The UN-backed agreement will see the ICRC facilitate the exchange of hundreds of detainees from both sides.
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Cash-strapped Yemenis face rising frustration as exchange firms limit currency conversion amid ongoing liquidity crisis.
Yemen’s conflict forces millions of children out of school, prioritising survival over education.
Tehran’s plans to tax ships passing through the strait and raise money to rebuild is already seeing pushback.
Yemeni child killed by suspected Houthi sniper while heading to school in Taiz sparks grief and outrage among locals.
Yemeni teachers juggle multiple jobs and endure hunger as protests grow over meager and delayed salaries.
There are two currents within the Houthis: one favouring caution, and another favouring commitment to allies.
If the chokepoint were shut, along with the Strait of Hormuz, a quarter of the world’s energy supply would be blocked.
Fears of air strikes and rising prices dominate everyday life in Sanaa as Yemen becomes embroiled in regional conflict.
Yemen’s Houthi military spokesman has claimed responsibility for a strike on Israel’s Ben Gurion airport in Jaffa.
