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New U.N. report highlights Houthis’ ‘systematic persecution’ of Yemeni Jews

The report was sent to the U.N. Security Council last week

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An elderly Yemeni Jew arrives at an immigration centre in the Israeli city of Beersheba on March 21, 2016, following a secret rescue operation to evacuate a group of 19 Jews from war-torn Yemen to Israel.

A new United Nations report on Yemen released last week documents extensive abuses against minority communities in the country, the procurement of weapons from Europe and Asia by Houthi rebel forces and the use of thousands of child soldiers...

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