An influential Saudi Arabian investigative bodysaid on Saturday that the Saudi-led coalition attacked a funeral in Yemen after receiving incorrect information that armed Houthi leaders were in the area. The Saudi-led campaign in Yemen has come under severe criticism since last Saturday’s airstrike hit a funeral gathering for a Houthi[…]
The US military has launched cruise missile strikes to knock out three coastal radar sites in areas of Yemen controlled by Houthi rebel forces, in retaliation to missile attacks at its Navy ship. Thursday’s strikes, authorised by President Barack Obama, represent Washington’s first direct military action against Houthi-controlled targets in[…]
A high-level Egyptian delegation will be visiting the Saudi capital in the next few days to discuss regional affairs, Egyptian sources said Wednesday. The delegation is said to include high-post figures from the Egyptian government and will be tackling regional issues such as the wars in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and[…]
The Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Yemen said on Sunday it will investigate an air raid that killed more than 140 people, after Washington announced it was reviewing support for the alliance. The Houthi rebels have blamed the Arab coalition for Saturday’s attack, one of the deadliest since it launched[…]
War-torn Yemen has been hit by a cholera outbreak, the United Nations has warned, saying it poses a further threat to children in the impoverished country. “This outbreak adds to the misery of millions of children in Yemen,” Julien Harneis, the representative for the UN’s children agency (UNICEF) in the[…]
The US must halt the shipping of weapons that could be used in the Yemen war, Amnesty International has urged in a new report, citing data that confirmed a US-made explosive was used in an attack on a Yemeni hospital on August 15. The medical facility – Abs Rural Hospital,[…]
Leading international medical charity MSF has evacuated staff from six hospitals in Yemen due to frequently occurring “indiscriminate shelling” by the Saudi-led coalition. The latest airstrike on a MSF facility killed 19 people and injured 24 this week. As a result of the August 15 aerial bombardment of Abs hospital[…]
United Nations Chief Ban Ki-moon repeated his call Wednesday for all sides in the conflict in Yemen to “immediately cease all hostilities,” following a devastating series of raids resulting in numerous civilian deaths and injuries. In a statement Ban urged “all parties to the conflict to immediately cease all hostilities[…]
The Claremont Main Road Masjid (CMRM) has urged Muslims to be mindful of the collective responsibility in fighting injustice and war around the world. There’s been very little global condemnation of the killing of up to 73 civilians in a US coalition led airstrike in Northern Syria on Tuesday. While[…]
Fighting in Yemen killed at least 44 people in a 24-hour period to Wednesday, military officials said, as the UN’s peace envoy arrived in the capital to meet rebels. Saudi-backed government forces clashed with the Houthi rebels and fighters loyal to ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh in battles across western[…]
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