US official says Mohammed bin Salman told him he wants to end conflict, and that he was okay with Washington engaging with arch-foe Iran, said Middle East Eye in an exclusive report. Mohammed bin Salman, [ More … ]
A roadside bomb killed 12 people in southern Yemen on Monday when a blast targeting a military car hit a civilian vehicle instead, a security source said. A roadside bomb killed twelve people in southern [ More … ]
UN officials have said all parties in the war show a ‘disregard for the protection of civilians’ The Saudi-led coalition battling Houthi militias in Yemen has denied targeting a civilian home after a local health [ More … ]
A photograph showing the portraits of UAE rulers at a military camp in Yemen’s southern city of Mokha, Taiz province has caused angry reactions in the country. A photograph showing the portraits of the rulers [ More … ]
A coalition of rights groups has issued a joint letter to key US agencies calling for a review of allegations of abuse by US-allied UAE forces in Yemen. A coalition of rights groups, including Human [ More … ]
US special forces are joining Emirati and local forces in conducting operations against al-Qaeda positions in Yemen, the Pentagon said on Friday. The US is putting boots on the ground in Yemen as it supports [ More … ]
UN refugee agency condemns attack on makeshift camp in Mawza, Taiz, which killed members of family who fled fighting in nearby Mokha At least 20 Yemeni civilians who fled fighting in their home town have [ More … ]
Yemen’s Nobel laureate Tawakkol Karman said that “The area that the United Arab Emirates occupies in Yemen is more than several times the size of the UAE, exceeding significantly the strategic weight of the Gulf [ More … ]
A leaked Qatari diplomatic communique has revealed that the crown princes of Saudi Arabia and the UAE supported two Yemeni backers of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State groups. A leaked Qatari diplomatic communique alleges that [ More … ]
Red Cross says more than 7,000 new suspected cases diagnosed a day in country hit by war and economic collapse A 10-week cholera epidemic has now infected more than 300,000 people in Yemen, the International [ More … ]
Foreign workers in Saudi Arabia started to contribute for their dependants, as expatriates pay taxes for the first time in many years. Foreigners working in Saudi Arabia started to pay taxes for dependents this month, [ More … ]
UAE transferred Yemen terror suspects to secret Eritrean prison, says Human Rights Watch Two investigations uncovered cases of ‘torture and forced disappearances’ by UAE forces in Yemen, a leading human rights group has said. Former [ More … ]
A ballistic missile attack has targeted a Saudi military base inside Saudi Arabia, killing six soldiers, Press TV reported. The missile attack killed six Saudi Arabian soldiers at the Al-Shabakah military base, located in southern Saudi Arabia’s [ More … ]
Al-Qaeda militants opened fire on a military zone in Yemen’s Hadramawt province on Wednesday, killing three soldiers and kidnapping one, a military source said. Three Yemeni soldiers were killed when suspected al-Qaeda militants opened fire [ More … ]
Turkey has prepared an aid cargo to ship to Yemen, where thousands of civilians lost their lives due to cholera, and thousands wait for medicine for treatment. Nearly 3 million people who were displaced due [ More … ]
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