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Israel-Hamas war misinformation is everywhere. Here are the facts

Misinformation about the latest Israel-Hamas war is thriving on social media platforms, where misrepresented video footage, mistranslations and outright falsehoods often crowd out real reporting from the conflict

The Independent UK

After years of war, Yemen’s national football team look ahead in hope

A ceasefire and the first domestic season in years gives Yemen hope as they embark on 2026 World Cup qualifiers.

Al Jazeera

Yemen’s Houthis heading to Riyadh for ceasefire talks with Saudi Arabia

The Omani-mediated talks in the Saudi capital increase chances of a Saudi-Houthi deal.

Al Jazeera

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Nine years of war in Yemen: Is there any hope of a ceasefire?

It's sometimes called a forgotten war: fighting in Yemen has killed hundreds of thousands of people. Hunger has claimed even more lives, while 4.5 million Yemenis are internally displaced. Yet the complex conflict between Saudi-led forces and Houthi rebels doesn't always make headlines. This September, nine years after the Houthis…

France 24

Analysis: Fighting recedes, but peace in Yemen remains distant

Despite relative quiet on the front lines and negotiations between the Saudis and the Houthis, peace isn’t a given.

Al Jazeera

Yemenis embark on first direct flight to Saudi Arabia since 2016

The flight carried Yemeni Muslims heading to Hajj and signals easing tensions between the two countries.

Al Jazeera

UN Envoy Meets Alimi in Aden After 'Constructive Discussions' with Houthis

The UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, outlined the Yemeni agreement he sought to conclude after holding "frank, detailed, and constructive" discussions with the Houthis in Sanaa. The UN envoy arrived in Sanaa Monday within the international efforts to support the Saudi and Omani mediation to achieve lasting peace in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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UN, US Envoys to Yemen Kick off New Regional Tour

United Nations envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg and United States’ envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking kicked off this week a new tour of the region to support Saudi Arabia and Oman’s efforts to restore peace in the war-torn country. Grundberg arrived in Yemen’s Sanaa on Monday for talks with the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Houthi-Linked Financial Entities Trigger Cash Crisis

Mahmoud Naji, a Sanaa-based Yemeni citizen, was told by a currency exchange employee that he had to collect a financial transfer from his brother in Yemeni riyals due to a lack of foreign currency liquidity. He did not fully comprehend what had happened until he randomly checked four different stores.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Security Council Lauds Saudi-Omani Efforts to Achieve Peace in Yemen

The members of the Security Council welcomed the recent visit to Sanaa by the Saudi Arabian and Omani delegations. In a statement, the Council hailed the Saudi-Omani ongoing support to the mediation efforts of the United Nations.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemeni detainees recount torture after release in prisoner swap

Prisoner swap earlier in April was one of the biggest of the war in Yemen so far, allowing detainees to finally be free.

Al Jazeera

Houthis Force Supporters to Visit Graves, Prove Loyalty

Houthi militias have forced loyalists and government officials to visit the graves of dead militants during Eid celebrations, including the tomb of the head of the Supreme Political Council, Saleh al-Sammad.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fearing Houthi Violence, Yemeni Companies Seek Protection from Militia Factions

The Houthi militia used the “hunger stampede” in Sanaa, which killed or injured over 200 poor people, as a justification for a campaign to defame a commercial group and hold it responsible. However, commercial sources revealed that competition from Houthi factions played a role in the stampede. The horrific incident…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Starvation Stampede in Sanaa Proves Tragic Reality Imposed by Houthis

Dozens of Yemeni families quietly mourned their children who died in the stampede that occurred in Sanaa days ago, as hundreds gathered at a school to receive cash assistance distributed by a commercial group. Among them was Fatima, 60, who lost three of her sons, as they hoped to get…

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Yemen's Houthis Use Food Aid to Lure African Refugees

Refugees in Yemen are willingly returning to their countries after Houthi militias used various practices against them and began using food aid to lure and kidnap them, according to informed sources in Sanaa. Last month, the Houthis announced a project to distribute food baskets to African refugees.

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Massacre of the Hungry’ in Sanaa Leaves More than 200 Dead, Wounded

Medical sources in Sanaa reported that more than 200 people were killed and wounded in what has come to be called the “massacre of the hungry”. The stampede tragedy occurred when hundreds of people in the poverty-hit country had gathered at a school in the capital Sanaa to receive cash…

Al Jazeera

‘Swarms of people’: Witnesses recall Yemen stampede tragedy

Locals blame merchants, authorities for the stampede, which left at least 78 people gathered to receive donations dead.

AFP

Tattered clothes, bloodstains mark Yemen's deadly crush

Sanaa (AFP) - Torn clothes and discarded sandals litter the alleyway outside Yemen's Maeen School, which was turned into a scene of terror when a Ramadan handout went disastrously wrong on Thursday.

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At least 78 killed in aid stampede in Yemen’s capital of Sanaa

At least 78 people have been killed in a stampede in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa as residents gathered at a school to receive cash donations.

AFP

85 dead, hundreds injured in Yemen crush over $8 handout

Sanaa (AFP) - At least 85 people were killed and hundreds injured in a crush at a Ramadan cash handout in Yemen early on Thursday, as the impoverished country suffered one of its worst tragedies just as optimism was growing over its bitter civil war.

The Independent UK

At least 78 dead in stampede at school in Yemen

Tragedy in Sanaa’s Old City believed to be one of the deadliest seen in years

Radio France Internationale

Yemen stampede during Ramadan charity distribution kills at least 85

At least 85 people were killed and over 300 injured in a crush at a charity distribution event in Yemen on Thursday. Hundreds of people gathered at a school in the capital Sanaa to receive cash handouts ahead of Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday which marks the end of the…

Evening Standard

At least 78 people killed in Ramadan crush in Yemen’s capital Sanaa

Hundreds had gathered in a school to receive monetary handouts from local businesspeople

Dynamite News

Yemen: At least 85 killed, hundreds injured in stampede

At least 85 people were killed while over 322 others were injured in a stampede that broke out during a charity distribution event in Yemen's capital, Sanaa. Read further on Dynamite News:

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemen Stampede during Charity Distribution Kills 85

More than 80 people were killed and hundreds injured in a crush at a charity distribution event in war-torn Yemen on Thursday, Houthi officials said after one of the deadliest stampedes in a decade. The latest tragedy to strike the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country came days ahead of Eid al-Fitr,…

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