Yemen

MSF sounds death knell of Yemen health system amid Saudi war

Jun 14, 2020 07:27

The coronavirus crisis has taken the final toll on Yemen’s already struggling healthcare system, a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) official says.
UAE spends billions on arms imports despite plummeting revenues

Jun 14, 2020 02:37

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has spent billions of dollars on buying weapons over the past years, draining the country's financial liquidity at a time when revenues have plummeted amid crude price rout and the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Iran dismisses UN report on missiles ‘of Iranian origin,’ says body under US, Saudi pressure

Jun 13, 2020 01:41

Iran has dismissed a recent claim by the United Nations that missiles used to attack Saudi Arabia have been "of Iranian origin," saying the organization has spoken out under political pressure from the US and the Saudi regime.
Fuel shortage caused by Saudi blockade adds to Yemen’s woes

Jun 13, 2020 01:19

Yemenis have been forced to wait in long lines at gas stations for the third consecutive day amid a severe shortage of fuel. This comes despite the government’s guidelines to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Yemeni bodies condemn Saudi-led coalition over use of banned cluster bombs in Sana’a

Jun 11, 2020 07:56

Yemeni bodies have censured the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition over deploying cluster bombs against a residential neighborhood in the country’s capital province of Sana’a, seriously injuring members of a family.
Iranian, Russian diplomats discuss Syria, Yemen

Jun 11, 2020 00:50

Senior adviser to the Iranian Foreign Minister for Special Political Affairs Ali Asghar Khaji and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vasilyevich Vershinin discussed the latest developments in Syria and Yemen.
Aid workers warn more Yemeni women will die as UN cuts maternity funding

Jun 05, 2020 02:11

Yemeni women are already losing their lives in childbirth and thousands more will be put at serious risk as reproductive health services in the impoverished country are forced to close due to UN funding cuts, doctors and aid workers warn.
Saudi-led coalition keeps pounding Yemen

Jun 03, 2020 06:36

Fighting has once again erupted in Yemen’s port city of Hudaydah as the Ansarullah movement blames the Saudi-led coalition for breaching a ceasefire that was brokered by the United Nations to avert an offensive on the Red Sea port city.
Factbox: UN aid programs in Yemen at risk of going broke

Jun 03, 2020 02:47

The United Nations said ahead of a pledging conference for Yemen on Tuesday that 30 of 41 major aid programs in the war-torn country would close in the next few weeks without funding.
Protests reveal true face of US govt.: Ansarullah

Jun 01, 2020 09:34

The Spokesman for Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement, Mohammad Abdul-Salam, said the ongoing protests in the United States against police violence proved that it has never been a country of democracy.