Fear grips Yemen’s Aden as deadly attacks target clerics
Source: Associated Press By AHMED AL-HAJ SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A spate of deadly drive-by shootings targeting Muslim clerics and preachers has sparked panic and fear in Yemen’s southern port […]
Saudis likely to show restraint as Yemen crisis escalates
Reuters International This content was published on March 28, 2018 FILE PHOTO: A guard walks in the yard of a house destroyed by air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen, March […]
In Yemen’s war, all losers
Mar 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis told visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman last Thursday in Washington that there is an urgent need to find […]
Mattis tells Saudi Crown Prince: urgent need to find end to Yemen’s war
ARAB NEWS | Published — Thursday 22 March 2018 Photo showing Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Defense Secretary James Mattis at the Pentagon. (SPA) Photo showing Crown Prince […]
Israel agrees to open graves in search for ‘stolen babies’
Families allege thousands of Yemeni Jewish children were abducted after state’s founding Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem Children were allegedly stolen and given to Jewish families of western origin in Israel […]
Separatist push deepens fault lines in war-hit Yemen
By AFP – Feb 03,2018 – JORDAN TIMES DUBAI — An independence push by southern separatists, who have seized the Yemeni government’s de facto capital, has laid bare deepening fault […]
Yemen separatists surround Aden presidential palace
By AFP – Jan 31,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Fighters from the separatist Southern Transitional Council and their supporters parade around the area of the presidential palace in the government’s de […]
Jerusalem is a city of hope that should bring us together — King Abdullah of Jordan
One-state solution will hold challenging obstacles to Israel By JT – Jan 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah talks to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria during a WEF session in […]
Saudi-led coalition announces $1.5 billion in new aid for war-torn Yemen
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP RIYADH In this Aug. 25, 2017 file photo, people inspect the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP Photo) A […]
‘From tree to cup’: A Yemeni entrepreneur’s coffee dream is brewing
Businessman Hussein Ahmed intends to provide aficionados with Yemen’s best cup of coffee Hussein Ahmed , CEO of Mocha Hunters, aims to make high-quality Yemeni coffee and export it to […]
Raising the spectre of wider war in Yemen
Dec 23,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The firing of yet another ballistic missile on the Saudi capital Riyadh recently in the span of two months raises the spectre of a wider war in Yemen with grave regional implications reaching Iran. Tehran is being accused by Saudi Arabia and its allies in […]
Trump asks Saudi Arabia to allow immediate aid to Yemen
Reuters International This content was published on December 7, 2017 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before departing the White House for New York in Washington, U.S., […]
Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen’s former leader, killed in Sanaa
Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed amid fighting between his supporters and their former allies, the Houthi rebel movement. Officials from Mr Saleh’s General People’s Congress party […]
Yemen war: First food aid arrives at port after blockade eased
Source: BBC News A UN aid ship carrying food supplies has been allowed to dock at a rebel-held port in Yemen, after the Saudi-led coalition eased a blockade that has […]
Yemen’s fate was sealed six years ago
Source: ALJAzeera By Noha Aboueldahab 23 Nov 2017 Six years ago today, a transition agreement was signed in Riyadh, making way for Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh to step down from his […]
Millions of People May Die If Saudi Arabia Doesn’t Allow Aid to Enter Yemen Immediately
Source: Time By Casey Quackenbush 2:46 AM EST A humanitarian crisis is rapidly deepening in Yemen, where millions of aid-reliant people have been cut off from assistance since Saudi Arabia closed […]
No end in sight for Saudi-Iran proxy war
Mohamad Bazzi For The Straits Times Published The Middle East suddenly hurtled towards a regional conflict over the past week, after Saudi Arabia charged that a missile fired at its capital from Yemen was provided to rebels by Iran and constituted “an act of war”. “Iran cannot lob missiles at […]
‘YouTube Islamist’ Anwar al-Awlaki videos removed in extremism clampdown
Source: The Guardian BY Alex Hern Google removes tens of thousands of videos showing sermons and lectures by radical cleric, but experts caution over ad-hoc action Awlaki’s sermons were cited […]
Face of a forgotten war: Who is to blame for the death of this 11-year-old girl?
? Exclusive: Jabrah was shot in the head while she slept. Her crime? Growing up in Yemen, which is suffering in a vicious proxy war. Now, after gaining rare access to […]
Saudi Arabia from ‘consensus’ to fire
HAKKI ÖCAL @hakkiocal In May 2017, Emir Mohammed bin Salman said, “We can uproot the Houthis and Saleh in a matter of days in Yemen.” When Salman was asked if he would start negotiations with Iran, he said that you can’t deal directly with people who believed in helping […]