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According to the United Nations, five of their Department of Safety and Security Personnel who were kidnapped in 2022 in Yemen have been released. The official statement reads below: https://twitter.com/un_spokesperson/status/1689982800730955777?s=46&t=fwloThPnqgTH71QlDeR_hA According to Russell Geekie, a spokesman for the top U.N., the five United Nations staff were abducted in southern Yemen while returning to Aden after a field mission five years ago. This...

The two warring factions in the Yemeni Civil War have reportedly agreed to exchange hundreds of prisoners of the conflict in an effort to restart peace talks and bring about an end to the long-running conflict. Reuters reported Yemen's Iran-aligned Shia Houthi faction agreed to release 181 detainees in exchange for the release of 706 detainees from the Saudi Arabian-backed...

On February 21, Saudi Arabia announced it would be depositing $1 billion to the Central Bank of Yemen in Aden, the current capital of the internationally-recognized government of Yemen. However, some reports are claiming that the Saudi's are merely loaning the money with the hopes of making a profit over funds meant to be humanitarian in nature. The claims of...

On January 31st, 2023 a four door sedan exploded near a gas-refilling station in Wadi Ubaidah district in Marib province, Yemen. Local officials claimed that four men, allegedly linked to al-Qaeda were killed in the blast. U.S. officials claimed that a single Hellfire R9X likely destroyed the vehicle and killed all four men, with one of them being identified...

Last month there was a joint operation to seize weapons shipments to Yemen supposedly meant for the Houthi rebels. The weapons originated out of Iran and included machine guns, anti-tank missiles, and rifles. This seizure comes after a long line of findings tracing shipped weaponry back to Tehran. This joint operation was credited to the French Naval Forces with the...