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There was no immediate comment from the Saudi-led coalition. The governor and other officials who were present at the time were not hurt in the apparent assassination attempt.

In a report released Tuesday, August 18, 2015, Amnesty worldwide says all sides fighting in Yemen have left a “trail of civilian death and destruction” in the conflict, killing scores of innocent people in what could amount to war crimes.

High-ranking officials in Yemen’s port city of Aden say al-Qaida militants have taken control of key areas of the city.

Forces from the United Arab Emirates have rescued a British hostage held for more than 18 months by Al-Qaeda in Yemen, authorities in Abu Dhabi and London said on Sunday.

The United Arab Emirates says its military has freed a British hostage held by al-Qaida in Yemen for 18 months.

Saudi-led coalition warships were said to be en route to the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah as coalition air strikes pounded Houthi rebel targets in the city.

All participants in the Yemen conflict have “left a bloody trail of death and destruction” across the southern cities of Ta’iz and Aden and may have committed war crimes, Amnesty global said Tuesday.

The bombing has been more or less continuous, with multiple ceasefire agreements and so-called humanitarian pauses breached nearly as soon as they were announced. With only 16 per cent of the agency’s funding appeal of $182.6 million met so far, Yemen is one of the most...

“More than 65 civilians in the province of Taiz, Yemen have been killed in Saudi-led air strikes today, including 17 people from one family”.

A bomb destroyed the secret police headquarters in Aden on Saturday, residents of the southern Yemen city said, in an attack that one official blamed on Al-Qaeda.

Washington said the strikes seemingly targeted Huthi rebels but also reportedly killed dock workers and damaged infrastructure.

The killing of civilians by Saudi Arabia-led coalition airstrikes and attacks by pro and anti-Huthi armed groups in Ta’iz and Aden in Yemen could amount to war crimes, Amnesty worldwide has revealed in a new briefing published Tuesday.

The air raids came as the Shiite rebels, mostly stationing on the entrances of Taiz, intensively shelled several neighborhoods in the city, apparently targeting their Saudi-backed foes loyal to exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

Jets from a Saudi-led coalition focused insurgent Houthi positions in Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hodeida early on Tuesday, port officers stated, destroying cranes and warehouses at a fundamental import hub for crucial assist provides to the nation’s north....

The Saudi-led alliance began its air strikes in late March as the Shi’ite Houthis entered Aden.