UAE draws down troops in Yemen in �strategic redeployment� DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates has drawn down its troop levels in Yemen but remains a key member of the Saudi-led coalition at war with Iran-aligned rebels there, a senior Emirati official said Monday. The official confirmed that UAE troop levels... Women 09 Jul, 2019
7,500 kids killed or wounded in Yemen since 2013: UN report UNITED NATIONS: Over 7,500 children have been killed or wounded in Yemen in the last 5 1/2 years as a result of airstrikes, shelling, fighting, suicide attacks, mines and other unexploded ordnance, according to a UN report released... Women 29 Jun, 2019
Yemen's Houthis say they hit Saudi power station with missile CAIRO: Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis struck a power station in Saudi Arabia’s al-Shuqaiq city, in the southern province of Jizan, with a cruise missile, their Al Masirah TV said on Wednesday, but there was no immediate confirmation from Saudi... Women 20 Jun, 2019
Saudis say they will defend themselves, as Trump warns Iran DUBAI: Saudi Arabia does not want war but will not hesitate to defend itself against Iran, a top Saudi diplomat said Sunday after the kingdom’s energy sector was targeted this past week amid heightened tensions in the Persian Gulf. US President... Women 20 May, 2019
Saudis blame Iran for drone attack amid calls for US strikes DUBAI: Saudi Arabia accused Tehran of being behind a drone strike that shut down a key oil pipeline in the kingdom, and a newspaper close to the palace called for Washington to launch “surgical” strikes on Iran, raising the spectre of... Women 17 May, 2019
UN decries killing of 7 children in Yemen explosion CAIRO: The UN humanitarian coordinator in Yemen has decried the killing of 13 civilians, including seven children, in a large explosion over the weekend in the rebel-held capital, Sanaa. Lise Grande described the killings in a statement Monday as... Women 08 Apr, 2019
Vaccines blocked as deadly cholera raged in Yemen ADEN, YEMEN: In the summer of 2017, a plane chartered by the United Nations idled on the tarmac at an airport in the Horn of Africa as officials waited for final clearance to deliver half a million doses of cholera vaccine to Yemen. Amid the... Women 08 Apr, 2019
Twenty-two civilians killed, including children, in north Yemen - UN DUBAI: Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition killed at least 22 civilians, including women and children, in a village in northern Yemen, the United Nations said on Monday. Medical sources quoted by the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen said... Women 12 Mar, 2019
Aid groups warn of lost generation as 500,000 Yemeni children flee fighting BEIRUT: Fighting in Yemen has forced more than half a million children from their homes in the past six months alone, aid groups said on Thursday, warning of a lost generation of young people. Most fled during a major military offensive on the... Women 01 Feb, 2019
Yemeni mom wins fight to fly to US to give dying son kiss SANAA: All Shaima Swileh wants is to give her son one more kiss before he dies. The Yemeni woman is about to get her wish after winning her fight for a waiver from the Trump administration’s travel ban so she can fly to California where her... Women 19 Dec, 2018
UN rushes aid to hunger-stricken Yemeni district CAIRO: The United Nations and individual donors are rushing food to a desperate corner of northern Yemen where starving villagers were found to be living off leaves. Aid officials are searching for ways to ensure aid reaches those in need... Women 25 Sep, 2018
Some Saudi-led coalition air strikes in Yemen may amount to war crimes: UN UN human rights panel issues first report on Yemen war Saudi-led coalition targeting raises 'serious concerns': UN Houthi torture, child recruitment may be war crimes: UN panel GENEVA: Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen's war... Women 28 Aug, 2018
