UN health chief at Yemen airport during Israeli strikes
Air strikes have been reported in two cities in Yemen. Witnesses and governing Houthi rebels said the country's main international airport and a military base were targeted in the capital Sanaa, while a power station in the western port city of Hudaydah was also hit, the AFP news agency reported.
WHO chief and UN team caught up in Israeli strikes that killed six in Yemen
Israeli forces unleashed a series of strikes on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and the western city of Hodeidah on Thursday, killing at least six people and injuring dozens more, the Iran-backed Houthis said in a statement where it vowed to retaliate.
Israeli launches deadly strike on Yemen airport
An Israeli strike on the international airport in Sanaa, Yemen, on Dec. 26, killed at least four people, according to local media. Houthi attacks on Israel have ramped up in recent weeks.
Israel strikes Houthi rebels in Yemen’s capital while the WHO chief says he was meters away
A new round of Israeli airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital and multiple ports, while the World Health Organization’s director-general said the bombardment occurred nearby as he prepared to board a flight in Sanaa,
Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen, airport hit as WHO chief boards flight
The head of the World Health Organization said he was about to board a flight in the Yemeni capital when the airport came under bombardment.
Israeli airstrikes hit a Yemen airport with U.N. officials at airport as a jet lands
Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s main airport as a civilian Airbus 320 with hundreds of passengers on board was landing and a U.N. delegation was waiting to leave, the U.N.’s top humanitarian official in Yemen said Friday.
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UN voices concern over Israeli attacks on Gaza, hospital raid
Health officials report the detention of dozens of medical staff as Israeli forces storm Kamal Adwan Hospital.
Israeli airstrikes hit a Yemen airport as a jet with hundreds onboard was landing, UN official says
The top U.N. humanitarian official in Yemen says Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s main airport as a civilian Airbus 320 with hundreds of passengers on board was landing this week.
UN Approves New AU Force To Take On Al-Shabaab In Somalia
The UN Security Council on Friday gave the green light to a new African Union force in Somalia that is meant to take on the Islamist armed group Al-Shabaab, with the soldiers due to deploy in January.
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Over 200 killed in Haiti's Cite Soleil massacre, UN report finds
At least 207 people were killed by members of the Wharf Jeremie gang in Haiti's portside neighborhood of Cite Soleil earlier ...
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Conflicting parties obliged not to hit civilian facilities, including Yemen's Sana'a airport: UN
Sana'a International Airport has not been a military target since 2016, and it's a civilian location, says UN Resident and ...