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Houthi Attacks Displace 8,000 Yemenis In 30 Days

A girl holds her sister outside their tent at a camp for people displaced in the northwestern Yemeni city of Saada December 13, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
A girl holds her sister outside their tent at a camp for people displaced in the northwestern Yemeni city of Saada December 13, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
    Marib, Aden – Asharq Al-Awsat
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Houthi Attacks Displace 8,000 Yemenis In 30 Days

A girl holds her sister outside their tent at a camp for people displaced in the northwestern Yemeni city of Saada December 13, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
A girl holds her sister outside their tent at a camp for people displaced in the northwestern Yemeni city of Saada December 13, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Escalated Houthi militia attacks have triggered a new wave of displacement of more than 8,000 people in September alone, said the International Organization for Migration (IMO), sending the total of IDPs up to 70,000 people arriving in Marib governorate during 2020.

The increase in IDPs living in Marib has further swelled pressures on basic services, the IMO said in a statement.

Marib is so densely populated that many IDPs have no choice but to take refuge in shelters that are subpar. Many families are left in need of water, sanitation services and food.

In its statement, the IMO said that it had completed the process of handing over water systems to local communities in six IDP camps in Marib, which provided better access to clean water for more than 12,000 displaced people.

IDPs in Marib are facing many challenges, and their needs are on the rise, the IOM statement read.

IOM-provided water, sanitation and hygiene programs in Marib are now accessible through the support provided by the EU, USAID, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, the statement added.

In other news, the Yemeni internationally recognized government denounced the Houthi shelling of civilian neighborhoods in Taiz governorate, which has been cordoned off by militias since 2015.

Information Minister Muammar al-Eryani labeled the heavy-weight attacks waged by the Iran-backed militias against Taiz residents as “criminal.”

He explained that the bombing by the Houthi militia “is targeting residential neighborhoods densely populated with civilians and displaced persons who have begun to return to their homes, and dozens of women and children have been killed and wounded.”

Bombing residential neighborhoods in Taiz, terrorizing civilians, and the siege imposed by the militia on the governorate is part of the Houthi-adopted policy of collective punishment against Yemenis, Eryani explained.

Eryani voiced his surprise towards the international silence over the Houthi committed atrocities in Taiz, and demanded an immediate and effective intervention to bring the attacks and humanitarian violations to a halt.

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Reports: US to Withdraw All Troops from Syria

A US Army patrol in the Syrian city of Qamishli (Reuters file photo)
A US Army patrol in the Syrian city of Qamishli (Reuters file photo)
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Reports: US to Withdraw All Troops from Syria

A US Army patrol in the Syrian city of Qamishli (Reuters file photo)
A US Army patrol in the Syrian city of Qamishli (Reuters file photo)

The United States is planning to withdraw all of its 1,000 troops from Syria over the next two months, according to US media reports.

Washington will end its presence in the country after the Syrian government extended its control over the country and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces once key to fighting ISIS pledged to integrate into the state, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Television network CBS also reported on the plan, citing unnamed US officials.

The decision comes after US forces recently withdrew from some bases
in Syria including Al-Tanf and Al-Shadadi, which were used in the US-led international coalition's fight against ISIS, AFP reported.

The US is building up its military capabilities near Iran, where officials have vowed to respond to any attack by laying siege to American military outposts in the region.

US media reported Wednesday that Washington will be ready to launch strikes against Iran as early as this weekend, though Trump has reportedly not made a final decision yet.

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Canada Eases Sanctions on Syria

13 February 2026, Bavaria, Munich: Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, arrives at the Bavarian Hof for the 62nd Munich Security Conference. Photo: Felix Hörhager/dpa
13 February 2026, Bavaria, Munich: Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, arrives at the Bavarian Hof for the 62nd Munich Security Conference. Photo: Felix Hörhager/dpa
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Canada Eases Sanctions on Syria

13 February 2026, Bavaria, Munich: Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, arrives at the Bavarian Hof for the 62nd Munich Security Conference. Photo: Felix Hörhager/dpa
13 February 2026, Bavaria, Munich: Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, arrives at the Bavarian Hof for the 62nd Munich Security Conference. Photo: Felix Hörhager/dpa

Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand said on Wednesday that Canada had amended its economic sanctions on Syria ‌to ease ‌restrictions related ‌to the ⁠import and export ⁠of goods, investment activities and the provision of financial and other ⁠services, according to Reuters.

"The amendments also ‌remove ‌24 entities and ‌one individual from ‌the Syria Regulations to reduce barriers to economic activity and ‌to enable transactions with state-affiliated entities ⁠in ⁠key sectors critical to Syria’s recovery," Anand said in a statement.

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Tetteh: Despite UN Engagement, No Progress in Libya Roadmap

Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Hanna Tetteh Getty)
Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Hanna Tetteh Getty)
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Tetteh: Despite UN Engagement, No Progress in Libya Roadmap

Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Hanna Tetteh Getty)
Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Hanna Tetteh Getty)

The UN’s top envoy for Libya, Hanna Tetteh, has informed the Security Council that despite active United Nations engagement, the Libyan House of Representatives and the High Council of State have failed to make progress on the first steps of the agreed political roadmap, including establishing a mechanism to select the board of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) and advancing electoral legislation.

Briefing the Council in New York on Wednesday, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General said: “Their inability to use their agreed mechanism and follow-on unilateral actions has further eroded their credibility."

Tetteh added that Libyan public perceptions reflect a growing belief that the bodies are “unable or unwilling” to deliver.

She told Council members that she has begun consultations with key actors on an alternative two-step approach aimed at restoring momentum. Should a smaller group of Libyan representatives fail to agree on the roadmap’s milestones, she warned, a broader convening would be required. “We cannot wait indefinitely,” she emphasized.

The UN envoy also issued a stark warning about escalating tensions within Libya’s judicial system.

She said “contradictory, parallel judicial decisions put into jeopardy the unity of the legal and judicial systems,” cautioning that the situation “is a red line that if crossed can undermine the unity of the state.”

She urged Libyan leaders to refrain from further escalatory steps and called on the Council to hold accountable those taking actions that threaten to fracture the judiciary.

Tetteh also warned that transnational criminal networks continue to expand, turning Libya into a major transit hub for drug trafficking and sustaining illicit economies linked to corruption and armed groups.