Yemen

UN to gather Yemen conflicting sides in Geneva

Sep 04, 2018 07:06

The sides to the Yemeni conflict are to convene in Geneva for the first time since 2016 under the auspices of the United Nations (UN) in an attempt to revive stalled peace talks.
Spain cancels €9.2mn deal to sell Saudis 400 precision bombs

Sep 04, 2018 01:25

The Saudi-led coalition’s recent slaughter of Yemeni children has prompted the Spanish Defense Ministry to cancel a €9.2-million deal to sell Saudis 400 precision bombs.
Saudi military denies killing schoolchildren despite admitting 'mistakes'

Sep 03, 2018 11:19

Saudi Arabia says a school bus targeted in an airstrike in Yemen last month was a "legitimate target" after finally admitting "mistakes" which took the lives of scores of children.
UK government claims ‘concerned’ by civilian deaths in Yemen, keeps mum on Saudi arms deals

Sep 03, 2018 04:03

The UK government has voiced “serious concern” over the rising numbers of civilian casualties from Saudi Arabia’s years-long military aggression against Yemen, even as London refuses to end its extensive arms deals with Riyadh.
Yemen's former President Hadi to head to US for ‘treatment’

Sep 03, 2018 02:32

Yemen’s former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi is to be transferred to the United States shortly to receive “medical treatment.”
Yemeni naval forces, allies hit Saudi vessel off Jizan coast

Sep 01, 2018 11:46

Yemeni naval forces, backed by fighters from Popular Committees, have reportedly targeted a military vessel in a missile attack off the coast of the kingdom’s southwestern border region of Jizan, in response to the Riyadh regime’s atrocious military campaign against their war-ravaged homeland.
Yemen: 19 fishermen missing after Saudi airstrike

Aug 31, 2018 08:25

As many as 19 fishermen have reportedly gone missing after a Saudi Arabian airstrike on fishing boats off Yemen’s western coastline, which has come under an unrelenting Saudi-led offensive.
US still training Saudi pilots after Yemen’s school bus attack: Report

Aug 31, 2018 01:45

Despite attempts by American officials to distance the US from the Saudi-led carnage against the people of Yemen, new documents have revealed that the Pentagon is planning to resume training programs for Saudi pilots.
Yemeni forces shoot down Saudi reconnaissance drone over Hudaydah

Aug 30, 2018 01:46

Yemeni army soldiers, supported by allied fighters from the Ansarullah Movement, have managed to shoot down a Saudi unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as it was on a reconnaissance mission in Yemen’s Western Coastal Province of Hudaydah.
'Yemeni fighters capable of damaging Saudi security'

Aug 29, 2018 10:42

Retaliatory attacks by Yemeni fighters against positions in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) show Yemenis’ capability to damage security in the two countries, says an academic.