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Added on the 11/04/2016 15:02:15 - Copyright : AFP EN
US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby tells reporters that US President Biden welcomes the extension of a truce between Yemen's warring parties, which he adds "has brought an unprecedented calm in Yemen." The agreement to extend a four-month long truce for a further two months was reached just hours before it was due to expire, the United Nations announced. SOUNDBITE
Sana'a (Yemen), Oct 15 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Yahya Arhab).- The largest exchange of prisoners of war between the internationally recognized government of Yemen and the Hutu rebels, involving the release of 1,081 people, began Thursday with the simultaneous takeoff of the first two Red Cross planes from the airports of Sana'a and Sayoun. Shortly after the departure of the first plane from Sana'a, the Yemeni capital under Hutu control, another small aircraft departed with 15 prisoners of Saudi nationality and four Sudanese.FOOTAGE OF THE PRISONER EXCHANGE.
Sanaa (Yemen), Sep 14 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Yahya Arhab).- Hundreds of pro-Houthi Yemenis demonstrated on Monday in Sanaa to denounce the escalation of violence in the country, where the Saudi-led Arab coalition is carrying out bombings against rebel military positions.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST.
Sanaa (Yemen), Apr 14 (EFE / EPA) .- Some areas of the Yemeni capital have been severely affected by the torrential rains that hit the country since March.(CAMERA: Yahya Arhab)
Images showing passengers checking-in at the Saudi airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia that was hit by Yemeni rebel missile attack that injured 26 civilians, according to the Saudi-led coalition fighting the rebels. IMAGES
Smoke billows from buildings in Sanaa after warplanes struck in and around the rebel-held Yemeni capital two days after the insurgents claimed drone strikes that shut a key oil pipeline in neighbouring Saudi Arabia, the rebels and witnesses said. IMAGES