Yemen

Yemeni court sentences in absentia Hadi, six aides to death

Mar 26, 2017 00:59

A court in Yemen has sentenced Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, the Saudi-backed president who has resigned, and six of his close aides to death on charges of treason and misuse of power.
World must assist families displaced by Saudi war: Yemeni Red Cross

Mar 25, 2017 08:26

Two years into a bloody Saudi war on Yemen, the Red Crescent Society in the violence-hit country calls on the international community to provide more humanitarian aid to the Yemeni families displaced in the wake of Riyadh’s military campaign.
Saudi Arabia threatens to attack Yemen’s Hudaydah port

Mar 24, 2017 07:38

The head of Saudi-led coalition in the war on Yemen has warned that the military alliance will attack Yemen’s western port city of Hudaydah unless the United Nations intervenes.
Amnesty: US, UK arms deals fueling Saudi war crimes in Yemen

Mar 23, 2017 03:44

Amnesty International has condemned the US and UK for their “shameful” weapons transfers to Saudi Arabia, saying Washington and London are fuelling the serious human rights violations and war crimes in Yemen committed by Riyadh.
Yemen retaliatory raids kill, injure 100 on Saudi military targets

Mar 23, 2017 03:31

Yemen’s army, backed by popular forces, has killed and injured at least 100 Saudi soldiers and mercenaries in less than two days of retaliatory attacks against military positions in the kingdom’s southwestern regions.
Saudi Arabia carrying out ‘open-air massacre’ in Yemen

Mar 23, 2017 01:51

Aid groups say Saudi Arabia is carrying out an “open-air massacre” of Yemeni civilians facing famine amid Riyadh’s two-year-long military campaign against the impoverished country.
Yemeni forces fire new indigenous ballistic missiles at Saudi base

Mar 21, 2017 17:21

Yemeni army forces and allied fighters from Popular Committees have reportedly launched three locally designed and manufactured ballistic missiles toward an area deep inside Saudi Arabia in response to the Riyadh regime’s atrocious campaign against the crisis-hit Arab country.
UN rejects Saudi call to oversee Houthi-controlled Yemeni port

Mar 21, 2017 09:53

The United Nations has rejected a call by Saudi Arabia and its allies to supervise a Houthi-held Yemeni port, where tens of refugees were killed last week in an aerial attack blamed on Riyadh.
UN seeks probe into refugee boat attack off Yemen’s coast

Mar 20, 2017 13:41

The United Nations called Monday for an inquiry into last week's attack on a boat off Yemen's coast that killed 44 people, mostly Somali refugees.
Saudis urge UN to control Yemeni port after botch

Mar 20, 2017 05:33

Saudi Arabia and its allies have urged the United Nations to assume control of a Houthi-held Yemeni port where scores of refugees were killed Friday in an aerial attack blamed on Riyadh.