Riyadh moves into city’s airport and military bases in an attempt to end confrontation between Hadi and UAE-backed separatistsSaudi Arabia’s armed forces have taken control of the southern Yemeni port of Aden, in an attempt [ More … ]
The Fitch credit ratings agency has downgraded Saudi Arabia’s rating by one notch, saying that rising tensions in the Gulf were the cause. Fitch Ratings on Monday downgraded Saudi Arabia’s credit rating by one notch, [ More … ]
Nearly 300 prisoners, including dozens of survivors from a Saudi-led coalition strike on a detention center earlier this month, were freed by the Houthis, the ICRC said on today. Yemen’s Houthi rebels have freed 290 [ More … ]
Almost two million children in war-torn Yemen are out of school, which means they face increased risks including various forms of life-threatening exploitation. Almost two million children in war-torn Yemen are reportedly out of school, [ More … ]
Fighting shook Aden again on Wednesday when government forces attacked the Yemeni city’s eastern suburbs and fought artillery duels with southern separatists, residents said, deepening the rift between supposed allies in a Saudi-led coalition. Forces [ More … ]
Report given to UK government claims evidence shows British arms should not be sold to Saudi Arabia Evidence that the Saudi-led coalition has covered up human rights abuses in Yemen was submitted to the British [ More … ]
Saudi-led coalition said it shot down Houthi drone fired toward city of Abha Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saturday claimed to have carried out drone attacks on military targets in the King Khalid airbase in southwestern [ More … ]
Tensions in the Gulf between the US, Saudi Arabia and Iran have been exacerbated this week with the deployment of Houthi strikes on the neighboring kingdom. Yemen’s Houthis launched two attacks on a Saudi airport [ More … ]
Despite promising to pursue a peace settlement, Saudi Arabia has continued its destructive bombing campaign in Yemen. At home, Saudi authorities last week executed 37 people in one day on ambiguous charges. Since March 26, [ More … ]
Most of those killed in the attack were children, a spokesperson for the rebel-controlled health ministry said. Air raids by a Saudi-UAE led coalition in a residential area in Yemen’s Houthi-held capital, Sanaa, have killed [ More … ]
Bombing comes as Houthis overrun pro-government fighters trying to kick rebels out in battle that besieged thousands Air strikes have killed at least 22 civilians, including women and children, as residents in a northern Yemen [ More … ]
In the Hajjah governorate, residents have been struggling to make ends meet since the beginning of the war Khalid Abdullah, a 33-year-old resident of Yemen’s Hajjah governorate, used to work on the farms he had [ More … ]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Sunday (Feb 18) it had signed military deals worth 3.87 billion UAE dirhams ($1.1 billion) with international companies. A spokesman for the IDEX defense conference said the UAE [ More … ]
Yemen war and killing of Jamal Khashoggi have put pressure on the kingdom that shows no sign of letting up in 2019 If 2018 was the time of Mohammed bin Salman, the next year is likely [ More … ]
In a new resolution, a bipartisan group of senators is calling for the United States to end its involvement—specifically its support of Saudi Arabia—in the Yemen conflict. The Senate has voted 63-37 to pass a [ More … ]
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