Category: Yemen

Updates on CCP Virus: Texas Roadhouse CEO ‘Took His Own Life’ After COVID-19-Related Symptoms: Family

March 21, 2021
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Texas Roadhouse CEO and co-founder Kent Taylor allegedly died from suicide due to CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus-related symptoms, his family said over the weekend. He was 65. Taylor’s family and the restaurant chain told The Hill and other news outlets that he “took his own life this week” after “a battle with post-COVID related symptoms, including severe tinnitus,” referring to…

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Yemen’s Houthis Fire Missiles, Drones at Saudi Oil Facilities

March 7, 2021
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SANAA—Yemen’s Houthi forces fired drones and missiles at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry on Sunday, attacking a Saudi Aramco facility at Ras Tanura in an assault the kingdom said was aimed at the security and stability of global energy supply. Announcing the attacks, the Houthis also said they attacked military targets in the…

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Saudi-Led Coalition Launches Air Strikes on Yemeni Capital After Foiling Drone Attacks

March 7, 2021
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SANAA—The Saudi-led military coalition battling Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Sunday it conducted air strikes on Houthi military targets in Sanaa and other regions after the group launched armed drones towards Saudi Arabia. The coalition, which said it had destroyed 10 armed drones, said in a statement on Saudi state media that “civilians and…

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US Blacklists Two Leaders of Yemen’s Houthi Movement

March 4, 2021
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WASHINGTON—The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two military leaders of the Houthi movement in Yemen, accusing them of procuring weapons from Iran and organizing attacks, in the Biden administration’s first punitive action against the group. The sanctions contrast with the State Department’s decision last month to revoke terrorist designations on the group imposed…

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Biden Ending US Support for Saudi-Led Offensive in Yemen

February 4, 2021
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President Joe Biden will announce an end Thursday to U.S. support for a grinding five-year Saudi-led military offensive in Yemen that has deepened human suffering in the Arabian peninsula’s poorest country, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said. Biden sees the United States “playing a more active and engaged role” to end the war through diplomacy,…

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20 Killed in Attack on Yemeni Airport Moments After New Cabinet Lands

December 31, 2020
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ADEN—At least 20 people were killed and dozens wounded in an attack on Yemen’s Aden airport on Wednesday moments after a plane landed carrying a newly formed Saudi-backed cabinet for government-held parts of Yemen. Hours after the attack, a second explosion was heard around Aden’s Maasheq presidential palace where the cabinet members including Prime Minister…

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