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Yemen, 10-13-26

Links to three reports: from the Associated Press and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s ALL OF IT and UKRAINE, and for YEMEN 10-12-26.) — MCM

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Houthi rebels encircle Yemen’s Taiz, by Fatma Khaled | AP  CAIRO  The Iran-backed Houthis are pushing to capture the Yemen’s third largest city, Taiz, a long-sought prize in the country’s 12-year civil war, as they also escalate attacks on Saudi Arabia, including a string of deadly strikes on the airport in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Click HERE for report with photos. Click HERE and HERE for Oct. 12 report from AP in English and Spanish with video and photos.
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Yemen issues evacuation orders for Aramco facilities, Saudi airports as Riyadh threatens to carpet bomb Sanaa. From the Cradle. The Yemeni Armed Forces released a statement this afternoon urging Saudi citizens to “evacuate” areas near Aramco’s headquarters in Dammam, King Khalid Airport in Riyadh, and Aramco’s Riyadh refinery. READ MORE.
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Yemen, 10-8-26

Links to four reports: from the Associated Press and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s UKRAINE, and down for YEMEN 10-6-26.) — MCM

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Houthis claim new attack against airport in Saudi capital as witness reports evacuation, by  Toqa Ezzidin and Cara Anna | AP  CAIRO — Several explosions were heard in Saudi Arabia’s capital of Riyadh today, including a large blast at the city’s international airport, a witness said, a day after the kingdom said an attack on the airport killed one person and wounded others. Report including map is HERE. Same AP report in Spanish is HERE, and others are HERE. Three reports from the Cradle are HERE, HERE and HERE.
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Yemen, 10-6-26

Links to reports from the Associated Press and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up for today’s ALL OF IT, UKRAINE and GAZA so far, and down for YEMEN 10-5-26.) — MCM

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Fighting in Yemen escalates as U.S.-Iran tensions remain high, by Samy Magdy, Fatma Khaled and Munir Ahmed | AP  CAIRO — Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s government have launched a military campaign to drive Iran-backed Houthi rebels from the Bab el-Mandeb strait, a critical trade route for oil and other goods. Click HERE for report including video and photos.

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Who is fighting in Yemen? From Reuters. DUBAI — Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces have staged a counteroffensive to retake the coast around the Bab el-Mandeb shipping route and other strategic territory seized last month by the Iran-aligned Houthis, in a complex conflict with shifting alliances. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same report in Italian.

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Yemen, 10-5-26

For now, links to four reports: from the Cradle and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down for today’s SYRIA, GAZA, UKRAINE, IRAN and ALL OF IT so far, and down for YEMEN 9-28-26.) — MCM

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Saudi Arabia claims ‘100 warplanes’ bombing Yemen as civilian casualties mount. From the Cradle. The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen today announced the start of a major air campaign against Ansarallah-led forces involving 100 Saudi fighter jets – escalating brutal strikes on the country’s civilian infrastructure. READ MORE . . .

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Ansarallah cuts main Taiz-Aden road as Saudi-backed govt launches campaign to ‘reclaim’ Yemen. From the Cradle. The Ansarallah-led Yemeni Armed Forces seized the Al-Safiya area on seized and cut the main supply road linking the strategic governorate of Taiz with Aden, effectively tightening its years-long encirclement of Taiz city, AFP cited four security sources as saying. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 4  Yemeni strikes hit Aramco in Saudi capital, sparking massive fires. From the Cradle. The Ansarallah-led Yemeni Armed Forces announced on Saturday evening its latest missile and drone strikes on the Saudi capital Riyadh, which hit an Aramco energy facility, causing massive fires. READ MORE . . .

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Yemen’s child soldiers. From Middle East Eye. As soon as the latest conflict flared in Yemen, child soldiers resurfaced alongside reciprocal accusations by warring parties over recruiting children and deploying them to the front lines. READ MORE . . .

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All of it, 10-4-26

For now, a link to a discussion from Consortium News and links to beginnings of two reports from the Associated Press; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for today’s ALL OF IT 10-3-26.) — MCM

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The World This Week — ‘Edge of the abyss,’ at 9 a.m.  Joe Lauria of CN and former CIA analyst Joe McGovern on * Putin’s warning against an attack on Kaliningrad * Trump’s Time interview * the curious FlyDubai incident * government “false flag” operations * U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt steams toward Gulf * advance UAE warning of Hamas Oct. 7, 2023, attack * Israel’s Oct. 27 presidential election * high school students revolt in France * Kentucky death penalty and botched execution. Click HERE for video.

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FROM OCT. 3  Who are the mystery men who stepped in to keep the FlyDubai plane from crashing? From AP.  JERUSALEM — As of Saturday, three days after the uniformed crew members rushed to the cockpit to steady the Israel-bound plane carrying 182 people after a sickening plummet, they still haven’t been publicly identified. FlyDubai has called them only on-duty crew members traveling on the plane. It’s not clear . . . REGIASTER FOR FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO READ WHOLE REPORT. Click HERE for same offer to read same AP report and others in Spanish for free.

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What to expect this week from school protests rattling France’s government, by John Leicester | AP  PARIS — A key question is whether violence on the margins of the demonstrations will worsen, blurring the lines between protest and rioting, and whether Macron’s government will ratchet up the already muscular response by police. REGISTER FOR FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO READ WHOLE REPORT.

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Yemen, 9-28-26

First, a link to a report from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down for today’s UKRAINE, LEBANON, GAZA, WEST BANK, IRAN and ALL OF IT, and down for YEMEN 9-11-26.) — MCM

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FROM SEPT. 27  Saudi Arabia commits massacre with attack on market in Yemen’s Taiz. From the Cradle. Brutal Saudi bombing in Yemen resulted in a massacre in the country’s southwestern Taiz governorate on Sunday, with at least seven dead and dozens of others injured in the kingdom’s latest attacks. READ MORE . . .

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