In March 2015, Saudi Arabia and several Sunni allies launched a massive air campaign against Iran-aligned Shiite Houthi rebels who had overrun much of Yemen a year earlier. The United States gave its full support to this campaign, which aimed...
The situation in Yemen remains drastic, as millions struggle to survive amid the ferocious civil war. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated their situation further. Now, for the first time, Saudi Arabia co-hosted a donor conference – despite being one of...
The war in Yemen is drawing close to its fifth year. The country has been ravaged by conflict since the coalition intervened in March 2015 against the Houthis rebels who control the capital of Sanaa and most big urban centers...
Barely four days after all sides in the Yemeni conflict welcomed the call for a ceasefire in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the war seems to be escalating yet again and threatening to undo whatever little progress had been...
It is exactly five years since a coalition led by Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates intervened militarily in Yemen. But despite the number of casualties the prospect of peace has remained elusive. The war has worsened in what has...
Eighty percent of Yemen’s population is in need of humanitarian aid, but the Houthi coalition is threatening to cut off the vital flow of funding. The threat — designed to coerce the UN to give Houthi leadership more control of...
US Central Command announced on Feb. 13 that the US Navy had intercepted an Iranian boat bound for Yemen. The dhow—a sailboat with two masts—was reportedly carrying 150 Dehlavieh anti-tank guided missiles, which CENTCOM said are Iranian copies of the...
The United Nations’ reputation as a fair broker in the Middle East has been rocked by a series of allegations that its officials in Palestine and Yemen are guilty of graft, sexual misconduct and other misdeeds. UN spokesman Stephan Dujarric...
The southern separatists who have seized control of Yemen’s port city of Aden will use upcoming crisis talks to push for an independence referendum and a role in the country’s UN-led peace process, said the group’s envoy Sulaiman Al-Khader. Speaking...
The United Arab Emirates has begun withdrawing some of its forces from the Yemen Civil War, a significant development which could signal the beginning of the end for the humanitarian crisis. However, although Emirati forces are being recalled, the drawback...
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