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Factbox: Who is fighting in Yemen’s disastrous war?

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The parties to Yemen’s messy civil war each have their own agenda, making the conflict hard to resolve. Here are some of these groups and what they want:

A Houthi militant sits guard on the roof of a building overlooking fellow Houthis rallying to denounce the rapid devaluation of the Yemeni Rial in Sanaa, Yemen October 5, 2018. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

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In the late…

17 killed in Saudi-led airstrike in Yemen’s Hodeidah

17 killed in Saudi-led airstrike in Yemen’s Hodeidah (File photo)

At least 17 passengers fleeing escalating war in Yemen’s war-torn port city of Hodeidah were killed on Saturday when a Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit two buses near a security checkpoint, a provincial hospital official said.

The airstrike hit the buses in Masbarah area at the top of Jabal Ras hill near a Houthi-manned…

Yemen’s ancient architecture threatened by war

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SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s three-year war has taken a heavy toll on Sanaa’s historic Old City, a dense warren of mosques, bath houses and 6,000 mud brick houses, which date from before the 11th century.

A man looks at the buildings in the old quarter of Sanaa, Yemen August 6, 2018. Picture taken August 6, 2018. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Part of the Old City, a UNESCO World Heritage…