Yemen conflict
UAE discussing defence upgrade after Houthi attacks- envoy to U.N.
Middle East
January 26, 2022
UAE discussing defence upgrade after Houthi attacks- envoy to U.N.
DUBAI, Jan 26 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates may upgrade its defensive capabilities after missile attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group,…
Top Huthi negotiator says no point in meeting new UN envoy now
Middle East
August 9, 2021
Top Huthi negotiator says no point in meeting new UN envoy now
DUBAI, Aug 8 (Reuters) – The chief negotiator for Yemen’s Iran-aligned Huthi movement said on Sunday it would be futile…
Yemenis find rare leisure time at Sanaa lake
Middle East
May 24, 2021
Yemenis find rare leisure time at Sanaa lake
A countryside dam outside the Yemeni capital Sanaa provides the city’s residents with a rare distraction from the six-year civil…
Saudi and Iran held secret talks over Yemen conflict: report
Middle East
April 19, 2021
Saudi and Iran held secret talks over Yemen conflict: report
Senior Saudi and Iranian officials have held direct talks in an effort to repair relations between the two countries, four years after…
Yemen’s UNESCO-listed Old Sanaa houses collapse in heavy rains
Middle East
August 10, 2020
Yemen’s UNESCO-listed Old Sanaa houses collapse in heavy rains
SANAA (Reuters) — Houses in Yemen’s UNESCO-listed Old City of Sanaa are collapsing under heavy rains, as months of floods…
Yemen’s separatists to give up self-rule, push peace deal
Middle East
July 29, 2020
Yemen’s separatists to give up self-rule, push peace deal
CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s leading separatist group will abandon its aspirations for self-rule to implement a stalled peace deal brokered…
UN agencies warn of more food shortages in war-torn Yemen
Middle East
July 22, 2020
UN agencies warn of more food shortages in war-torn Yemen
CAIRO (AP) — UN agencies warned Wednesday that food shortages will rise sharply in parts of war-torn Yemen in the…
Saudi-led coalition starts military operation against Yemen’s Houthis
Middle East
July 2, 2020
Saudi-led coalition starts military operation against Yemen’s Houthis
DUBAI (Reuters) — A Saudi-led coalition has started a military operation against Yemen’s Houthi movement after it stepped up cross-border…
Group says hundreds tortured in secret prisons in Yemen
Middle East
June 30, 2020
Group says hundreds tortured in secret prisons in Yemen
CAIRO (AP) — A Yemeni rights group on Tuesday accused both sides in the country’s civil war of arbitrary detentions,…
Hunger stalks children in Yemen as UN cuts aid programs
Middle East
June 29, 2020
Hunger stalks children in Yemen as UN cuts aid programs
AL-HANABIYA, Yemen (AP) — When Issa Nasser was born late last year in a village in northern Yemen, his weight…