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Houthis in Yemen Confirm in Video They Are Holding 11 Mariners Hostage

The video was the first confirmation of the number of hostages, who had been sailing through the Red Sea on a ship attacked by the Houthis on July 7.

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The Ansarullah Media Center, a Houthi group, released a picture purporting to show the cargo ship Eternity C sinking after it was attacked by the Houthis at sea.
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Why Trump’s Abraham Accords Have Not Meant Mideast Peace

The 2020 agreements addressed diplomacy and commerce, not conflicts or the Palestinians. Predictions that the deals would produce regional peace were baseless, analysts say.

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President Trump leading Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and officials from Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates outside the White House to sign the Abraham Accords in 2020.
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They Fled War in Ethiopia. Then American Bombs Found Them.

In April, U.S.-made bombs destroyed a detention facility that held Ethiopian migrants in Yemen, crushing bodies and shredding limbs. Amid official silence, the survivors are left wondering why.

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“The place and everyone in it were mangled,” said Fanta Ali Ahmed, 32, from the Tigray region of Ethiopia. He was injured in April in the bombing of a migrant detention center in Saada, Yemen.
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Four More Rescued in Red Sea, as Houthis Vow to Keep Up Attacks

A total of 10 crew members have been rescued so far after Yemeni militants sank a Greek-owned cargo ship in the Red Sea.

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This image released by the Houthis’ Ansarullah Media Center on Wednesday shows what the group says is the Eternity C, a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier, sinking after it was attacked by the Houthis.
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