Tag: Yemen
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45 Houthi rebels killed in Yemen’s Marib
The UN has warned that the offensive on Marib, which hosts nearly 1 million internally displaced people, could lead to a major humanitarian catastrophe.
August 8, 2021 -
Yemen army recaptures strategic mountains
The UN has warned that the offensive on Marib, which hosts nearly 1 million internally displaced people, could lead to a major humanitarian catastrophe.
August 2, 2021 -
Yemen PM, US envoy discuss ceasefire initiative
Yemen has been locked into a civil war in 2014 since the Iran-backed Shia Houthi militia
July 29, 2021 -
84 people dead in Yemen’s Marib as clashes intensify
During the past hours, the Houthis renewed their missile attacks on Marib
June 24, 2021 -
Migrants’ bodies recovered after boat capsize in Yemen
Most of the migrants came from the Horn of Africa, an official confirmed
June 15, 2021 -
Hell on Earth
Wednesday’s caveat advanced by the UN’s World Food Program can thus be contextualised with the visual of a child reduced to skin and bone with an inflated tummy, recalling reports of a “starving Biafra” in the 1970s.
March 13, 2021 -
2 massive blasts hit Yemen’s Marib amid escalating violence
Earlier in the day, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths expressed concern over renewed attacks.
February 10, 2021 -
Hunger Pandemic
As it turns out, the worst affected are the chronically deprived conflict areas, notably Yemen, South Sudan, a swathe of Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
September 9, 2020 -
Hunger Pandemic
Indeed, fears have been expressed that the repercussions of Covid-19 could be deadlier than the virus itself. While coronavirus has left families in even the richest countries in hunger, it could mean starvation for the poorest, as in parts of Odisha as reports in this newspaper affirm.
April 28, 2020 -
31 killed in air strikes in Yemen after Saudi jet crash
The deadly violence follows an upsurge in fighting in northern Yemen between the warring parties that threatens to worsen the war-battered country's humanitarian crisis.
February 16, 2020 -
2 killed in Houthi missile attack on Yemen
The Houthi group has not claimed responsibility for the attack.
January 23, 2020 -
70 soldiers killed in missile attack in Yemen
Yemeni government officials have blamed the Iran-allied Houthi rebels for the attack, but the Houthis have not claimed responsibility.
January 19, 2020 -
Sultan Qaboos of Oman passes away at 79
Oman has long been to the Middle East what neutral Switzerland is to global diplomacy, balancing ties between two vast neighbours locked in a regional struggle, Saudi Arabia to the west and Iran to the north.
January 11, 2020 -
Towards peace in Yemen
The agreement must at the end of the day lead to substantive talks on Yemen’s future.
November 8, 2019 -
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Drone attack on Saudi oil facility sets oil prices surging
The attack by Tehran-backed Houthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition is bogged down in a five-year war, effectively shut down six percent of the global oil supply.
September 16, 2019 -
UN appoints veteran Indian officer to lead its Yemen mission
Lieutenant General (retired) Guha has been appointed as the Chair of the Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC) and head of the United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA).
September 13, 2019