Yemen’s Houthis say attacked Saudi border frontline, no immediate Saudi confirmation
Sep 28, 2019 By Maher Chmaytelli rs) – Yemen’s Houthi movement said on Saturday it had carried out a major attack near the border with the southern Saudi region […]
Yemen pounded by war for five years
By AFP – Sep 15,2019 -JORDAN TIMES SANAA — Saudi Arabia, whose oil installations have again been targeted by drone attacks, launched military operations in Yemen in 2015 to help […]
Major Saudi Arabia oil facilities hit by Houthi drone strikes
Yemen’s rebel movement says it launched strikes that spark huge fire at processing facility Associated Press Sat 14 Sep 2019 Saudi Arabia: major fire at world’s largest oil refinery after […]
Explainer: Separatist takeover of Yemen’s Aden leaves Saudi Arabia in a bind
Aug 11, 2019 By Stephen Kalin and Ghaida Ghantous RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) – The southern separatists’ takeover of Aden, the interim seat of Yemen’s government, could leave Saudi Arabia struggling […]
Advance U.N. truce monitors arrive in Yemen’s Hodeidah
This content was published on December 23, 2018 swissinfo.ch By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A U.N. advance team arrived in Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah on Sunday […]
The Ottomans were once humiliated by Yemeni rebels – today, the Houthis have done the same to Saudi Arabia
If the Ottomans had to reform their army, what is to be done with the Saudi military? Mohammad bin Salman thinks he can reform his kingdom’s economy. But his soldiers […]
Yemen: All bets are off
Dec 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The ceasefire that was brokered in Stockholm between the legitimate Yemeni forces and the Houthi rebels in Hodeida Port city is officially scheduled to […]
How anger in Washington over Khashoggi’s murder has led to progress in the Yemen conflict
Even if Trump does go on protecting the crown prince and Saudi Arabia he will look for something substantive in return. This is likely to include an end to the […]
US opposes discontinuing support to Saudi-led coalition in Yemen
Reuters December 09, 2018 The US believes that the Yemen that emerges from civil war should not contain any Iranian-backed threat to Saudi Arabia and the UAE The US is […]
US shifts on Yemen as toll mounts
By AFP – Nov 01,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Students gather for a morning drills outside of the teacher’s house, who turned it into a makeshift free school that hosts 700 students […]
The Forgotten War: A Visit to the Killing Fields of Yemen
The forgotten war in Yemen has entered its fourth year and peace is nowhere in sight. With the healthcare system in shambles and bombs falling every day, it is the […]
How the U.S. Is Empowering Iran in Yemen
Washington’s Policy Is a Strategic Blunder and a Humanitarian Disaster By Daniel Byman The Trump administration’s top goal in the Middle East is clear: counter Iran, which U.S. President Donald […]
Attacking Hodeidah is a deliberate act of cruelty by the Trump administration
Pretensions of humanitarian concern from Yemen by the US, Britain and France reek of hypocrisy, shedding copious tears for the victims of war while supplying the arms and advisers with which […]
Arab states launch biggest assault of Yemen war with attack on main port
By Reuters – Jun 14,2018 – JORDAN TIMES In this handout file photo made available on November 7, 2015, by the United Arab Emirates News Agency, a UAE military convoy […]
Iran willing to push for ceasefire in Yemen talks with European powers
By Reuters – May 30,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Boys carry rifles as they attend a gathering held by women loyal to the Houthi movement to show their support in Sanaa, Yemen, on January 14 (Reuters file photo) ANKARA/PARIS — Iran and European powers have made good progress in talks to […]
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 […]
Saudi Arabia lifting the driving ban is little more than a glitzy distraction from its continued geopolitical problems
King Salman signs the decree; but the world knows that the Crown Prince is behind all this, just as he was behind the ambitious new economic plan to move away from […]
Saudi Arabia cannot pay its workers or bills – yet continues to fund a war in Yemen
In Saudi Arabia itself, the government seems unable to cope with the crisis. The ‘Arab News’ says that 31,000 Saudi and other foreign workers have lodged complaints with the government’s labour […]
The Pentagon plan to ‘divide and rule’ the Muslim world
Nafeez Ahmed Friday 3 April 2015 12:30 BST Yemen is the latest casualty of a neoconservative strategy commissioned by the US Army to ‘capitalise on Sunni-Shia conflict’ in the Middle East – the goal is nothing short of ‘Western dominance’ Yemen is on the brink of “total collapse” according to […]