Yemen

Yemen’s Ansarullah movement rejects proposal to handover Hudaydah

Dec 08, 2018 03:23

Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has strongly rejected demands by its rival group, the country’s former Saudi-backed government, to hand over the port city of Hudaydah and to inspect flights to Sana’a airport.
Germany still selling arms to Riyadh despite halt triggered by Khashoggi case: Report

Dec 07, 2018 08:45

Despite a halt earlier announced by Chancellor Angela Merkel in condemnation of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Germany is covertly exporting arms to Saudi Arabia and is even planning to resume overt sales soon, a report said.
Saudi warplanes launch 28 airstrikes on Yemen, martyr 3 amid Sweden peace talks

Dec 07, 2018 03:43

The Saudi-led coalition’s jet fighters on Thursday launched over 28 airstrikes on various parts of Yemen despite earlier claims that it had ordered its forces halt their attacks on Yemen with the beginning of peace talks in Sweden.
UN hopes for removal of Saudi blockade on Yemen as peace talks begin

Dec 07, 2018 03:27

The United Nations has called for the immediate removal of Saudi Arabia’s blockade on Yemen as talks to end the ongoing war against the impoverished country begin in Sweden.
Six Yemeni missiles hit gatherings of Saudi-led forces in Jizan

Dec 07, 2018 02:33

Yemeni army forces, backed by allied fighters from the Ansarullah Movement, have hit gatherings of Saudi soldiers and Saudi-led mercenaries in the kingdom’s southwestern Jizan region with six domestically-manufactured missiles in retaliation for the kingdom’s campaign of military aggression against the impoverished nation.
Number of Yemenis in food crisis or emergency could hit 20mn, warns WFP

Dec 06, 2018 14:49

The UN food agency has warned that the number of Yemenis in food “crisis” or “emergency” could increase to 20 million without sustained food aid, as the brutal war imposed by Saudi Arabia on the impoverished nation nears its fourth anniversary.
UN-backed peace talks on Yemen kick off in Sweden

Dec 06, 2018 09:47

A round of talks between delegations from Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and the country’s former Saudi-backed government open in Sweden under the auspices of the UN in an effort to find a political solution to the Yemen conflict and end a devastating Riyadh-led war on the country.
Saudi Arabia’s friendly fire kills, injures several mercenaries in Yemen

Dec 06, 2018 03:14

Warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition waging a war on Yemen have mistakenly targeted allied mercenaries in the country’s central Bayda Province, leaving several dead or wounded.
Saudi-backed Yemeni delegates head to Sweden for peace talks

Dec 05, 2018 11:20

A delegation from Yemen’s former Saudi-sponsored government has left Riyadh for Sweden to attend UN-brokered peace talks with representatives from the Ansarullah movement as a push by the world body to end a devastating Saudi-led war on Yemen gains steam.
UN warns humanitarian crisis in Yemen to deteriorate next year

Dec 05, 2018 05:05

The United Nations says the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, already the worst in the world, will deteriorate in 2019, nearly four years after a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia invaded the impoverished country and began an intense campaign of airstrikes and ground attacks which are still ongoing.