Yemen

Yemeni protesters blame UN for failure to stop Saudi war

Mar 05, 2017 17:14

Hundreds of Yemeni people have held a protest against Saudi Arabia's prolonged war on the impoverished Arab country, blaming the United Nations for its failure to bring the deadly campaign to a decisive end.
Yemeni snipers kill Saudi soldier in retaliatory attack

Mar 05, 2017 17:08

Yemeni army soldiers, backed by fighters from allied Popular Committees, have shot dead a Saudi trooper in the kingdom’s southwestern border region of Jizan in response to Riyadh’s deadly airstrikes against their conflict-stricken country.
Fresh Saudi air raids leave four civilians martyred in Yemen

Mar 04, 2017 13:16

At least four Yemeni civilians have lost their lives and nearly a dozen others wounded in a fresh wave of Saudi aerial attacks against the impoverished neighbor.
US wages second day of bombings in Yemen, wounding civilians

Mar 04, 2017 03:53

The United States has carried out airstrikes for a second consecutive day against suspected al-Qaeda targets in Yemen, according to the US Defense Department, leaving an unknown number of civilians injured.
Mass rally held in Sana’a against Saudi onslaught on Yemen

Mar 03, 2017 15:55

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Yemeni capital city of Sana’a to express outrage over Saudi Arabia’s deadly military campaign against the impoverished Arab country.
About six dead as Saudi jets pound northern Yemen with cluster bombs

Mar 03, 2017 15:54

At least six civilians have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries when Saudi fighter jets carried out fresh aerial attacks against residential areas in northern Yemen, using internationally-banned cluster bombs.
UAE-trained militias ready to join Yemen's battlefield

Mar 03, 2017 05:56

The first battalion of militants trained by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is now ready to join other Saudi-backed mercenaries fighting on the ground against Yemeni armed forces.
US drone strikes kill six in northwestern Pakistan, southern Yemen

Mar 02, 2017 10:03

At least six people have been killed in US drone strikes in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region near the border with Afghanistan and the southern regions of war-torn Yemen.
About 45,000 Yemenis displaced due to fighting near militant-held Mukha: UN

Mar 01, 2017 17:27

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says about 45,000 Yemenis have been forced out of their homes over the past few weeks as a result of fighting around Mukha intensified recently by the Saudi-backed militiamen’s seizure of the southwestern port city.
Iran rejects UAE claim of interference in Yemen

Mar 01, 2017 17:27

Iran has dismissed as baseless claims by the United Arab Emirates that the Islamic Republic is involved in deepening the ongoing conflict in Yemen, stressing that the Saudi-led coalition, which includes the UAE, is accountable for the worsening situation in war-torn Yemen.