Yemen suffered more airstrikes in the first half of this year than in the whole of 2016, increasing the number of civilian deaths and forcing more people to flee their homes
Oxfam says the battered health system in Yemen is worsening the Cholera epidemic, while poverty forces Yemenis to choose between food and treatment
US official says Mohammed bin Salman told him he wants to end the conflict in Yemen, and that he was okay with Washington engaging with arch-foe Iran.
Mohammed bin Salman, the heir to the Saudi throne, confessed to two former US officials he "wants out" of the brutal two-year war he started in Yemen, and added that he was "okay" with Washington engaging with his arch-foe Iran, according to leaked emails obtained by Middle East Eye. The 31-year-old revealed his intentions to Martin Indyk, the
The U.S., which has all but ignored the catastrophic humanitarian aspects of the Yemeni conflict, is now stepping up its involvement by sending troops to the war-torn nation. Masked as an extension of the fight against al-Qaeda, the deployment is about the Saudis, Iran, and building U.S. regional power.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Despite facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises in decades in the Middle East, the U.S. has remained decidedly silent on the critical situation in Yemen. Washington’s silence, however, is hardly surprising, given
The Pentagon confirmed US forces are on the ground in Yemen, and suggested it was likely that more US troops would be deployed in the weeks to come.
Last week’s US-backed raid against what was described as an al-Qaeda position within Yemen’s Shabwa Province, in which officials claimed to have inflicted “heavy casualties,” appears to have actually marked the beginning of a much larger military
One-third of Yemen’s population needs humanitarian aid and protection, according to a UN report, which pointed out that shelter, food, water, health services are urgently needed.
According to a report that was published on Thursday by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), seven million people in Yemen are on the verge of starvation, while 2.3 million children under the age of five suffer from malnutrition.
One-third of the total
The Saudi-led coalition is blocking the delivery of jet fuel to UN planes used to deliver desperately needed aid to Yemen’s capital city Sanaa.
Auke Lootsma, the country director of the UN Development Program said via a video link on Tuesday that the UN has been facing problems delivering aid to
