18 Jun 2018 - NPWJ News Digest on Middle East and North Africa Democracy

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UN envoy in Yemen for crisis talks over Hudaida port
by Al-Jazeera, 16 Jun 2018

Houthi-linked officials deny claim by Yemeni army that Saudi-led coalition has captured Hudaida airport from rebels.
The UN envoy for Yemen has arrived in Sanaa for crisis talks on the port city of Hudaida amid growing fears that fighting between a Saudi and Emirati-led coalition and Houthi rebels will exacerbate a humanitarian crisis. 
Martin Griffiths did not make any statement as he landed in the Yemeni capital on Saturday.
He is expected to propose to rebel leaders that they halt fighting and cede control of Hudaida's vital port - responsible for more than 70 percent of Yemeni imports - to a UN-supervised committee. 
 

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300 prominent global figures accuse Israel of committing ‘war crimes’
by Middle East Monitor, 12 Jun 2018

Israel’s forcible transfer of thousands of Palestinians has been denounced as a war crime by over 300 elected officials, legal scholars, academics, artists, faith leaders and activists from around the world.

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