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The boat capsized during the night of Thursday-Friday, the IOM said, citing survivor accounts. Around 82 people survived the shipwreck.
The migrants were heading to Yemen, with the hope of eventually making it to wealthier Gulf nations, even as Yemeni nationals themselves flee their country, which is experiencing the most serious escalation in fighting between government forces and the Houthis since a UN-brokered truce in 2022.
[VOVWORLD] - Yemen’s Houthi forces said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabian fighter jets had carried out 35 airstrikes across five Yemeni provinces over the previous 24 hours.
[VOVWORLD] - The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting Wednesday on the situation in Yemen amid escalating violence and military activity near the strategically important Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a gateway linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean and one of the world's most vital shipping routes.
[VOVWORLD] - US Vice President JD Vance said on Monday that Washington is holding direct talks with the Houthi movement in Yemen.
