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Archives: Saleh
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: 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
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…
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
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…
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
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
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
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: U.N. calls for Ceasefire, denounces War Crimes
By Thalif Deen | - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - The United Nations, which is providing humanitarian aid to over 50 million refugees worldwide, is struggling to cope with a new crisis in…
With 311 Civilians dead in Yemen Strikes, Saudis & US must Investigate War Crimes
Human Rights Watch | - (Washington, DC) – Saudi Arabia, other coalition members, and the United States should ensure that coalition forces take necessary steps to minimize harm to civilians during military…
Water Delivery, Hospitals endangered as Yemen is plunged into Darkness
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - Yemen generates 800 megawatts of electricity under ordinary circumstances, which powers its hospitals, including emergency care units, and helps deliver water to households. Nearly half…
US Increases Intelligence-Sharing With Saudi Arabia Over Yemen Strikes
By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) - U.S. ups 'sensitive' intelligence-sharing with Saudis to help them get 'better sense of the battlefield,' while aid groups describe disaster on the ground in…
Few escape routes for refugees and migrants trapped in Yemen
By Kristy Siegfried | - LONDON (IRIN) - As the Saudi-led aerial bombardment of Yemen intensifies and a full-scale civil war appears increasingly inevitable, there are few immediate escape routes for well…
Yemen War threatens Humanitarian Catastrophe
By Sophia Dingli | (The Conversation) - Yemen’s humanitarian crisis is by all accounts getting worse by the day, and the city of Aden has become a major flashpoint. Aden is caught…
Yemeni Refugees flee to Saudi Arabia as Aden is invaded & Sanaa bombarded
Reuters | - "Houthi forces fought battles street by street with local militia in Aden as aid workers say the city faces a humanitarian catastrophe. Mana Rabiee reports." Reuters: "Yemen's Houthis battle…
4 Key Players In Yemen’s Chaos
AJ+ | - "Yemen’s being torn apart in a struggle for power. The stakes are high, with many different groups involved in the current chaos. We’ve narrowed down the key players you…
Who Has A Stake In Yemen Fight?
By Michael Scollon | (RFE/RL) - Yemen is at the center of a proxy war between regional heavyweights Iran and Saudi Arabia. It's the source of fears of a broader Sunni-Shi'ite conflict.…