The UN ranks the conflict in Yemen as one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises The United Nations’ humanitarian aid official in Yemen has said that the civilian death toll in the nearly two-year conflict has reached 10,000, with 40,000 others wounded. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs’ Jamie McGoldrick said that the … Read more
The current global political, and security environment remains chaotic, dangerous, and unstable. While the Obama Administration has done its best to address them, there is no doubt that the incoming Donald Trump Administration will inherit one of the most difficult and challenging set of problems since the end of the Second World War. Under Obama’s … Read more
Saudi Arabia is determined to prevent external “interference” in neighbouring war-torn Yemen, King Salman said in an annual address on Thursday. He did not explicitly refer to the kingdom’s regional rival Iran but Saudi officials have accused Tehran and the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah of aiding rebels in Yemen. Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia … Read more
The US has said it will limit arms sales to Saudi Arabia amid concerns over civilian casualties linked to air strikes in Yemen. Precision-guided weapons will no longer be delivered, a Pentagon official said. President Barack Obama’s administration said it was concerned over “flaws” in the way air strikes are targeted in Yemen. In October, … Read more
The Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen will not renew a two-day ceasefire in the ongoing war, a spokesperson has told the al-Arabiya TV network. The 48-hour ceasefire, which put a pause to nearly two years of fighting, was unilaterally announced by the Saudi coalition on Friday, but it failed to halt the fighting between … Read more
A pair of airstrikes targeting a Yemeni prison killed dozens of inmates off the nation’s west coast Saturday, the nation’s Houthi-controlled Defense Ministry said. The airstrikes, which targeted the port city of Hodieda, killed at least 43 inmates, according to the Defense Ministry. It said the death toll from the attack would likely rise once … Read more
The Saudi-led coalition bombing Houthi rebels in Yemen has said it attacked a funeral hall in the capital, Sanaa, based on “bad information”. At least 140 people were killed, most of them civilians, in the attack on 8 October – one of the single worst death tolls in the two-year conflict. An inquiry blames “non-compliance … Read more
Two missiles were fired at a US warship from rebel-held territory in Yemen as it passed through the Red Sea on Sunday, the US Navy has said. Both missiles hit the water before reaching the USS Mason, a guided-missile destroyer. A spokesman for Yemen’s rebel Houthi movement told the Saba news agency that it had … Read more
The funeral was being held for the father of the interior minister A Saudi-led coalition air strike has hit a funeral hall in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, killing 82 people according to officials. More than 500 people were injured, the rebel Houthi-run government said. Coalition sources have denied carrying out the air strike. Houthi rebels … Read more