Saudi Arabia is considering temporary halts in coalition air strikes against Houthi fighters in Yemen to allow for aid deliveries, the kingdom’s foreign minister has said. Adel al-Jubeir’s announcement came as clashes raged in southern Yemen between the Houthis and fighters allied with exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, killing at[…]
Yemen’s ruling General People’s Congress (GPC) party has announced it is backing the internationally recognized government of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, directing a powerful blow to his rival and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. In a statement issued by the GPC’s second-in-command, the ruling party declared its support for[…]
Yemen’s besieged city of Aden has seen one of its worst days of violence yet, as Houthi fighters clashed with forces loyal to the country’s president for control of the city’s main airport. Sources told Al Jazeera on Thursday that fighting was raging at Aden’s international airport as Popular Resistance[…]
Iran proposed Wednesday to hold UN talks on ending the conflict in Yemen at a neutral venue, pointing to the success of the talks on Afghanistan held in Germany in 2001. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was part of a coalition of Sunni Arab states led by Saudi Arabia that[…]
The humanitarian situation in Yemen is deteriorating, relief officials say, amid continued clashes and air raids targeting Houthi fighters. Weapons depots used by the Houthis in the capital Sanaa were among the targets hit on Tuesday, as well as the home of a senior leader of the group, sources told[…]
OPINION by Shafiq Morton – What country in its right mind would bomb another from the air with no boots on the ground? What country would attack a people who are its enemy’s enemy to get at its other enemy? The answer is Saudi Arabia. The invaded people are the[…]
The Islamic State (ISIS) has declared its official presence in war-torn Yemen as the jihadists posted a video online, threating to “cut the throats” of Shiite Houthi rebels. Like most Islamic State videos, the 9-minute-long clip was professionally shot and edited – with CGs and catchy background music. It showed[…]
The humanitarian situation in Yemen is continuing to cause grave alarm, with aid groups warning about the threat of malnutrition and dire shortfalls in life-saving medicines. Days after the Saudi-led coalition said that it’s purely militaristic phase of operations had ended and a new phase, ‘Operation Restore Hope’, aimed at[…]
The Gift of the Givers (GOTG) were amongst a myriad of relief organizations that conducted presentations at the 19th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine, which took place in Cape Town this past week. The theme of the event focused on “Creating Capacity, Building Resilience,” intended to build on[…]
At least 115 children have been killed and 172 injured in Yemen since Saudi-led coalition air strikes began in March, according to the UN’s agency for the welfare of children. A spokesman from UNICEF said on Friday at least 64 children who had died between March 26 and April 20[…]
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