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Archives: Houthi
![Will Western powers Respond to HRW’s demand for arms embargo on Saudi Arabia?](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331034240im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/03/will-western-powers-respond-to-h-187x137.jpg)
![Unlike Israel’s Netanyahu, Saudi Arabia now says it supports Iran Nuclear Deal](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331034240im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/unlike-israels-netanyahu-saudi-a-187x137.jpg)
Unlike Israel’s Netanyahu, Saudi Arabia now says it supports Iran Nuclear Deal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Saudi-owned, pan-Arab London daily al-Sharq al-Awsat (the Middle East) reported on the meeting Friday between King Salman of Saudi Arabia and President…![War-Torn Yemen faces Disease Outbreaks w/out Humanitarian Corridor](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331034240im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/war-torn-yemen-faces-disease-out-187x137.jpg)
War-Torn Yemen faces Disease Outbreaks w/out Humanitarian Corridor
By Kanya D'Almeida | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - An outbreak of dengue fever in Yemen’s most populated governorate has prompted urgent calls from the World Health…![Yemen: Saudi & Coalition guilty of War Crimes for Bombing Civilians: HRW](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331034240im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/yemen-saudi-coalition-guilty-of-187x137.jpg)
Yemen: Saudi & Coalition guilty of War Crimes for Bombing Civilians: HRW
Human Rights Watch | - - (Sanaa) – Saudi-led coalition airstrikes that killed at least 65 civilians, including 10 children, and wounded dozens in the Yemeni port city of Mokha on July…![Yemen: As Aden Falls to pro-Saudi forces, Focus now on Taiz](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331034240im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/yemen-as-aden-falls-to-pro-saudi-187x137.jpg)
Yemen: As Aden Falls to pro-Saudi forces, Focus now on Taiz
Natasha Ghoneim | (Aljazeera English Video report) "Houthi fighters in Yemen have fired artillery shells into the port city of Aden.The latest casualty count in the shelling is more than 40 dead…![Yemen Is Starving, and We’re Partly to Blame](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331034240im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/yemen-is-starving-and-were-partl-187x137.jpg)
Yemen Is Starving, and We’re Partly to Blame
By Chris Toensing | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - 80 percent of people in the Arab world's poorest country are in danger of starving to death under a U.S.-backed blockade…![Yemen: Caught between Saudis & Houthis, Children Pay Price of War](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331034240im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/yemen-caught-between-saudis-hout-187x137.jpg)
Yemen: Caught between Saudis & Houthis, Children Pay Price of War
By Belkis Wille | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - The deliberate targeting of schools has become a flashpoint in the war between Yemen's rebels and a Saudi-led coalition. Hisham Yahya,…![Yemen: Saudi Airstrikes kill 58, including dozens of Women and Children](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331034240im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/yemen-saudi-airstrikes-kill-58-i-187x137.jpg)
Yemen: Saudi Airstrikes kill 58, including dozens of Women and Children
RT | (Video report) -- "Saudi-led coalition warplanes are continuing to pound Houthi targets in Yemen despite the rebels agreeing to UN-backed peace talks. The strikes have killed 58 people across the…![Yemen conflict fans food insecurity](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331034240im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/05/yemen-conflict-fans-food-insecur-187x137.jpg)
Yemen conflict fans food insecurity
By Peter Salisbury and Louise Redvers | (IRIN) - AMMAN / DUBAI (IRIN) - The conflict in Yemen is worsening the country's food insecurity, according to a new report, which predicts that…![Richest Countries Bomb among World’s Poorest: Yemen already a Forgotten War](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331034240im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/05/richest-countries-bomb-among-wor-187x137.jpg)
Richest Countries Bomb among World’s Poorest: Yemen already a Forgotten War
VICE News | (Video) | - "For more than six weeks, nine countries led by Saudi Arabia have been carrying out airstrikes on Yemen, the Arab world's poorest nation. Whole neighborhoods have…![Are the Houthis in Yemen really Iranian “Proxies”? What does that even Mean?](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331034240im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/05/are-the-houthis-in-yemen-really-187x137.jpg)
Are the Houthis in Yemen really Iranian “Proxies”? What does that even Mean?
By Ari Heistein | (Informed Comment) -- A 2014 al-Monitor headline declared “Yemen’s Houthis Proxy, not Ally for Iran” but then neglected to explain the difference. It is certainly unlikely that the…![Yemen: Fierce fighting in Lead-up to Saudi Ceasefire, Children at risk of Starvation](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331034240im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/05/yemen-fierce-fighting-in-lead-up-187x137.jpg)
Yemen: Fierce fighting in Lead-up to Saudi Ceasefire, Children at risk of Starvation
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - Heavy fighting continued in Yemen on Monday and Tuesday, despite the agreement reached between Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia that a five-day ceasefire would…![Now Yemen’s Houthi Rebels are forcing Children Into Battle](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331034240im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/05/now-yemens-houthi-rebels-are-for-187x137.jpg)
Now Yemen’s Houthi Rebels are forcing Children Into Battle
Human Rights Watch | - (Beirut) – The Houthi armed group in Yemen has intensified its recruitment, training, and deployment of children in violation of international law. Since September 2014, when the…![Saudi Arabia as the Incredible Hulk: King Salman snubs Obama’s Gulf Summit](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331034240im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/05/saudi-arabia-as-the-incredible-h-187x137.jpg)
Saudi Arabia as the Incredible Hulk: King Salman snubs Obama’s Gulf Summit
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) -- Watching Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia nowadays, is like Kremlin-watching in the old days of the Cold War. It is not as if most…![Fatal Triangle: Saudi, Iran, US Tensions spike over continued Yemen Airstrikes](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331034240im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/05/fatal-triangle-saudi-iran-us-ten-187x137.jpg)
Fatal Triangle: Saudi, Iran, US Tensions spike over continued Yemen Airstrikes
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - The attention span of US television news is so short that it is difficult for it to cover ongoing wars in which there isn't…![Beyond the Headlines: The New Arabs (Juan Cole Interview)](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331034240im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/04/beyond-the-headlines-the-new-ara-187x137.jpg)
Beyond the Headlines: The New Arabs (Juan Cole Interview)
Jack Segal | International Affairs Forum (Traverse City) | - "For three decades, Juan Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan has sought to put the…![115 Children Killed: Saudi Arabia’s War on Yemen by the Numbers](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331034240im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/04/115-children-killed-saudi-arabia-187x137.jpg)
115 Children Killed: Saudi Arabia’s War on Yemen by the Numbers
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - Since the beginning of the Saudi air campaign against the Houthi movement in Yemen on March 26 until April 22, these are the UN statistics…![Blood Money? After Bombing Yemen, Saudis offer $274 mn. in Humanitarian Aid](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331034240im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/04/blood-money-after-bombing-yemen-187x137.jpg)
Blood Money? After Bombing Yemen, Saudis offer $274 mn. in Humanitarian Aid
By Thalif Deen | - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Saudi Arabia’s right hand does not know what its left foot is up to, belittles an Asian diplomat, mixing his metaphors to describe…![How U.S. will monitor Iranian ships in Yemen](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331034240im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/04/how-u-s-will-monitor-iranian-shi-187x137.jpg)
How U.S. will monitor Iranian ships in Yemen
CNN | - "CNN's Tom Foreman uses virtual reality to show how the U.S. intends to monitor Iranian ships off the coast of Yemen." CNN: "How U.S. will monitor Iranian ships in…![Yemen as War of Right-Wing Billionaire Establishment in the Middle East](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331034240im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/04/yemen-as-war-of-right-wing-billi-187x137.jpg)