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Yemenis take to boats to flee as Middle East war spreads
Yemenis took to boats in the Red Sea to escape fighting between Iran-backed Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed forces, as the spreading M
Summary
The Houthis, who have seized Yemen's entire Red Sea coast since last week in a lightning advance, say the Saudi Air Force has conducted hundreds of airstrikes in recent days. On Wednesday, the Houthis said they had shot down a Saudi F-15 fighter jet.
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People
- Donald Trump2
- Abdelmalik al-Ajiri
- Mohammad Abdulsalam
- Mohammed bin Salman
- Ahmad Hassan
- JD Vance
Organisations
- International Organization for Migration.He
- state department
- Saudi Air Force
- U.S. Navy
- Reuters
Places
- United States2
- Saudi Arabia2
- Middle East2
- Washington2
- Red Sea2
- Israel2
- Yemen2
- Iran2
Keywords
- backed2
- officials
- fighters
- houthis
- sources
- spreads
- weekend
- boats
- flee
- oman
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