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Safer oil salvage is ‘excellent example of international cooperation,’ Saudi envoy tells Security Council

  • Ambassador Abdullah Alwasil also urged Houthis to prioritize ‘wisdom and reason and the interests of the Yemeni people over everything else’
  • America’s envoy welcomes recent release of detained UN personnel but calls on Houthis to free all of the people they are holding
By Ephrem Kossaify ·
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How ‘a monumental catastrophe’ was averted with offloading of Safer near Yemen’s Red Sea coast

By Jumana Al-Tamimi ·

Rescue mission for Yemen’s deteriorating SFO Safer tanker nears completion

By Saeed Al-Batati ·

UN: Nearly one third of oil on Red Sea FSO Safer tanker transferred

By Saeed Al-Batati ·
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How unloading of oil from FSO Safer is defusing Red Sea’s ticking ecological time bomb

By Rebecca Anne Proctor ·

Saudi Arabia welcomes start of work on stricken vessel in Red Sea

By Arab News ·
Update

UN hands over ship for oil transfer from rusting Yemen tanker

By AFP ·

Ship enroute to Yemen to transfer oil from decaying Safer tanker

By Arab News ·

Transfer of crude from tanker off Yemen to start next week: UN

By AFP ·
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FSO Safer saga enters endgame with launch of UN-coordinated oil-removal operation

By Ephrem Kossaify ·

UN conference seeks final funds for Yemen Safer oil tanker operation

By Reuters ·

UN has cash for Safer salvage but finding a replacement vessel is proving a challenge

By Ephrem Kossaify ·
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UN starts emergency plan to salvage Yemen’s corroding oil tanker

By Saeed Al-Batati ·

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