0854 GMT March 04, 2021
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Zarif, Guterres stress end to Saudi aggression
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Iran called on “war enablers” to commit to stop selling arms and ammunition that are used just to claim innocent lives and further level the already destroyed properties in the war-torn Yemen.
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A coalition of UK aid agencies warned Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic is worsening the “dire humanitarian” crisis in fragile states and raising the risk of famine, including in Yemen.
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Yemeni defense forces said they launched massive retaliatory strike, featuring a ballistic missile and as many as nine drones, against “sensitive” spots in the Saudi capital amid an ongoing Riyadh-led war on the impoverished nation.
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Tens of thousands of people staged rallies across Yemen in protest at the all-out Saudi blockade and closure of Sana’a International Airport, which have made it impossible for food and medical supplies to reach the poor in the war-torn country.
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An Iranian diplomat hit back at France for its meddlesome stance, saying a country deeply involved in Yemen’s carnage cannot preach morality.
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Victory appears to be on the horizon in the heated battle for Yemen’s strategic central province of Marib as army troops, backed by allied fighters from Popular Committees, have reportedly taken control of most areas there and dislodged Saudi-led coalition forces and Saudi-backed militants from those regions.
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Oxfam has accused the British government of prolonging the war in Yemen by allowing the export of air-to-air refueling equipment that it fears could be used to help the Saudi Air Force conduct indiscriminate bombing in the country.
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Malnutrition rates in Yemen are at “record highs” as the country is “speeding towards the worst famine the world has seen in decades”, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator told the Security Council citing newly released data.
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A Yemeni group called on people from all walks of life in the country to throw their weight behind the ongoing battle in the strategic central province of Marib as Yemeni Army and allied fighters from Popular Committees are pushing to drive out Saudi-led coalition forces and their mercenaries.
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Ahmed Fakin spent days traveling, with his acutely malnourished son Amir, from Yemen's northern Hajjah Province to the capital of Sana’a to find medical treatment for Amir.
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Ninety-nine international human rights organizations demanded a freeze on arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, an immediate cessation of the war on Yemen, and lifting of a blockade on the country.
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Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif voiced Iran’s support for the United Nations in its push to resolve the conflicts in Yemen.
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The United Nations special envoy for Yemen is on his first visit to Iran Sunday for talks on the grinding war waged by a Saudi-led coalition in the Arab world’s poorest country.
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Every day, more and more reports of starvation trickle out of the Tigray region of Ethiopia that has been hit by conflict.
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