Yemen’s top diplomat has warned that the Houthi militia’s continued mobilisation, regrouping, and violations of the UN ceasefire pose a threat to the peace process. Abdullah al-Alimi made the remarks during a meeting with US Ambassador to Yemen, Stephen Fagin. He said that the US will continue to help the internationally recognised government of Yemen … Read more
US Vice President Joe Biden has asked all Gulf governments to increase oil production. He has not singled out Saudi Arabia for increased production. Biden will not be traveling to Saudi Arabia next month to request an increase in oil production, he stated on a visit to the Middle East. Joe Biden The US president … Read more
Aden, Yemen’s temporary capital, is where the Saudi-backed Yemeni government has been headquartered since 2015. Local officials are attempting to preserve security and stability. However, intermittent bombings and drive-by shootings continue to occur in the vital port city. No group has claimed responsibility for the explosion. A car bomb exploded in the motorcade of a … Read more
The UN’s WFP has announced further reductions of food aid to Yemen. The reduction is due to funding gaps, global inflation and fallout from Ukraine war. Yemen’s seven-year conflict has killed more than 150,000. The UN’s World Food Programme has announced further reductions of food aid to war-torn Yemen as a result of funding gaps, … Read more
WFP has announced more drastic cuts to food aid in Yemen. Yemen’s population is in need of food as they are caught in a war and an economic downturn. Russian invasion of Ukraine and India’s wheat export risk worsening Yemen’s hunger problem. Millions of Yemenis, who are already suffering from war, may no longer be … Read more
314 refugees caught attempting to illegally enter Europe in Izmir, Turkish media report. Five individuals in charge of planning the crossings have been arrested. More than 37,000 undocumented refugees deported back to their home countries since the beginning of 2013. Approximately 4 million refugees reside in Turkey according to official estimates. At least 314 refugees … Read more
The number of out-of-school children has nearly tripled in six years. 78.2 million are estimated to be completely out of school due to conflicts and emergencies. 54 percent of these are girls, according to the United Nations’ Education Cannot Wait report. The number of children forced out of school or whose education has been … Read more
The Yemeni government and Huthi rebels agreed earlier this month to extend the truce which went into effect in April. The UN says the conflict has triggered the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. “The truce provides us with steps that normalize life in certain small areas for the Yemeni population”. A renewed two-month truce in war-torn … Read more
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said commercial agencies in Europe have been selling Yemen’s artefacts in different ways. Yemen’s government has asked European countries not to let Yemeni artefacts be sold at auction in many European places. It urged European nations to prevent such actions and return the artefacts to the Yemeni government. Yemen’s government … Read more
A Yemeni journalist was killed by a car bomb in Aden, a security official said on Thursday. Saber al-Haidari worked for a number of foreign media outlets. He had been a correspondent for the Chinese News Agency. A Yemeni journalist was killed by a car bomb in Aden, the country’s second largest city and the … Read more
Saudi Arabia commits $10 million to help prevent oil spill in Yemen’s Red Sea. The tanker is in “imminent” danger of breaking up, the UN warns. The UN has said an oil spill could destroy ecosystems. Saudi Arabia committed $10 million on Sunday to assist avoid a potentially catastrophic oil spill in the Red Sea … Read more
Japan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs met with Dr Sultan Al Jaber, CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), on June 6. The two ministers discussed climate change cooperation. Odawara also offered his condolences on the passing of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the late President of the UAE. DUBAI: Odawara Kiyoshi, Japan’s … Read more
The truce was the first tangible ebb in fighting in the past six years. Most of the deaths recorded since the truce first went into effect in early April were from land mines. 32 civilians have been wounded during the two months of truce, UN official says. At least 19 civilians, including three children, have … Read more
Japan welcomed the extension of the truce in Yemen announced by the United Nations on June 2. Japan has been actively providing humanitarian assistance for Yemen, including the emergency food assistance announced on May 10, 2022, to support the truce. The Japanese government stressed that the Yemeni conflict can’t be solved by military means but … Read more
Three civilians were shot dead by snipers near the front line. The majority of the victims were killed by landmines. UN announced that 19 civilians were murdered in Yemen during recent cease-fire. The UN announced on Friday that 19 civilians were murdered in Yemen during a recently restored two-month cease-fire, the majority of them were … Read more
Saudi-backed forces and Huthi agree to extend a two-month cease-fire in Yemen. The conflict has killed some 380,000 people according to UN. President Hadi hands over his powers to a new leadership council. On Thursday, Saudi-backed government forces and Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen agreed to extend a two-month cease-fire that has provided some relief … Read more
The extension comes into effect when the truce period expires on 2 June 2022. The truce has allowed oil tankers to dock in the rebel-held port of Hodeida. Yemen gripped by conflict since Iran’s Huthi rebels controlled the capital Sanaa Yemen’s warring parties agreed to extend a two-month truce on Thursday, the United Nations said, … Read more
Aid agencies urged Yemen’s warring parties to extend a two-month UN-brokered truce on Tuesday two days before it was set to expire, saying it had “positive humanitarian impacts”. A brutal seven-year conflict pitting Yemen’s Saudi-backed government against the Iran-aligned Huthi rebels has killed hundreds of thousands of people and left millions on the brink of famine. On … Read more
Yemen’s information minister cautioned against Houthi militia’s continuous recruitment of juvenile combatants through ostensibly educational institutes. Muammar Al-Eryani told Yemen’s SABA news agency that the militia recruited youngsters while they were attending so-called “summer (education) camps,” and then deployed them on battlegrounds. Read more: Yemeni army reports 4,276 Houthi truce violations He claimed that the … Read more
US and Netherlands fear oil spill from Yemeni decrepit oil tanker The United States and the Netherlands have called for global activity to address the “up and coming dangers” of a run down oil supertanker holding more than 1,000,000 barrels of oil off the shore of Yemen. The two nations gave a joint assertion on … Read more
A grenade explosion in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Thursday killed at least four people and injured dozens , according to a security official. A local security source stated, on condition of anonymity, that “an explosion caused by a homemade grenade occurred inside a crowded public market in Sheikh Othman district in Aden … Read more
Egypt has approved direct flights between Yemen’s rebel-controlled capital and Cairo, The Yemeni government announced Tuesday, in the latest sign of progress in the war-torn country. The approval comes after the first commercial flight in six years flew last week from Sanaa to Amman, Jordan, as part of an UN-brokered truce between Yemen’s internationally recognized … Read more
Yemen’s army has said that the Iran-backed Houthis have violated a UN-brokered truce more than 4,276 times since day one by mobilizing fighters and launching drone and missile attacks on government troops, even as the militia indicated its acceptance of its renewal. The truce, which is the longest since the war began, came into effect … Read more
The president of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Al-Alimi, vowed on Saturday to support current efforts by international mediators to extend the UN-brokered truce, fight corruption and unify military and security units. In a televised speech on the eve of the 32nd anniversary of Unification Day, Al-Alimi said the council supports the UN and US … Read more
Fearing that visa issues would cost him his job in Dubai, and with no other options for returning home, Lebanese executive Jad spent around $135,000 on new citizenship for himself and his wife. The 43-year-old businessman received a small package in his mailbox less than a month after making the payment last year. Inside were … Read more
Iran-backed Houthis have named their representatives on a joint committee that will work to reopen roads in Taiz and other provinces, raising hopes of an end to the militants’ siege of the strategic city, a Yemeni government official said. After weeks of delays, the Houthis sent a list of candidates for the committee to the … Read more
The number of people with disabilities in Yemen is rising following seven years of civil conflict, with amputations, in particular, rising due to strikes on urban centers, According to the humanitarian organization Handicap International. Millions of people have been displaced by the savage struggle pitting the Saudi-backed government against the Iran-backed Huthi rebels, which has … Read more
Yemen’s minister of Defense, Mohammed al-Maqdashi, met with Colonel Mark Rittman, American Military and Security Attaché in the country’s US embassy on Thursday. The two discussed ways they can fight terrorism, in addition to military and security cooperation between the two nations. Al-Maqashi highly praised the US administration’s efforts to establish peace in Yemen and … Read more
