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Security Council OKs deployment of UN monitors in Yemen

WASHINGTON, 22 Dec 2018 [Fik/News Sources]: The Security Council unanimously adopted Friday a British-sponsored resolution approving the deployment of a UN team to monitor a truce at a vital port city in Yemen. The resolution authorizes Secretary General Antonio General to send an advance team to al-Hudaydah for an initial period of 30 days.  Yemen's warring parties agreed last week to withdraw their forces from the Red Sea port city and institute a ceasefire during UN-sponsored talks in Sweden.  The truce went into effect on Tuesday.  The adoption of the British resolution follows the U.S. withdrawal of its rival effort, which called out Iran, after it failed to garner the necessary support for passage. Russia opposed the inclusion of the Iran language. The UN's special envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths,

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Yemen rebels announce deal on Hudaydah aid delivery

SANAA, 29 Dec 2018 [Fik/News Sources]: Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday announced a deal with the government to reopen a road between Sanaa and the port city of Al-Hudaydah to allow access to relief aid.   “An initial agreement has been reached between Houthi and government representatives to reopen the main road between Sanaa and Al-Hudaydah,” Houthi negotiator Hamid Assem told Anadolu Agency.   He, however, did not give an exact date for reopening the road, which was shut months ago due to fighting between Houthi rebels and government forces.   “The two sides have also agreed to allow the entry of 12 aid ships into the strategic port,” Assem said.   The Houthi negotiator said the agreements were the result of talks with UN monitors led by retired Dutch general Patrick

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YPG/PKK abducting civilians in NE Syria: Watchdog

IDLIB, 19 Feb 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: A rights watchdog reported Monday that YPG/PKK terrorists had abducted more than 100 people in northeastern Syria for “security reasons”. According to the U.K.-based Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), the YPG/PKK has abducted 107 people -- including women and children -- from opposition-held areas and from regions the group has recently occupied on the pretext of fighting the Daesh terrorist organization. The SNHR went on to report that the YPG/PKK was abducting local residents from the outskirts of Syria’s city of Raqqa -- once considered a Daesh stronghold -- and from nearby Manbij. The YPG/PKK terrorist organization has also forcibly recruited child soldiers, the rights group added, with the most recent case recorded last December, when the group forcibly recruited

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