JUN 12, 2015 – 17:15 SWISSINFO.CH The Swiss cabinet announced on Friday that it has added arms and other war materiel to the sanctions it has imposed as a result of the crisis in Yemen. The decision supported measures taken in a United Nations Security Council embargo […]
INTERNATIONAL TONY KARUMBA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Over 250,000 East African refugees trapped in Yemen Many refugees and asylum-seekers from Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea say they have nowhere else to go April 18, 2015 8:00AM ET by Michael Pizzi @michaelwpizzi Tens of thousands of East African refugees and asylum-seekers […]
Aid agencies fear mass deaths as a Sunni coalition bombs a Shia rebel stronghold May 9th 2015 | Middle East and Africa IF SAUDI Arabia expected praise when it announced a five-day ceasefire in the air campaign it is leading in Yemen, it will be disappointed. As Adel al-Jubeir, the freshly […]
The Saudi-led coalition’s campaign has lasted almost a month A Saudi Arabia-led coalition has ended its bombing campaign against rebels in Yemen, Saudi state television has said. The coalition’s Decisive Storm campaign had achieved its military goals, the report said. A new operation would be called Restoring Hope, focusing […]
Source: BBC Yemen unrest Yemen torn apart in war of many sides Yemen crisis: Who is fighting whom? Yemen campaign key test for Saudi Arabia Yemen crisis: An Iranian-Saudi battleground? […]
By Dieter Bednarz, Christoph Reuter and Bernhard Zand REUTERS A Saudi Arabia-led coalition continues to bombard Yemen in an effort to stop the advance of an Iran-backed Shiite militia there. The conflict is becoming a proxy war for regional supremacy. The risks to the House of Saud are great. On […]
As a Saudi-led coalition wades into the fight for Yemen – currently under siege from Houthi rebels who are backed by Iran – Robert Fisk examines the much wider-reaching repercussions of this escalating conflict ROBERT FISK Friday 27 March 2015 Saudi Arabia has jumped into the abyss. Its air attacks […]
As a Saudi-led coalition wades into the fight for Yemen – currently under siege from Houthi rebels who are backed by Iran – Robert Fisk examines the much wider-reaching repercussions of this escalating conflict ROBERT FISK Friday 27 March 2015 Saudi Arabia has jumped into the abyss. Its air attacks […]
Ali Ibrahim Al-Moshki (author) YEMEN TIMES SANA’A, March 26—Twenty-five citizens were reported killed and another 40 injured in the capital Sana’a on Thursday following Saudi-led airstrikes early that morning. The air raid came as part of operation “Decisive Storm” involving over a hundred fighter jets, with strikes reported in […]
Summary Turkey could provide “logistical” support for Saudi Arabia’s operation against Iran-allied Huthi rebels in Yemen, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday, slamming Tehran’s involvement in the region. Warplanes from a Saudi-led Arab coalition bombed the Huthi Shiite rebels on Thursday, in an operation slammed by Shiite Iran as a […]
Summary Turkey could provide “logistical” support for Saudi Arabia’s operation against Iran-allied Huthi rebels in Yemen, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday, slamming Tehran’s involvement in the region. Warplanes from a Saudi-led Arab coalition bombed the Huthi Shiite rebels on Thursday, in an operation slammed by Shiite Iran as a […]
BY Mahmoud MouradAli Abdelaty| Reuters CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers agreed at a meeting in Egypt on Thursday on a draft resolution to form a unified Arab military force, Egyptian state TV said. The agreement came after warplanes from Saudi Arabia and Arab allies struck Shiite Muslim rebels fighting to oust […]
Summary Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi has retracted his resignation after escaping house arrest in the militia-controlled capital, an aide said on Tuesday. An aide to Hadi said he had sent a letter withdrawing the resignation to Yemen’s parliament, which had never met to formally accept it. Prime Minister Khalid […]
SANAA: A few worried families are all that remain of Yemen’s ancient Jewish community, and they too may soon flee after a Shiite militia seized power in the strife-torn country […]
AFP | Feb 12, 2015 | Jordan Times UNITED NATIONS — Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appealed to the UN Security Council Thursday for action to halt Yemen’s slide towards anarchy, warning it was “collapsing before our eyes”. The UN chief was reporting to the 15-member council following his visit to […]
Yemen is not Syria. But America’s skewed comprehension of the Middle East has now produced a remarkably similar scenario It’s all about the Saudis. No matter how complex the new Yemeni civil war may appear – nor how powerful the Houthi rebels have become in the capital of Sanaa – […]
The Daily Star The unfolding situation in Yemen looks set to secure the country among the world’s failed states, but in such a way that it will make Somalia appear like Sweden. Even before the Houthi rebels took over the capital Sanaa in September, the country was on shaky ground. […]
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Story Summary by Rami Khouri In Libya and Yemen, two Arab countries that are experiencing complicated, slow-motion transitions to more representative and accountable rule, we can clearly see a structural issue of troubled statehood that may also bedevil other Arab countries. As Libya and Yemen move ahead with plans to […]