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AL-MUKALLA: The Yemeni riyal has recovered by 20 percent after positive news about the implementation of the Riyadh Agreement and the formation of a new government, giving a long-awaited boost to the chaotic exchange market. Local moneychangers told Arab News on Sunday that the Yemeni riyal bounced to 750 against the US dollar in the government-controlled areas, rising from 925 about 10 days ago, and reviving hopes about bringing the market under the government’s control. The riyal’s reboun...

Xinhua | Updated: 2020-12-17 09:33 Share CLOSE Soldiers of the Southern Transitional Council leave the southern province of Abyan, Yemen, on Dec 16, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] ADEN, Yemen - Forces loyal to Yemens government and other military units of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) on Wednesday completed redeployment plans in the countrys southern part under Saudi Arabia-led coalitions supervision. Local military officials said that "the process ...

News From Antiwar.com Yemen’s separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) continue redeploying amid a power-sharing deal with the pro-Saudi government. First, troops were sent out of Aden to Dhale. Now, they’re moving out of the key Abyan Province, and into neighboring Lahj. Officials say this is meant to allow them to more easily target the Houthi rebels, though its not clear they have much in positions around Lahj. After over a year of refusing the power-sharing deal with the STC, the ...

Five Day Ceasefire in Yemen Houthi rebels in Yemen NEW DELHI: Houthi rebels in Yemen have said that they will agree to a five-day humanitarian ceasefire that will enable aid to reach civilians after more than a month of airstrikes carried out by a Saudi-led coalition. The announcement, referring to a ceasefire that is due to begin on Tuesday, was made on state news agency SABA that is currently under the control of the Houthis. The agency quoted Col. Sharaf Ghalib Luqman as saying that the ...

ATAQ, Yemen The people smuggler spreads his arms wide over nine oblong piles of grey rocks, each representing one dead migrant. A tenth hole waits to be filled. “I buried them here myself,” Ahmed al-Awlaqi says proudly. The rock towers surround forlorn, makeshift graves, which are linked by strings of brightly patterned garbage. This is where al-Awlaqi says he buried 70 of the thousands of people he has brought to the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa. Al-Awlaqi insists those he buried her...

Warring Yemeni military factions complete redeployment Follow Newsd On   Aden, Dec 17 (IANS) The two warring military factions in Yemen — forces loyal to the government and units of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) — have completed redeployment in the country’s areas under the Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s supervision. Local military officials told Xinhua news agency on Wednesday that “the process of redeployment warring troops was completed successfully under the auspice...

2020-12-16 19:05:14 GMT2020-12-17 03:05:14(Beijing Time) Xinhua English   　　Soldiers of the Southern Transitional Council leave the southern province of Abyan, Yemen, on Dec. 16, 2020. Forces loyal to Yemen's government and other military units of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) on Wednesday completed redeployment plans in the country's southern part under Saudi Arabia-led coalition's supervision. (Str/Xinhua) ADEN, Yemen, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Forces loyal to Yeme...

Yemen Dynamic Needs Assessment: Phase 3 - 2020 Update [EN/AR] Format In June 2014, armed conflict between the government and armed groups began to spread across much of the Republic of Yemen. The conflict, which escalated in March 2015, has caused major loss of life, internal displacement, and damage to infrastructure and service delivery throughout the economy and society. To understand the effect of the evolving conflict on the Yemeni people and estimate preliminary recovery and reconstructio...

AL-MUKALLA: The internationally recognized government of Yemen and the pro-independence, separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) began withdrawing their forces on Friday from a flashpoint in the southern province of Abyan, military officers from both sides told Arab News. The latest redeployment of forces from contested areas in southern Yemen is part of the power-sharing Riyadh Agreement, which was designed to end hostilities between the two sides. Alongside images of Saudi officers sup...