Middle East News

US order nonessential diplomats to leave Yemen

The State Department on Wednesday ordered nonessential U.S. diplomats to depart Yemen and urged all Americans there to leave as security conditions deteriorated with the country's embattled leader refusing to step down.

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Egypt to open Rafah crossing permanently

Egypt will open its only crossing with the Gaza Strip this weekend, the Cairo military government announced Wednesday, significantly easing a four-year blockade on the Hamas -ruled territory but setting up a potential conflict with Israel .

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