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FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2016, file photo, men are silhouetted against a large representation of the Yemeni flag as they attend a ceremony to mark the anniversary of North Yemen's Sept. 26, 1962 revolution in Sanaa, Yemen. President Joe Biden's announcement that the U.S. will end its support of a Saudi-led coalition's years-long war against Yemen's Houthi rebels likely will increase pressure on the kingdom to end its campaign there, though reaching an enduring peace for the Arab world's poorest country still remains in question. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

EXPLAINER: What US ending Saudi war support means for Yemen

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

CORRECTS SPELLING OF SOURCE TO MAXAR - This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies taken June 17, 2020, shows the FSO Safer tanker moored off Ras Issa port, in Yemen. Houthi rebels are blocking the United Nations from inspecting the abandoned oil tanker loaded with more than one million barrels of crude oil. UN officials and experts fear the tanker could explode or leak, causing massive environmental damage to Red Sea marine life. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

UN worried Yemen’s Houthis may renege on tanker examination

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Mohammed Al Zabidi holds his canceled U.S. visa at his home in Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. The Trump administration’s travel ban that affected several Muslim-majority nations robbed him of his American dream and his chance to escape his war-torn homeland. With a new president at the helm, the ban is over, but Al Zabidi’s plight isn’t. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

For some Muslims, hope, uncertainty after travel ban lifted

By Mariam Fam and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2018 file photo, a worker counts money at the Central Bank of Yemen's internationally recognized government in Aden, Yemen. A report by a panel of U.N. experts released Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, accused the government of implementing a scheme in 2019 to illegally divert to traders $423 million in Saudi money. The funds were meant to buy rice and other supplies for Yemenis who have been suffering from a protracted military conflict since 2014, the report said. The Central Bank of Yemen said Wednesday the report was based on “misleading claims and information” propagated by “enemies of Yemen.” (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

Yemen’s central bank dismisses UN corruption allegations

By NOHA ELHENNAWY - Associated Press

UN panel: Yemen’s war being fueled by economic profiteering

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2020 file photo, a member of the U.S. Air Force stands near a Patriot missile battery at the Prince Sultan Air Base in al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia. The U.S. military is exploring the possibility using a Red Sea port in Saudi Arabia and an additional two airfields there amid heightened tensions with Iran, the military said Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)

US exploring new bases in Saudi Arabia amid Iran tensions

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

UN: Yemen’s warring sides resume talks on prisoner exchange

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2018, file photo, a severely malnourished boy rests on a hospital bed at the Aslam Health Center in Hajjah, Yemen. A leading aid organization on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 warned that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's move to designate Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a “foreign terrorist organization” would deal another “devastating blow&quot; to the impoverished and war-torn nation. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

US rejects UN plea to reverse Yemen rebel terror designation

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2018, file photo, a woman holds a malnourished boy at the Aslam Health Center, in Hajjah, Yemen. A leading aid organization on Monday warned that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's move to designate Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a “foreign terrorist organization” would deal another “devastating blow&quot; to the impoverished and war-torn nation. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

Aid chief: US naming Yemen rebels terrorists a famine threat

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2018, file photo, a severely malnourished boy rests on a hospital bed at the Aslam Health Center in Hajjah, Yemen. A leading aid organization on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 warned that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's move to designate Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a “foreign terrorist organization” would deal another “devastating blow&quot; to the impoverished and war-torn nation. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

US terror designation for Yemen rebels raises famine fears

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

UN envoy arrives in Aden a week after deadly airport blast

By NOHA ELHENNAWY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020 file photo, bystanders and a soldier stand near a damaged portion of the airport in the southern city of Aden after an explosion. Officials said Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, that the first commercial flight landed at the airport since the deadly missile attack last week that killed at least 25 people and wounded over a hundred others. The flight comes four days after missiles exploded just moments after a plane carrying members of Yemen’s Cabinet landed on a flight from the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh. (AP Photo/Majid Saleh, File)

Airport in Yemen receives 1st flight since deadly attack

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018 file photo, Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed, the prime minister of Yemen's internationally recognized government that the Saudi-led coalition backs, is interviewed by foreign journalists in Aden, Yemen. Yemen’s prime minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed on Saturday Jan. 2, 2021, said that an attack on the airport in the key port city of Aden was meant “to eliminate” the country's new government. The Prime Minister spoke to The Associated Press after he survived Wednesday’s attack that killed at least 25 people and wounded 110 others. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

Yemen’s PM says airport attack aimed to ‘eliminate’ Cabinet

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Bystanders and a soldier stand near a damaged portion of the airport of Yemen’s southern city of Aden’s after an explosion, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. The blast struck the airport building shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed on Wednesday. No one on the government plane was hurt. (AP Photo/Majid Saleh)

Yemeni PM accuses rebels, Iran of deadly Aden airport blast

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

People run after an explosion at the airport in Aden, Yemen, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. No one on board the government plane was hurt but initial reports said several people at the airport were killed. (AP Photo)

Blast at Yemen’s Aden airport as new Cabinet members land

By Ahmed Al-Haj and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Visitors prepare to fish in front of the Red Sea port, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Dec.14, 2020. An explosion rocked a ship off Saudi Arabia's port city of Jiddah on the Red Sea, authorities said Monday, without elaborating. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Saudi TV: Houthi sea mine strikes cargo ship in Red Sea

Associated Press

Yemen rebels: Fighters shot down Saudi-run drone near border

By AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

Yemen’s president in exile reshuffles Cabinet to end rift

By BY AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

Visitors prepare to fish in front of the Red Sea port, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Dec.14, 2020. An explosion rocked a ship off Saudi Arabia's port city of Jiddah on the Red Sea, authorities said Monday, without elaborating. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

‘External source’ causes oil tanker blast off Saudi Arabia

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

This undated photo released by AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER SG shows the Singapore-flagged oil tanker BW Rhine. The BW Rhine suffered an explosion early Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 after being hit by "an external source," off Saudi Arabia's port city of Jiddah, a shipping company said. The apparent attack on the oil tanker marks the fourth assault targeting Saudi energy infrastructure in a month. (Tommy Chia/AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER SG via AP)

Ship explosion in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia port on Red Sea reported

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press