DUBAI: Yemen’s army, backed by the Arab coalition, liberated strategic positions in Nahm province on Wednesday, east of Sanaa, amid major clashes with the Houthi militia, Saudi state-news channel Al-Ekhbariya reported.
In a statement issued by the Yemeni Armed Forces media center, a military source revealed that the liberation took place in the early hours of Wednesday morning, with 17 militants killed and a number of military equipment destroyed.
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Yemeni army liberates strategic positions in Nahm province
Yemeni army liberates strategic positions in Nahm province
- A military source revealed that the liberation took place in the early hours of Wednesday morning
- 17 militants were killed and a number of military equipment was destroyed
‘Urgent action’ needed to prevent all-out civil war in South Sudan: UN
- The UN rights chief voiced alarm Friday at the deteriorating situation in South Sudan, calling for “urgent action” to avert a return to full-scale civil war there
GENEVA: The UN rights chief voiced alarm Friday at the deteriorating situation in South Sudan, calling for “urgent action” to avert a return to full-scale civil war there.
“Human rights monitoring provides a warning system. That system is flashing red for South Sudan,” Volker Turk told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
“We need urgent action to preserve the peace agreement and prevent fragmentation and cycles of retaliation that could herald a return to all-out civil war,” he said.
“Human rights monitoring provides a warning system. That system is flashing red for South Sudan,” Volker Turk told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
“We need urgent action to preserve the peace agreement and prevent fragmentation and cycles of retaliation that could herald a return to all-out civil war,” he said.
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