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Yemeni deputy FM: UN only understands language of money, not law
Oct 09, 2021 14:58The deputy foreign minister in Yemen’s National Salvation Government has lambasted the recent decision by the UN Human Rights Council to ditch its group of experts investigating abuses and Saudi war crimes in Yemen, stating that the world body only understands the language of money, and has no respect whatsoever for law and regulations.
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UN ends Yemen war crimes probe amid Saudi Arabia’s intense lobbying
Oct 08, 2021 11:04The United Nations Human Rights Council has dropped an investigation into possible war crimes by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen amid reports of intense lobbying by Riyadh.
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Saudi-led coalition continues hijacking Yemen oil amid UN silence: Official
Oct 08, 2021 05:02The head of Yemen’s Oil Company says the Saudi-led coalition that has been invading the impoverished country continues to impound Yemen-bound oil tankers amid the United Nations’ silence on the piracy.
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Yemeni forces shoot down US RQ-20 Puma reconnaissance drone in Jizan skies
Oct 07, 2021 14:25Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from the Popular Committees, have intercepted and targeted an American AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma drone while it was flying in the skies over an area in Saudi Arabia’s southern border region of Jizan close to the border with Yemen.
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Yemeni air defenses shoot down Saudi-led reconnaissance drone in Ma’rib
Oct 06, 2021 06:14Yemeni army forces have intercepted and targeted an unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition flying in the skies over Yemen's central Province of Ma’rib.
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Iran helps restore Yemen hospital’s emergency ward after 25 years
Oct 05, 2021 15:05Iran has helped restore an emergency ward at a key hospital in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, which had stopped functioning 25 years ago after excessive longevity of its operation rendered it incapable of serving patients.
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Saudi Arabia executes Shia Muslim accused of links to a ‘terrorist cell’
Oct 05, 2021 14:57Saudi authorities have executed a citizen from the oil rich Qatif region of the Shia Muslim populated Eastern Province for alleged links to a "terrorist cell."
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Yemen parliament appeals to UNSC to stop Saudi-led coalition’s carnage in Sa’ada, Ma’rib
Oct 05, 2021 08:44The Yemeni parliament has denounced the international community’s silence on atrocities being committed by Saudi Arabia and its regional allies against Yemeni children, calling on the UN Security Council and other world bodies to take action to stop the violence, especially in the strategic province of Sa’ada and Ma’rib, where dozens of airstrikes are carried out on a daily basis.
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Iran hails talks with Saudis, says neither side sets preconditions
Oct 04, 2021 08:27Iran says no precondition has been imposed by either side in talks between Tehran and Riyadh intended to mend bilateral ties severed in 2016.
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Iranian, UN diplomats discuss settlement of Yemen crisis
Oct 04, 2021 02:59A senior adviser to the Iranian foreign minister and the United Nations secretary-general’s new special envoy for Yemen weighed plans for the resolution of conflicts in the Arab country.