Talks between Yemen’s government and rebels, locked in a devastating war for nearly four years, opened Thursday as tension remained high despite what the UN envoy called a “critical opportunity”. Yemen’s government and rebels doubled down on their rival demands Thursday, just moments before hard-won consultations opened in Sweden under the auspices of the United […]
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UN envoy arrives in Yemen’s Hodeida to encourage calm
UN envoy Martin Griffiths arrived in the battleground Yemeni port city of Hodeida on Friday to encourage the warring sides to exercise restraint ahead of planned peace talks in December. Griffiths’s visit is intended to send a message to the rebels, who control the Red Sea city, and the government forces, who have been attacking […]
UN prepares ground for Yemen peace talks as battles flare
UN envoy Martin Griffiths was preparing Tuesday to head to war-torn Yemen to lay the groundwork for peace talks in Sweden, after fresh fighting shook the flashpoint city of Hodeida. Griffiths whose efforts at kickstarting peace talks collapsed in September — is again trying to get the Iran-aligned Huthi rebels and the Saudi-backed government to […]
Saudi coalition halts refueling deal with US for Yemen war
A controversial refueling arrangement between the United States and the Saudi-led coalition that is bombing Yemen was ended on Saturday, halting a key part of Washington’s involvement in the conflict. The move came as warplanes pounded the key strategic port city of Hodeida and after Washington’s support for the campaign was placed under increased scrutiny […]
Yemeni boys excited for bus trip before deadly strike, father recalls
Little Ali begged his father to let him and his brothers go on a class trip in northern Yemen this summer. None of them would come home alive. Weeks after the August 9 bombing of a school bus in the Yemeni province of Saada, the boys’ father is still in shock after having to bury […]
26 children killed by coalition strikes in Yemen: UN
Two Saudi-led coalition air strikes in Yemen have killed at least 26 children, UN officials said Friday, renewing calls for an independent investigation of attacks targeting civilians in the three-year war. At least 22 children and four women died in an attack Thursday while fleeing fighting in the Al-Durayhimi district, south of the rebel-held city […]
UN Security Council meets on Yemen bus attack
The UN Security Council met behind closed doors Friday after a Saudi-led coalition attack on a bus carrying children in Yemen, diplomats said. The meeting was requested by Bolivia, the Netherlands, Peru, Poland, and Sweden, which are all non-permanent council members. The Saudi-led coalition earlier announced that it had ordered an investigation into the air […]
At least 29 children killed in strike on Yemen bus
An attack on a bus at a market in rebel-held northern Yemen killed at least 29 children Thursday, the Red Cross said, as the Saudi-led coalition faced a growing outcry over the strike. The coalition said it had carried out a “legitimate military action”, targeting a bus in response to a deadly missile attack on […]
At least 29 children killed in strike on Yemen bus
An attack on a bus at a market in rebel-held northern Yemen killed at least 29 children Thursday, the Red Cross said, as the Saudi-led coalition faced a growing outcry over the strike. The coalition said it had carried out what it called “legitimate military action” in the area targeting Huthi rebels responsible for a […]
Death toll from cyclone in Oman, Yemen leaves 11 dead
The death toll from a cyclone that battered southern Oman and the Yemeni island of Socotra has reached 11, while eight sailors were still missing, authorities said. Cyclone Mekunu hit Oman’s Dhofar and Al-Wusta provinces on Friday after intensifying from a category one to a category two cyclone, with winds of up to 170 kilometres […]