A well-known Saudi activist and whistle-blower known online as “Mujtahid” has exposed the existence of a secret prison run by Riyadh in Yemen’s largest province, Hadhramout. Mujtahid made his claim on Twitter yesterday, where he [ More … ]
The new coronavirus is believed to be spreading throughout Yemen where the health care system “has in effect collapsed”, the United Nations said on Friday, appealing for urgent funding. “Aid agencies in Yemen are operating [ More … ]
Yemen, already pushed to the brink of famine by a five-year war, could see a “catastrophic” food security situation due to the coronavirus pandemic and lower remittances from the Gulf, the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture [ More … ]
UAE-aligned separatists in southern Yemen have warned of an “imminent war” against Saudi-supported mercenaries, fighting on behalf of the UN-recognised Yemeni government, based in Riyadh. The UAE and Saudi are joint-leaders of the US-backed coalition [ More … ]
The Houthi-allied Yemeni armed forces have retaken Al-Labnat military base in Al-Jawf province from the Saudi-backed mercenaries fighting to reinstate exiled President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. This is the first time in five years that it [ More … ]
Yemen’s Security Belt forces say at least five people were killed when a Houthi missile targeted a platform used during the parade Several people have been killed in southern Yemen after an attack on a [ More … ]
The United Nations has condemned the attack on the al-Raqw market in northern Yemen, the third on the same location in just over a month An attack on the al-Raqw market in northern Yemen has [ More … ]
With failures to fully address the root causes of Yemen’s conflict, fighting has continued, and Hodeida still remains the country’s most dangerous area. The UN-sponsored peace deal in Stockholm in December 2018 to end fighting [ More … ]
Oman-mediated talks taking place via video conference since September to try end five-year conflict, officials say. Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthi rebels are holding indirect, behind-the-scenes talks to end the devastating five-year war in Yemen, officials from the two [ More … ]
Armed Conflict Location and Event Data project reports more than 20,000 deaths in 2019 alone More than 100,000 people have died as a result of the war in Yemen, according to an explosive new report [ More … ]
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 … ]
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