Yemen

Military option won’t bring peace to Yemen, region: Houthi

Oct 28, 2019 15:05

The leader of Yemen's Ansarullah movement has warned Saudi Arabia about the consequences of its ongoing campaign of blockade and aggression against the country.
Saudi Arabia pardons convicted soldiers to keep them in Yemen fronts

Oct 28, 2019 14:42

Saudi authorities have reportedly pardoned army soldiers convicted of various crimes in the ultra-conservative kingdom in order to encourage them to stay in battle fronts and fight against Yemeni army forces and their allies from Popular Committees.
Yemen’s Ansarullah, Saudi-sponsored militiamen exchange 7,000 prisoners: NCPA head

Oct 26, 2019 18:06

The head of Yemen’s National Committee for Prisoners Affairs (NCPA), Abdulqader al-Mortada, says the Ansarullah movement and Saudi-sponsored Yemeni militiamen loyal to Yemen's former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi have exchanged thousands of detainees.
FM calls for end to killing of civilians, blockade of war-torn Yemen

Oct 26, 2019 17:58

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the ongoing crisis in Yemen should only be solved through political approaches, calling for an end to the killing of civilians and the Saudi-led blockade of the war-ravaged country.
Yemeni children continue to bear brunt of Saudi war

Oct 24, 2019 04:50

On the 30th anniversary of the world's convention of Rights of child, the UNICEF held in Yemen's capital Sana'a held a press conference giving the country's children a podium to make their voice heard on how the Saudi led war has undermined and violated all internationally cherished laws and norms.
Iran’s Zarif slams US addiction to sanctions, economic terror

Oct 23, 2019 04:53

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif criticized the US for its addiction to sanctions and “economic terrorism”, calling on the international community to take a “unified” stance and compel Washington to “reverse its dangerous course”.
WHO says cholera has killed over 910 people in Yemen since January

Oct 22, 2019 02:32

The World Health Organization (WHO) says cholera has killed more than 910 people in war-torn Yemen since January and nearly 700,000 suspected cholera cases has been reported.
Saudi airstrikes leave five more civilians dead in northern Yemen

Oct 21, 2019 16:51

At least five civilians have been killed when Saudi military aircraft carried out airstrikes in Yemen’s mountainous northern province of Sa’ada as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its atrocious bombardment campaign against its crisis-hit southern neighbor.
UN, WHO fail to open humanitarian medical air bridge for Yemenis: Health minister

Oct 19, 2019 12:20

The Yemeni minister of public health and population has criticized the United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO) for their failure to open a humanitarian medical air bridge for Yemeni civilians, who are suffering from conditions that cannot be treated inside the war-battered Arab country.
US arms end up in hands of rival militants in Yemen: Report

Oct 19, 2019 05:14

The American-made weapons, supplied to Washington's allies waging a war on Yemen, end up in the hands of US-backed militants fighting against each other in the impoverished state, CNN reports.