Yemen

Jeremy Corbyn says UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia 'unethical'

Jul 11, 2017 01:13

Britain’s opposition Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn has criticized a UK High Court ruling that allows London to continue arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
UK court ruling deadly blow to Yemeni civilians: Amnesty

Jul 11, 2017 01:11

Amnesty International says a recent UK court ruling that the British government is entitled to continue authorizing arms supplies to Saudi Arabia is a deadly blow to Yemeni civilians.
Yemen cholera outbreak exceeds 300,000 suspected cases: ICRC

Jul 10, 2017 15:41

The Red Cross says the number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has now surpassed 300,000 amid fears of a runaway outbreak of the disease and the threat of famine looming over the war-stricken country.
Yemeni court sentences 4 Saudis to death for beheading soldiers

Jul 10, 2017 15:41

A court in the Yemeni capital Sana’a has handed down the death penalty to four Saudi nationals convicted of belonging to the al-Qaeda terrorist group and decapitating 14 Yemeni troops some three years ago.
Yemeni forces capture strategic mountain, Saudi base

Jul 10, 2017 08:52

Yemen’s army and popular committee forces have taken a strategic mountain in the province of Jawf from Saudi-backed mercenaries.
Saudi Arabia to blame for Yemen cholera outbreak: Saleh

Jul 09, 2017 08:46

Yemen’s former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has singled out Saudi Arabia as the source of what the United Nations estimates to be the world’s worst cholera outbreak in Yemen.
Nearly 10 million children need urgent help in Yemen: UNICEF

Jul 07, 2017 01:59

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that nearly 10 million children in Yemen are in immediate need of humanitarian assistance as the Saudi-led war against the crisis-hit country continues.
Cholera hits all Yemeni provinces, kills over 1,600: UN

Jul 06, 2017 09:43

The United Nations (UN) warns that the cholera outbreak has spread to all 21 provinces across Yemen, saying the disease has claimed more than 1,600 lives the war-torn country since late April.
Fresh Saudi air raids against Yemen claim 15 civilian lives

Jul 04, 2017 02:42

More than a dozen civilians have been martyred when Saudi military aircraft carried out separate airstrikes against various areas across Yemen as the Saudi regime presses ahead with an atrocious military campaign against its crisis-hit southern neighbor.
Two killed in southern Yemen in new US drone strike

Jul 02, 2017 12:12

An American drone has struck Yemen's southern province of Abyan, killing two suspected al-Qaeda militants.