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People inspect the site of an airstrike by Saudi-led coalition forces, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, May, 16, 2019. Yemen's human rights minister says heavy fighting is underway in the country's south as rebel Houthis push to gain more territory from government forces and their allies. The clashes come as the Saudi-led coalition carried out airstrikes on the capital, Sanaa, earlier on Thursday, targeting the Houthis and killing at least three civilians. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen’s president in letter to UN chief criticizes his envoy

By AHMED AL-HAJ and NOHA ELHENNAWY - Associated Press

FILE - This Sept. 29, 2018 file photo shows idle cargo and oil tanker ships at the port of Hodeida, Yemen. On Saturday, May 11, 2019, Houthi rebels began a long-delayed withdrawal of their forces from the key port city, the group said, following the terms of a cease-fire. The U.N.-brokered agreement is aimed at alleviating the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

UN envoy urges new pullouts from Yemen ports and peace steps

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Boys run up the stairs at a rehabilitation center for former child soldiers in Marib, Yemen, in this July 25, 2018, photo. Boys come to center traumatized and mistrustful from their experiences on the battlefield. On his first day at the center, one said he was terrified, unsure what they would do to him. &quot;But then I saw the teachers and they gave me a room to stay in. I felt good after that.&quot; (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Children as young as 10 fight, kill and die in Yemen’s war

By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

Nurses change the dressings on the severe burns covering Monir al-Sharqi, at the Marib General Hospital in Yemen in this July 25, 2018 photo. The Yemeni lab technician disappeared for a year and some in his family and other activists believe he was detained and tortured by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who finally doused him with acid and dumped him in a stream. His torture was so extreme he has lost his memory and can barely speak, mumbling unintelligibly when asked questions.(AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Ex-inmates: Torture rife in prisons run by Yemen rebels

By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

Yemeni medic Farouk Baakar demonstrates how he was shackled to a wall during his torture in a prison run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, in this combination of three photos taken on July 29, 2018 in Marib, Yemen. Baakar was one of thousands of people who have been imprisoned by Houthi militia during four years of civil war. Many of them, an Associated Press investigation has found, have suffered extreme forms of torture — smashed in their faces with batons, hung from chains by their wrists or genitals for weeks at time, scorched with acid or fingers torn from their hands. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Ex-captives describe torture by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

Saudi Arabia: Yemeni rebel missile shot down, 26 wounded

Associated Press

Saudis intensify strikes in Yemen despite calls for cease-fire

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People stand amid bodies covered with blankets in a mosque after a suicide attack during the noon prayer in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, March 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen mosque bombings kill at least 130; Islamic State claims responsibility

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Policemen stand guard at the entrance of the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. The State Department has closed the U.S. Embassy in Yemen and evacuated its staff because of the political crisis and security concerns following the takeover of much of the country by Shiite rebels. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Ex-Marines angry over reports on guards’ weapons in Yemen embassy

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Houthi Shiite Yemeni gather while guarding a street leading to the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. Yemen's U.S.-backed leadership came under serious threat Monday as government troops clashed with Shiite rebels near the presidential palace and a key military base in what one official called &quot;a step toward a coup.&quot; (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen president’s home shelled by Shiite Houthi rebels as they take over palace

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014 file photo, Shiite Houthi men stand near a car damaged by a bomb explosion outside their house in Sanaa Yemen. Houthi rebels in September seized control of the capital, Sanaa, and are allied with loyalists of former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh. The Houthis' power grab has been met with suicide bombings and deadly attacks, mainly by Sunni rivals from al-Qaida and allied tribes. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen’s al-Qaida thrives on Sunni backlash to Shiite rebels

By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press