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In this July 25, 2019 photo, Ethiopian Tigray migrants stand in line as they are counted by smugglers after arriving to the coastal village of Ras al-Ara from Djibouti, in Lahj, Yemen. According to the U.N.'s International Organization for Migration the number of women making the trip jumped from nearly 15,000 in 2018 to more than 22,000 in 2019. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Determined: Ethiopian female migrants risk all for Saudi

By NARIMAN EL-MOFTY and MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

In this July 12, 2019 photo, 35-year-old Mohammed Eissa, second left, walks on a highway with boys he met on the way, around 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Djibouti. Eissa had left behind his wife, nine sons and a daughter. His wife cares for his elderly father. The children work the farm growing vegetables, but harvests are unpredictable: &quot;If there's no rain, there's nothing.&quot; (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Ethiopians face deserts and smugglers on the way to Saudi

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and NARIMAN EL-MOFTY and MAAD AL-ZEKRI - Associated Press

In this July 14, 2019 photo, 35-year-old Mohammed Eissa, an Ethiopian farmer and other migrants he met along the way, take shelter inside a damaged shipping container on the side of a highway, near Lac Assal, Djibouti. Over the past three years, the IOM reported 9,000 Ethiopians were deported each month. Many migrants have made the journey multiple times in what has become an unending loop of arrivals and deportations. Eissa is among them. This is his third trip to Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Migrants cross Yemen war zone to find work in Saudi Arabia

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and NARIMAN EL-MOFTY and MAAD AL-ZEKRI - Associated Press

Yemenis board a United Nation plane at Sanaa International airport, Yemen, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. The United Nations medical relief flight carrying patients from Yemen's rebel-held capital was the first in over three years. The U.N. said eight patients and their families were flown to Egypt and Jordan to receive “life-saving specialized care not available in Yemen.&quot; (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen talks about prisoner exchange underway in Jordan

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UN medical relief flights continue from Yemen’s capital

By BY SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Qasim al-Rimi, al Qaeda leader, death confirmed by Donald Trump

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Yemeni rebels free detained Egyptian fishermen

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

A Yemeni boy waves from inside a bus before boarding a United Nations plane at Sanaa International airport, Yemen, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. The United Nations medical relief flight carrying patients from Yemen's rebel-held capital was the first in over three years. The U.N. said eight patients and their families were flown to Egypt and Jordan to receive “life-saving specialized care not available in Yemen.&quot; (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

1st medical relief flight in 3 years departs Yemen’s capital

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

FILE - In a Dec. 8, 2019 file photo, an Air Force carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Navy Ensign Joshua Watson, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen claimed responsibility Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020 for last year's deadly shooting at the Naval Air Station Pensacola by an aviation student from Saudi Arabia. The shooter, 2nd Lt. Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, was a member of the Saudi Air Force in training at the base. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Al-Qaida in Yemen claims deadly Florida naval base shooting

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Yemen sources: US drone destroyed building housing al-Qaida

By BY AHMED AL-HAI and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

UN experts: Yemen’s rebels getting weapons similar to Iran’s

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

UN Security Council urges immediate end to fighting in Yemen

Associated Press

UN envoy: Stop `alarming’ military escalation in Yemen

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 23, 2018 file photo, a truck carries aid on a road in Aden, Yemen. The U.N. says that a dozen humanitarian organizations in war-torn southern Yemen have suspended their work after a string of targeted attacks. Meanwhile, the country's rebel-led health ministry announced on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019, that severe outbreaks of swine flu and dengue fever have killed close to 200 people since October. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

UN food agency says aid looted in Yemen’s Houthi-held area

By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2019 file photo, a supporter of Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, holds a banner with Arabic writing that reads, &quot;at your order, oh messenger of Allah,&quot; during a celebration of Mawlid al-Nabi the birth of Islam's prophet Muhammad in Sanaa, Yemen. A drastic escalation in fighting between the Saudi-led military coalition and Houthi rebels in Yemen has killed and wounded hundreds of people over the past week, officials and tribal leaders said on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

Fighting sharply rises in Yemen, endangering peace efforts

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

Yemeni officials: 25 troops killed in Houthi missile strike

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

UN official warns Yemen could face brink of famine again

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this photo provided by southern separatist forces in Yemen, known as Resistance Force, a crowd of people stand around a crater created by a missile attack on a military parade in Dhale, Yemen Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. A ballistic missile attack ripped through a military parade for the Yemeni southern separatist group that's backed by the United Arab Emirates, a spokesman said Sunday. (Resistance Forces via AP)

Yemen separatists, government troops pull back from key city

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

In this Jan. 14, 2019, file photo, Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman sits during a meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Beit Al Baraka Royal Palace in Muscat, Oman. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP, File)

New Oman ruler vows to uphold late sultan’s peaceful policy

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2019, file photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to members of the Revolutionary Guard's all-volunteer Basij force in a meeting in Tehran, Iran. Khamenei on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, reportedly called on judicial officials to treat those detained in recent nationwide protests with &quot;Islamic mercy&quot; after authorities acknowledged security forces shot and killed demonstrators nationwide. A portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini hangs in background. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

Iran can call on powerful friends if conflict engulfs region

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press