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Middle East Monitor
April 17, 2018
The AQAP fighters were released in a deal which would see them assist with an uptick of fighting in Al-Bayda governorate, southern Yemen, between the Houthis, AQAP and the Saudi-led coalition. However, a statement published via AQAP's open source network on Saturday claimed the 18 prisoners inÃâà...
The National
April 17, 2018
"From that amount I pay 1,500 rials to the parents, 500 rials to the authorities in Yemen helping me to get them out and the remainder is my commission. Everyone is happy," said Mubarak, who would only use his first name. Contacted by The National, local dignitaries in Dhofar, the southern Oman provinceÃâà...
ReliefWeb
April 17, 2018
Yemen has historically been dependent on commercial imports of food, fuel and medicines. All ports must remain open to meet Yemen's import requirements. Hudaydah and Saleef are in geographic proximity to over 70 per cent of people in need of humanitarian assistance. This tracker monitorsÃâà...
UNHCR
April 17, 2018
Yemen is historically a country of migration, refuge and transit for people fleeing the Horn of Africa. But more than three years of conflict have plunged the country into the world's deepest humanitarian crisis, and Yohannes is one of many to have crossed the Gulf of Aden in search of safety only to meet newÃâà...
gulfnews.com
April 17, 2018
Riyadh: The Saudi-led coalition battling to uphold the legitimacy of Yemen's government against Al Houthi militia warned on Monday of a “painful” response if the militia mounted new attacks on Saudi Arabia using what it said were Iran-supplied drones. Riyadh said last week it had shot down two drones inÃâà...
Reliefweb
April 17, 2018
Overview. Due to the intensification of fighting and its expansion to new locations in Al Garrahi district, Al Hudaydah, the National Authority for the Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Recovery (NAMCHA) reported the displacement of 663 families within the same district.
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
April 15, 2018
The Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen has produced thousands of casualties, but the real cost may not become apparent for years to come. After years of relentless bombardment that has already severely crippled the food supply, destroyed basic infrastructure, and disrupted medical care, Yemen hasÃâà...
ReliefWeb
April 14, 2018
Washington, April 13, 2018 - The World Bank announced today a new project to finance off-grid solar systems in Yemen to power vital basic services, and improve access to electricity for vulnerable Yemenis in rural and outlying urban areas. Funded by a US$50 million grant from IDA, the World Bank's fundÃâà...
New York Times
April 14, 2018
It was two days after the young Yemeni man was released from surgery that the doctors first noticed the smell. The bullet that wounded the leg of the 22-year-old college student had shattered bone and torn a hole in the soft tissue. Now, the wound was emitting a distinct smell, described in the medicalÃâà...
gulfnews.com
April 14, 2018
A video posted by the Defence Ministry showed dozens of army troops walking through Qanea market, celebrating victory against Al Houthis. Yemen's army has seized large swathes of territories from Al Houthis in the province of Baydha since December when government forces pushed into Natea district,Ãâà...
Yemen News Agency
April 14, 2018
[14/April/2018] SANAA, Apr 14 (Saba) – The leader of the Yemeni revolution, Abdulmalik Badradean al-Houthi, explained that the military capabilities of the Yemeni Army and Ansarullah are evolving and that the Saudi regime and their allies should be aware of this escalation. He pointed out that the more the Saudi regimeÃâà...
Sputnik International
April 14, 2018
500 Jaysh al-Islam* militants who were earlier evacuated from Eastern Ghouta, plan to go to Yemen, according to the pan-Arabic satellite television channel Al Mayadeen. It cited its own source as saying that the terrorists first intend to illegally arrive in Saudi Arabia, from where they will try to enter Yemen.
News24
April 13, 2018
Sana'a - An air raid struck the set of a rebel TV series in Yemen on Thursday, killing at least two people, a security source and a rights activist said. The strike on Marawiaa district in the western province of Hodeida came as a cast and crew were filming a Ramadan series for Huthi rebel-run Al-MasirahÃâà...
Science Magazine
April 12, 2018
Meanwhile, the assault on antiquity has extended to Yemen, 2000 kilometers to the south, another archaeological treasure house riven by conflict. A Saudi-led bombing campaign combined with terrorist attacks has destroyed or severely damaged more than 60 sites, including what some archaeologistsÃâà...
The Guardian
April 12, 2018
Sometimes the war in Yemen kills very visibly. Over 5,000 children have lost their lives or have been wounded by military action since 2015. Some have been the victims of bombs, some of which were manufactured in the UK, that have hit schools, homes and public places. Others have been caught inÃâà...
ReliefWeb
April 4, 2018
All Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) relevant to Logistics Cluster facilitated services have been updated on the website and shared with the mailing list. The Logistics Cluster encourages organisations to read these documents to ensure all logistics gaps relevant to the Yemen humanitarian responseÃâà...
Reliefweb
April 4, 2018
SG: Ladies and gentlemen from the media, thank you very much for your presence. It is my pleasure to announce that this Pledging Conference represents a remarkable success of international solidarity to the people of Yemen. The pledges announced represent more than $ 2 billion and if you compareÃâà...
Foreign Policy In Focus
April 4, 2018
We're helping fight someone else's war in Yemen — and the blood is on our hands. Since March 2015, the United States has supported a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that's intervening in a civil war in Yemen. The war has resulted in massive civilian casualtiesÃâà...
Reliefweb
April 4, 2018
Due to ongoing conflict, Yemen faces the largest food security emergency in the world, according to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET). FEWS NET reports that 3.5 million people across Yemen face Emergency (IPC 4)* levels of food insecurity, and famine is possible if food importsÃâà...
Reliefweb
April 4, 2018
Riyadh, Apr.4 (BNA): King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center distributed 735 food baskets in Harat Al-Sada and Al-Qataba's displaced people in Al-Khokha Directorate in Al-Hudaydah Governorate to 4,410 people out of the total of 22,273 food baskets allocated to the governorate as part of theÃâà...
ReliefWeb
April 4, 2018
It is with great sorrow that I address you today on behalf of the entire Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. I don't think I need to go into any detail about the humanitarian situation facing the people of Yemen today. You know it. We know it. The world knows it. Like many present here, I have visitedÃâà...
Christian Science Monitor
April 4, 2018
Yemen's conflict has resulted in so many men being killed, recruited for battle, or mentally shattered, that it has forced many women into roles rarely seen in such a conservative society. They have had to become providers, seeking work outside the home. They must rely on other women, even those on theÃâà...
Al-Arabiya
April 4, 2018
Saudi Arabia has raised $0.5 bln to contribute to the 'humanitarian plan' in Yemen, and the United Arab Emirates has granted the same amount. The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said Tuesday from Geneva at a conference held for Yemen that Saudi Arabia and the United ArabÃâà...
ReliefWeb
April 4, 2018
On April 3, the UN and governments of Sweden and Switzerland hosted a high-level pledging conference in Geneva, Switzerland, where donors pledged $2 billion toward critical response operations in Yemen. The U.S. Government (USG) announced approximately $87 million in FY 2018 humanitarianÃâà...
Reliefweb
April 4, 2018
In February 2018, focus group discussions were conducted with partner organisations, including UN agencies, INGOs and national NGOs, about access challenges in Yemen. The exercise, which was first conducted in August 2017, indicates that more than 1.2 million people in need are located in the mostÃâà...
Khaleej Times
April 4, 2018
Mohamed Al Arab, correspondent at Al Arabiya News Channel, said that the Hamdeen regime of Qatar betrayed the Yemeni war and funded militias that killed thousands of people in Yemen. Al Arab also called for the developed world and human organisations to say enough to the Qatari regime.
HuffPost Canada
April 4, 2018
The wars in Syria and Yemen are the acceleration of this loss of common consciousness. The lack of public outrage on a large scale today, when children are being attacked and when it is impossible to claim ignorance of what's taking place, is a bleak indicator. The lack of effective political action is evenÃâà...
NPR
April 4, 2018
The funds from the two countries cover almost a third of the $2.96 billion required to implement the U.N.'s budget to help Yemen in 2018. An additional billion in funding was secured yesterday at a U.N. pledging conference in Geneva. The money will be disbursed to local and international aid groups inÃâà...
ReliefWeb
April 4, 2018
Sana'a, 4 April 2018 – The Government of Japan contributes $781,326 to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, for its work in Yemen to protect women and girls from gender-based violence and to maintain their dignity. The escalating conflict in Yemen has taken a heavy a toll on women and girls,Ãâà...
ReliefWeb
April 3, 2018
Yemen has historically been dependent on commercial imports of food, fuel and medicines. All ports must remain open to meet Yemen's import requirements. Hudaydah and Saleef are in geographic proximity to over 70 per cent of people in need of humanitarian assistance. This tracker monitorsÃâà...
Just Security
April 3, 2018
This is the first of two articles on U.S. counterterrorism operations in Yemen, it also the latest in a new series we are producing in partnership Columbia Law School's Human Rights Institute that features the voices of experts and advocates from countries affected by U.S. national security policies. EarlierÃâà...
Tampabay.com
April 3, 2018
GENEVA (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres joined top officials from dozens of countries at a pledging conference on Tuesday for war-battered Yemen, a relatively overlooked conflict that has killed thousands and created the world's biggest humanitarian crisis. Sweden and Switzerland joinedÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
April 3, 2018
A diphtheria outbreak has killed 84 people in war-torn Yemen since late October, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday. In a statement, the UN agency said some 1,516 suspected cases of diphtheria have been registered in 20 of Yemen's 23 provinces. It listed Ibb and al-HodeidahÃâà...
ReliefWeb
April 3, 2018
On April 3rd, government leaders will gather in Geneva for a pledging conference for Yemen. Everyone, including the ICRC, hopes that donors will be generous. But humanitarians working in Yemen know that money alone will not solve the crisis. The three long years of Yemen's conflict have causedÃâà...
CNN
April 3, 2018
Since March 2015, neighboring Saudi Arabia has been leading a coalition of Gulf states against Houthi rebels in Northern Yemen, after the rebels drove out the US-backed and pro-Saudi government. Often called the "forgotten war" amid Western media focus on Syria, Yemen's situation is now catastrophic,Ãâà...
ReliefWeb
April 2, 2018
As the crisis in Yemen enters its fourth year, conflict, severe economic decline and collapsing essential services have taken an enormous toll on the population, exacerbating existing vulnerabilities. The United Nations (UN) has declared the last three years of the crisis as a system-wide Level 3Ãâà...
Condé Nast Traveler
April 2, 2018
Khalifa is just one of millions of people currently affected by the latest iteration of the travel ban, a revised executive order signed by President Trump that prevents all citizens of Libya, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Chad, and North Korea from entering the United States. Additionally, citizens of VenezuelaÃâà...
The Arab Weekly
April 1, 2018
The international community has yet to come up with efficient solutions that can guarantee both Yemen's security and that of its Gulf neighbours. The world is either unable or not ready to come up with an adequate one. Declarations made following the recent visits of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed binÃâà...
CBC.ca
April 1, 2018
A massive fire broke out on Saturday and engulfed storage facilities belonging to the World Food Program in the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Hodeida damaging humanitarian aid inside, Yemen's official news agency said. Yemen's minister of local administration, Abdel-Raqeeb Fatah, was quoted by SABAÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 31, 2018
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PRI
March 29, 2018
Yemen, the country where her parents were born and where she spent most of her school vacations, is in turmoil. But when Summer returned there in February 2015 for her wedding, she never could have imagined the nation's political crisis escalating into a deadly regional war, practically overnight.
Al-Monitor
March 28, 2018
Buthaina Muhammad Mansour, believed to be age 4 or 5, did not yet know that her parents, five siblings and uncle were killed when an airstrike flattened their home in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on Aug. 25, 2017. She is her family's sole survivor of the attack on an apartment building that residents blamed onÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
March 28, 2018
... on the devastation wrought by the Saudis and Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman in its war on impoverished Yemen, with the billions in sales of arms to the Saudis which President Trump crowed about last week at the White House. An estimated 1 million people have contracted cholera in Yemen.
ReliefWeb
March 28, 2018
To respond to this massive need, WHO, Health Cluster partners and other health sector actors are delivering health services to the people of Yemen despite the critical security situation, logistical difficulties and the collapsing health system. WHO and Health Cluster partners have scaled-up their presence toÃâà...
IHS Jane's 360
March 28, 2018
Iran is smuggling Sayyad-2 surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) to Yemen's Ansar Allah (Houthis) rebel group, the spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition announced during a 26 March briefing. Col Maliki stands in front of the captured Sayyad-2C during his 26 March presentation. (Al-Arabiya). As part of aÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 28, 2018
This document provides an overview of the fuel services provided by WFP, how humanitarian actors responding to the crisis in the Republic of Yemenmay access these services through the Logistics Cluster, and the conditions under which these services are to be provided. The objective of these services isÃâà...
Al-Manar TV
March 28, 2018
Iran's ambassador to the UN has rejected baseless Saudi allegations of Tehran sending missiles to Yemen, urging the regime in Riyadh to stop “warmongering” and engage, instead, in dialog with its neighbor. Gholamali Khoshrou said on Wednesday that the three-year Saudi war on Yemen has noÃâà...
New York Times
March 28, 2018
Re “Senators Uphold Trump's War Powers,” rejecting a measure “to halt American military support for the deadly Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen” (news article, March 21):. When they met in Washington recently, President Trump could have pressed hard for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ofÃâà...
ABC News
March 27, 2018
The deadly conflict in Yemen, which has been raging for the last three years with no signs of letting up, is being called the "Forgotten War" because most of the world's attention has been focused on Syria. A bombing campaign by Saudi Arabia and its allies against Shia rebels has left around 2.2 millionÃâà...
CBS News
March 27, 2018
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- As with nearly every ballistic missile launched by Yemen's Shiite rebels targeting Saudi Arabia, the kingdom overnight said it intercepted all seven fired -- but online videos raise new questions about those claims. One video appears to show a Patriot missile launch onÃâà...
