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Five Sudanese Soldiers Kills in Yemen Conflict
2017-04-12
Five Sudanese soldiers have been killed while fighting for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition against Houthi forces in Yemen, a spokesman for Sudan's armed forces said on Wednesday.
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U.S. Lawmakers Raise Doubts on Sale of Smart Bombs to Saudi Arabia
2017-04-11
A group of U.S. lawmakers said on Monday they had requested more information from President Donald Trump's administration about the potential sale of precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia, expressing concern about civilian casualties in Riyadh's campaign in Yemen that delayed the deal last year.
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Saudi Arabia Increases Fighter Pilots' Pay by Up to 60 Percent
2017-04-05
The Saudi cabinet announced a pay increase of up to 60 percent for air force pilots on Monday, state news agency SPA reported, as a military campaign led by the kingdom in neighboring Yemen entered its third year.
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GIDHR Introduces Report on Executions in Bahrain in Conference Hosted by University of Melbourne
2017-04-01
University of Melbourne hosted on Friday a conference entitled, “Human Rights Abuses in the Gulf States,” which discussed the human rights situation in the Gulf States, with a focus on Bahrain and Yemen.
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Saudi Shoots Down “Smuggled” Yemen Rebel Missiles
2017-03-29
Saudi Arabia intercepted four missiles fired by Yemeni rebels on Tuesday, a Saudi-led coalition said, in what it described as evidence of arms smuggling through a rebel-held Red Sea port.
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U.S. Weighs Bigger Role in Yemen's War, Boosting Aid to Allies
2017-03-29
The United States is considering deepening its role in Yemen's conflict by more directly aiding its Gulf allies battling Iran-aligned Houthi rebels, officials say, potentially relaxing a U.S. policy that limited American support.
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Reuters: Thousands of Yemenis Rally in Sanaa on War’s Second Anniversary
2017-03-27
Thousands of Yemenis packed a square in the capital Sanaa on Sunday on the second anniversary of a war that has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 people and pushed the impoverished country to the brink of famine, Reuters reported.
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Amnesty Urges President Trump to Halt Arms Deal to Bahrain & Saudi Arabia
2017-03-26
In a letter to President Trump, Amnesty International urged him not to approve pending arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain and not to sign off on the sales because of the Saudi-led coalition’s conduct in Yemen's civil war.
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Commander-in-Chief Honors BDF Members Taking Part in War on Yemen
2017-02-27
Commander-in-Chief Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa honoured Bahrain Defence Force's members taking part in war on Yemen.
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Reuters: UAE Says Two Soldiers Dead in Yemen
2017-02-19
A soldier from the United Arab Emirates died while taking part in a Saudi-led military operation in Yemen, state news agency WAM reported on Friday, without clarifying the circumstances of his death.
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Attack Hits Mourners in Yemen, Killing Nine Women, One Child
2017-02-16
Warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition struck a house north of Yemen's capital on Wednesday where mourners had gathered to offer condolences after a woman died, residents said, killing nine women and one child and injuring dozens.
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Video: Iranian FM Says his Country Wants to Cooperate with Saudi Arabia to Put End to Miserable Situations in Syria, Yemen & Bahrain
2017-01-19
Iran and Saudi Arabia should be able to work together to help end conflicts in Syria and Yemen, after successfully cooperating over Lebanon last year, Iran's foreign minister said.
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Iran's Zarif Wants Cooperation with Saudi over Syria and Yemen
2017-01-19
Iran and Saudi Arabia should be able to work together to help end conflicts in Syria and Yemen, after successfully cooperating over Lebanon last year, Iran's foreign minister said.
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AFP: Iran President Calls for Stop To Saudi Interference
2017-01-18
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called on Saudi Arabia to stop its “aggression” in Yemen and “interference” across the region, during a news conference in Tehran on Tuesday.
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Rouhani: Our problem Concerns Saudi Arabia's Interference in Yemen & Bahrain
2017-01-18
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said that his country did not seek to cut relations with Saudi Arabia, it was the Saudis themselves who broke relations.
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MEE: UK Helped Train Saudi Unit Accused of Whitewashing Yemen War Crimes
2017-01-12
The Middle East Eye website said that the British military “has provided training to a Saudi war crimes investigations unit headed by a Bahraini judge accused of sentencing peaceful protesters to lengthy jail terms, where they were often tortured.”
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Saudi-led Coalition to Stop Using British-Made Cluster Munitions in Yemen
2016-12-21
A Saudi-led Arab coalition will halt its use of British-made cluster munitions in Yemen, the Saudi government said on Monday, after 20 months of war in which thousands of civilians have been killed and injured in air strikes.
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Yemeni PM Praises Bahrain over Participating in War on Yemen
2016-12-20
The Prime Minister of Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi’s government in Yemen, Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr, praised Bahrain’s role and participation with the Saudi-led Arab coalition strikes against his country.
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Yemen Rebel Leader Accuses UK of War Crimes
2016-12-15
The leader of Yemen's rebel Huthi government on Wednesday accused Britain of war crimes by supplying weapons that Saudi-led forces were using to "bomb the people".
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U.S. to Halt Some Arms Sales to Saudi, Citing Civilian Deaths in Yemen Campaign
2016-12-14
The United States has decided to limit military support to Saudi Arabia's campaign in Yemen because of concerns over widespread civilian casualties and will halt a planned arms sale to the kingdom, U.S. officials told Reuters.