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The bombings by the Islamic State, a Sunni extremist group, have often been seen as efforts to incite a broader sectarian conflict with followers of the Houthis, the Shi’ite-led rebel movement that has controlled Sana for more than a year. It has been reported that this the...

Two Americans who were being held in the war-ravaged country have been released and sent to Oman, the White House said Sunday.

Oman’s Foreign Ministry today announced that two Americans, three Saudis and a British hostage were released.

A statement from the National Security Council did not identify the Americans or detail the circumstances of their captivity or their release.

Coalition officials have said they aim to move north to retake Sana’a from the Houthis, who are backed by former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

An army convoy was bombed Sunday, killing 16 soldiers and on Tuesday, 14 police officers lost their lives in an attack on their minibus.

“A single-party government needs to be ensured to fight both the terror plague and economic challenges”, said Davutoglu.

Forty-five soldiers from the United Arab Emirates’ military, 10 from Saudi Arabia and five from Bahrain have been killed while taking part in a military campaign against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, in the deadliest day for Gulf forces since the conflict began.

Booker said in a statement that the deal is flawed, but the alternative is worse.

A court here on Monday convicted four municipal officials, a private company and its two officials in the Commonwealth Games street-lights case.

Yemen’s exiled President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi has approved a plan to establish three military formations, made up mainly of tribal fighters and former military personnel, to fight the Houthi insurgency in the Tihamah region, a military official has said.

Another attack on riot police in southeastern Mardin province late Friday injured at least 24 people, including 10 policemen, security sources said.

The government has confirmed there were about 700 tonnes of the deadly chemical sodium cyanide in a warehouse that blew up on August 12, killing at least 114 and devastating a huge swath of the city.

“However, we have learned that beyond the agreement sent to Congress for review, there was a separate deal negotiated between Iran and the (International Atomic Energy Agency), an agency within the United Nations responsible for inspecting Iran’s nuclear facilities as...

On 17 August, for the first time in two years, the UN Security Council, including Russian Federation, agreed to a statement in favour of a push for a political solution. “I’m thinking of Turkey which must get involved in the fight against Daesh (an alternative name...