Hundreds of people gathered in Yemen’s rebel-held capital Wednesday to watch the execution of three men — two convicted of child rape and murder, and one of killing his daughters. It was Sanaa’s first public execution since August 2018, when the rebels shot three men and hung their bodies from a crane for raping and […]
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Saudi Arabia steps up aid for Yemen child soldiers
NEW YORK: King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) is expanding its research and work to help rehabilitate child soldiers in Yemen. The center outlined its expanded role while taking part in workshops with the advisory experts group of the International Coalition for the Rehabilitation of Child Soldiers, held at Columbia University in New York […]
Fighting grips Yemen’s Hodeidah port, complicating peace moves
Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed pro-government forces battled in Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah on Wednesday, breaching a ceasefire and potentially complicating a troop withdrawal agreement intended to pave the way for wider peace talks. Hodeidah port, which has been under Houthi control, is a lifeline for millions of Yemenis threatened by starvation because of the […]
Suspected al-Qaeda bombing: six civilians killed in Yemen
At least six civilians, including children, were killed in Yemen on Friday when a roadside bomb believed to be planted by al-Qaeda went off in the country’s southeast, a Yemeni security official said. At least six others were wounded in the blast, the second attack in less than a week in al-Qatn village in the […]
The Arab world in disarray
Recently President Donald Trump, pandering to the influential Jewish lobby and ultra conservatives, has made diplomatic moves which constitute provocative snubs to the Arab countries and complete denigration of the Palestinian issue and the UN resolutions on occupation of Arab lands. His moves have evoked prototype criticism from the Muslim countries and some European Union […]
Classified note confirms French weaponry in Yemen: report
French weapons are being used by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in Yemen, according to a classified note revealed by French media on Monday which contradicts the claims of France’s government. The note from the French military intelligence service, published by new investigative media outlet Disclose, concluded that the UAE and Saudi Arabia […]
Pompeo says Iran tied to Al-Qaeda, declines to say if war legal
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused Iran of ties to Al-Qaeda and declined to say whether the Trump administration had legal authority to invade the country. Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Pompeo hedged on whether the authorization of force by the US Congress days after the September 11, 2001 attacks […]
Sole swimming pool in Yemen’s third city struggles to remain open
TAIZ: Maamour al-Maktary takes pride in managing the only swimming pool in Yemen’s third largest city, Taiz, knowing that splashing in its turquoise water is a rare joy and release for the 2.6 million inhabitants. The pool, which was built in the 1960s sees hundreds of visitors every week especially as temperatures soar to over […]
Vaccines blocked as deadly cholera raged in Yemen
In the summer of 2017, a plane chartered by the United Nations idled on the tarmac at an airport in the Horn of Africa as officials waited for final clearance to deliver half a million doses of cholera vaccine to Yemen. Amid the country’s ruinous war, the disease was spiraling out of control, with thousands […]
Yemen’s anguish and our neglect
The Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman’s visit to Pakistan in February this year was celebrated and talked and written about for days on end. It was hailed as one of Imran Khan government’s top diplomatic feat-although to believe this is sheer naivety; reason enough to hope that the ball would for long now be in […]