Yemen

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said 45 of its soldiers fighting rebels in Yemen were killed in an arms depot blast on Sept. 4, while five border guards from Bahrain died in the deadliest day yet for the Saudi-led coalition.
  

New International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Dr. Fatih Birol has said he plans to focus on boosting renewable energy in addition to fossil fuels by turning the agency into ?a kind of central bank? in renewable energy technologies, during his first interview since assuming the position.

The Yemeni army has recruited 4,800 southern fighters following a presidential decision to integrate loyalist militiamen who helped push Iran-backed rebels out of second city Aden, a military official said Aug. 28.

An apparent US drone strike killed five Al-Qaeda suspects in the extremist network's southeastern stronghold of Mukalla, a government official said Aug. 27.

Human Rights Watch on Aug. 27 urged the Saudi-led coalition battling Iran-backed rebels in Yemen to stop using cluster munitions, saying it had uncovered new evidence of their devastating impact.

Four suspected al-Qaeda militants were killed overnight in an apparent U.S. drone strike in Mukalla, the southern Yemeni city that the extremist group overran in April, a local official said on Aug. 23.

The International Yemen Humanitarian Aid Conference will be held in Istanbul between Aug. 14 and 15 with the goal of seeking solutions to humanitarian problems in war-torn Yemen. 

A senior Hamas leader is set to arrive in Turkey for a meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, amid a flurry of regional contacts made by Hamas that has particularly intensified after the recent nuclear deal between Iran and Western powers.

Militiamen clashed with Yemen's dominant Houthi group inside the city of Ibb on Aug. 11, residents said, in their latest significant advance into territory the Houthis had held unopposed for months. 

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit Turkey on Aug. 11 as he embarks on the second round of his tour of regional countries, including Lebanon and Pakistan, after a nuclear agreement was reached between Iran and world powers.