-
Coronavirus, other diseases grip Yemen amid five-year Saudi imposed war
May 11, 2020 04:54The coronavirus has infected more people in Yemen, which has also been gripped by other diseases, as five years of Saudi imposed war on Yemen has shattered the country’s health system and infrastructure.
-
Yemen urges UN to pressure Saudi-led coalition over offloading stranded oil tanker
May 11, 2020 01:27The Yemeni minister of oil and minerals has called upon the United Nations to pressure the Saudi-led coalition involved in a campaign against his country into allowing the offloading of crude oil from a tanker afloat off the coast of Yemen’s port city of Hudaydah.
-
Protracted Saudi war draws Turkey to Yemen after Libya
May 10, 2020 04:41Turkey has reportedly been increasing its presence in Yemen’s southern coastal areas in a bid to expand its foothold in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which is worrying Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
-
Iranian diplomat, Ansarullah spokesman discuss Yemen crisis
May 10, 2020 04:07Ali Asghar Khaji, a senior Assistant to Iran’s Foreign Minister in Special Political Affairs, discussed the situation in Yemen with Mohammed Abdul-Salam, the Spokesperson for Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement and the chief negotiator of the National Salvation Government.
-
HRW: Saudi prince held incommunicado after enforced disappearance
May 09, 2020 13:21Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Saudi authorities detained Prince Faisal bin Abdullah Al Saud more than a month ago and have since kept him incommunicado.
-
Ansarullah slams Saudi Arabia, UAE for using television programs to promote Israel
May 08, 2020 07:22The leader of Yemen’s popular Ansarullah movement has slammed Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for using certain television programs to promote relations with the illegal Zionist entity and demean the Palestinian struggle against occupation.
-
US’ ‘illegal’ sanctions hamper Iran’s fight against coronavirus pandemic: Russian FM
May 07, 2020 10:16Russia has voiced “complete solidarity” with Iran in the face of the United States’ illegal and inhumane sanctions, which have targeted the Islamic Republic notwithstanding Tehran’s ongoing uphill battle against the new coronavirus outbreak.
-
Oil crisis, coronavirus taking toll on MBS
May 07, 2020 10:07The coronavirus pandemic coupled with a dramatic fall in oil prices is taking its toll on the leadership of Saudi Arabia's heir apparent Mohamed bin Salman (MBS), a new analysis shows.
-
Saudi warships kill four, including child, in Yemen’s Hajjah
May 07, 2020 06:31At least four Yemeni civilians, including a child, have lost their lives after the Saudi-led coalition’s warships targeted the impoverished country’s northwestern province of Hajjah.
-
First official cases of coronavirus and deadly flooding mark Ramadan in Yemen
May 04, 2020 10:59Yemeni health officials have told reporters that flooding has impeded coronavirus prevention measures in a country already devastated from five years of Saudi bombing that has left 70 percent of its health facilities destroyed. Also the UN refugee agency says nearly one million internally displaced people in Yemen risk losing their shelter due to torrential rains and seasonal floods, warning of a dire lack of funding at a time when the county is already threatened by the coronavirus pandemic.