Yemen

Rights groups threaten legal action against France over arms exports to Saudi, UAE

Mar 23, 2018 01:39

Two human rights groups have given the government of French President Emmanuel Macron two months to end its arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which are involved in a devastating three-year-old conflict in Yemen, or face legal proceedings.
Yemenis fire missile at Saudi oil giant Aramco's HQ in Najran

Mar 22, 2018 11:28

Yemeni forces have fired a ballistic missile at the Saudi state oil giant Aramco's headquarters in the Persian Gulf country's southwest in retaliation for Riyadh’s fatal campaign against Yemen.
Activists place 5,000 flowers for Yemeni children at US Capitol

Mar 20, 2018 11:26

Activists have laid 5,000 flowers outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, to remember the children killed and injured in Saudi Arabia’s brutal war against the people of Yemen and to protest the inaction of Congress and the administration of President Donald Trump to stop the deadly aggression.
Riyadh can’t hide terror history by spreading anti-Iran lies: Foreign Ministry

Mar 20, 2018 11:26

Tehran has sharply dismissed the Saudi crown prince’s latest allegation that Iran shelters terrorist leaders, saying the regime in Riyadh cannot hide its history of creating and promoting terrorism by “spreading lies” about the Islamic Republic.
US Senate to vote on ending Washington’s role in Saudi war on Yemen

Mar 20, 2018 02:43

The US Senate has teed up a vote on ending the US military involvement in the Saudi war on Yemen.
Fatal disease spreads in Yemen

Mar 18, 2018 10:55

Three years into the devastating Saudi-led war on Yemen, the UN health agency declared alarm over the rapid spread of a diphtheria outbreak in the country, saying some 1,300 Yemenis have affected the highly infectious disease.
Yemeni snipers carryout successful operations in the kingdom's soil

Mar 18, 2018 04:02

Yemeni army snipers have killed six Saudi troops during retaliatory operations in kingdom’s southwestern border region of Jizan.
Over 1,300 Yemenis infected with diphtheria amid Saudi war: WHO

Mar 17, 2018 14:43

Three years into the devastating Saudi-led war on Yemen, the UN health agency has voiced alarm over the rapid spread of a diphtheria outbreak in the country, saying some 1,300 Yemenis have contacted the highly infectious disease.
Roadside bomb kills over dozen Saudi mercenaries in SW Yemen

Mar 16, 2018 16:24

More than a dozen Saudi-backed militants supporting the resigned Yemeni president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, have been killed when a roadside bomb explosion ripped through their military vehicle in the country’s southwestern province of Ta’izz.
Security Council voices concern over worsening humanitarian situation in Yemen

Mar 16, 2018 03:15

The United Nations Security Council has warned about the worsening humanitarian situation in war-battered Yemen, stating the status quo is having a “devastating” impact on the lives of civilians in the impoverished Arab country.