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Houthis ride a truck while patrolling a street in Sana’a January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Houthis Release Norwegian Refugee Council Staff

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 24, 2017 | Middle East

Sanaa- Houthi insurgents released on Thursday seven people detained for distributing aid in Yemen’s district of Hodeida, the Norwegian Refugee Council said on Thursday. “We are greatly relieved by the release of our staff members and the driver,” the...

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Houthis Abduct Employees from Norwegian Refugee Council

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 21, 2017 | Middle East

Aden – Houthi rebels in Yemen detained six Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) national staff and a contracted driver in the Red Sea district of Hodeidah, according to a statement issued by the Council on Monday. The detention seemed to be based on the fact that...

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A boy walks past the a house damaged by an airstrike in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, September 12, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

International Report: Millions of Yemenis to Starve in 2017

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 14, 2016 | Middle East

London- War-ravaged Yemen will be seeing an additional 2.5 million people go without enough food to eat in 2017, raising the count to a preposterous 16 million Yemenis facing starvation. The increase will evidently take place should the current downward spiral...

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A man passes by a house damaged in a bombing in Fallujah. AP

Norwegian Refugee Council Says up to 50,000 Civilians Trapped in Fallujah

by Regina Youssef | May 27, 2016 | Middle East

London- Ever since State of Law Coalition leader Nouri al-Maliki asked the militias of the Popular Mobilization Forces to join the operation to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah from ISIS, international organizations began to shout out loud over the fate of residents...