Airports

4:05pm May 05, 2015

by Jackie Northam

Fresh fighting around Najran comes after a nearly six-week Saudi-led air campaign against Houthi rebels. Aid agencies urge a halt to bombing Yemen's airports so humanitarian supplies can be delivered.

Supporters of the Shiite Houthi movement brandish weapons as they take part in a demonstration in Yemen's capital of Sanaa on Thursday, protesting the Saudi-led military "Decisive Storm" air campaign.

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Saudi Airstrikes Target Houthi Forces In Yemen, Despite Talks Of Peace

10:04am April 23, 2015

by Bill Chappell

It's unclear when peace talks that were mentioned earlier this week might occur. Warplanes have been hitting areas under Houthi control Thursday.

Saudi Arabia's army fires artillery shells toward Houthi rebels along the Saudi border with Yemen on April 15. Outside Saudi Arabia, many are critical of the military campaign and question whether it will succeed, but it is popular inside the kingdom.

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Saudi Airstrikes Raise Doubts Abroad, Spark Patriotic Fervor At Home

7:06pm April 21, 2015

by Leila Fadel

Much of the world is skeptical about the wisdom of the bombing raids in Yemen. But Saudis are rallying around their new king, Salman, and his son, the defense minister.

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U.S. Navy Sends Aircraft Carrier To Coast Of Yemen

6:46pm April 20, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The move comes as fighting has intensified in Yemen between government forces and Houthi rebels allied with Iran. The U.N. has imposed an arms embargo on the Houthis.

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Pakistan's Parliament Rejects Joining Saudi Coalition In Yemen

1:19pm April 10, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Lawmakers in Islamabad instead approved a draft resolution calling on the government to play a mediating role in the conflict against the Houthi rebels.

These kids are Yemenis without a home. Fighting between government and rebel forces caused their families to flee to a refugee camp in Aden, where the youngsters find time for fun.

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Dreams Of Hope And Happiness In Turbulent Yemen

6:00pm April 08, 2015

by Marc Silver

The country is in chaos, but behind the headlines of war and poverty are generous and gentle people. Photographer Stephanie Sinclair recalls her most recent visit and shares some of her photos.

Yemeni boys display shrapnel they collected from the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes in a village near Sanaa, Yemen, on Saturday.

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Tribal Fighters Lay Siege To Al-Qaida In Coastal Town

12:54pm April 04, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The coalition of tribesmen have vowed to expel fighters from the extremist group and restore order to the Gulf of Aden port.

Pakistani activists march in support of the Saudi government at a protest in Quetta on March 30, 2015. Pakistan is the latest country to join a Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen.

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Airstrikes In Yemen Intensify, Hit Refugee Camp

5:29pm March 30, 2015

by Jackie Northam

Airstrikes intensified as Houthi rebels advanced on the port city of Aden. Aid agencies say one airstrike killed dozens at a refugee camp, while Yemeni officials blamed rebel shelling.

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Saudi Arabia Pounds Rebel Targets In Yemen On 2nd Day Of Air Campaign

7:03pm March 27, 2015

by Jackie Northam

Airstrikes and anti-aircraft fire rocked the capital, Sanaa, while Houthi rebels continued their push into southern Yemen. Meanwhile, Arab foreign ministers gathered in Egypt.

A wounded girl reacts as she is carried by a man out of a mosque that was attacked by a suicide bomber in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday.

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Scores Killed In Mosque Attacks In Yemen

5:53pm March 20, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Suicide bombers strike at two Shiite mosques said to be frequented by supporters of the country's Houthi rebel movement.