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US Secretary of State Pompeo Calls for End to Fighting in Yemen
2018-11-01
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Tuesday for a cessation of hostilities in Yemen and said U.N.-led negotiations to end the civil war should begin next month.
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Yemen Still Invisible as Khashoggi Murder Comes to Light
2018-10-29
The murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has triggered a diplomatic and public relations crisis for Saudi Arabia, but little may change for the victims of the Yemen war.
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Oxfam: One Civilian Killed Every Three Hours in Yemen Fighting
2018-10-27
Oxfam announced on Friday that one civilian has been killed every three hours in fighting in Yemen since the beginning of August, with many more people succumbing to disease and hunger, calling on the UK, US and other governments to suspend arms sales to the Saudis because of their disregard for civilian lives in the war in Yemen.
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UN Warns Half Yemen's People Could Soon be on Brink of Famine
2018-10-25
The United Nations aid chief sounded the alarm at the Security Council on Tuesday that half the population of war-torn Yemen - some 14 million people - could soon be on the brink of famine.
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Hmoud bin Abdullah Al Khalifa Presents his Credentials to Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi in Riyadh
2018-10-19
Hmoud bin Abdullah Al Khalifa presented his credentials to President of the Republic of Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi as Riyadh-based Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Republic of Yemen.
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Yemen Conflict could Push Millions More to Brink of Famine: U.N.
2018-10-16
The number of Yemenis on the brink of famine could rise to 12 million - or two in five of the population - from around 8.5 million in coming months due to escalating war and a deepening economic crisis, the United Nations food agency said on Monday.
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Young Survivors of Yemen School Bus Air Strike Return to Class
2018-10-12
In a small school in Yemen’s Saada province, the absence of dozens of their classmates killed in an air strike on a bus weighed heavily on the young survivors as they returned to classes.
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Germany Open to Selling Arms to Saudis despite Yemen War: Report
2018-10-11
Germany's government has left the door open to exporting arms to Saudi Arabia and its allies in the Yemen conflict, the news weekly Der Spiegel reported Wednesday, seemingly in spite of a deal within the country's ruling coalition.
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Some Saudi-led Coalition Air Strikes in Yemen may Amount to War Crimes: U.N.
2018-08-29
Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in the war in Yemen have caused heavy civilian casualties and some may amount to war crimes, U.N. human rights experts said on Tuesday.
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Saudi Arabia Kills 26 Yemenis in Air Strike
2018-08-27
Yemen’s Houthis said on Thursday an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition had killed 26 civilians.
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Yemen Buries Children Killed by Air Strike, Riyadh Insists Raid “Legitimate”
2018-08-15
Thousands of mourners on Monday buried dozens of children killed in a Saudi-led coalition air strike on a bus in northern Yemen, one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in the three-year-old war.
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Saudi Arabia Kills Dozens of children in Yemen Airstrikes, Yemeni Official
2018-08-11
Saudi-led coalition air strikes on Thursday killed dozens of people, including children traveling on a bus through a market, in Yemen’s Saada province, a Yemeni health official said.
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Yemen's Houthis Halt Red Sea Attacks for Two Weeks
2018-08-01
Yemen’s Houthi group said on Tuesday it is unilaterally halting attacks in the Red Sea for two weeks to support peace efforts, days after Saudi Arabia suspended oil exp
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Saudi-Led Coalition Renews Strikes on Yemen's Main Port City
2018-07-28
A Saudi-led coalition launched heavy air strikes on Yemen’s main port city of Hodeidah on Friday, in an apparent resumption of military operations on the city after the Iranian-aligned Houthi movement attacked two Saudi oil tankers, residents said.
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Saudi Arabia Halts Oil Exports in Red Sea Lane after Houthi Attacks
2018-07-28
Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it was suspending oil shipments through the Red Sea’s Bab al-Mandeb strait, one of the world’s most important tanker routes, after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked two ships in the waterway.
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Houthis Say they Attacked Abu Dhabi Airport with Drone
2018-07-28
The Al Masirah TV said that Houthi movement attacked on Thursday (July 26, 2018) Abu Dhabi airport with a drone.
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Houthi Attack Damages Saudi Ship off Yemen Coast
2018-07-26
The Houthis’ Al Masirah TV had said on Twitter that they had targeted a warship named the Dammam off the western coast of Yemen in what the group later said was a missile attack.
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Yemenis who Fled Battle for Hodeidah Struggle to Survive
2018-07-13
For days, Amal would pull her four children back from the windows each time Apache helicopters attacked the rooftop snipers in her neighborhood south of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah.
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U.S. Lawmaker Holds Back Support for Munitions Sale to Gulf Allies due to Yemen
2018-06-29
A top U.S. Senate Democrat said on Thursday he cannot support for now a Trump administration plan to sell high-tech munitions to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates over concerns about the war in Yemen, a decision that could derail the sale.
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UAE Says it Wants Yemen Peace Deal but Houthis must Leave Hodeidah
2018-06-27
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Tuesday an Arab coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen was cooperating with a U.N. envoy to end fighting, but the Houthis must quit the port city of Hodeidah as a condition for any peace deal.