Washington, DC (AFP) – The US House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to end American involvement in Saudi Arabia’s war effort in neighboring Yemen, dealing a rebuke to President Donald Trump and his alliance with Riyadh. The chamber voted 248 to 177 to approve historic legislation that would direct the president within 30 days to “remove United […]
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Yemen
US must probe if Saudis gave US Weapons to al-Qaeda in Yemen: General
Washington, DC (AFP) – The US must examine whether American-made military gear in Yemen is being transferred to unintended recipients, including Al-Qaeda and Iran-backed rebels, a top general said on Tuesday. General Joseph Votel, who heads US Central Command covering the Middle East, expressed concern to senators about a CNN investigation that found weaponry and […]
UN: Saudi-Led War on Yemen has Killed 6,700 Children, Left 358,000 Severely Malnourished
More than 6700 children have been killed since the outbreak of the Yemen war in 2015, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) announced yesterday. “Around 358,000 Yemeni children suffer from severe acute malnutrition,” UNICEF said on Twitter, stressing that the victims required “immediate treatment.” The UN organisation called for “halting attacks” against children […]
Congress trying to de-fund Trump/Saudi War in Yemen
(TeleSur) – United States President Donald Trump is expected to face a new vote, this time in the U.S. House of Representatives, which could limit his authority to continue waging war in Yemen. The action is limited by internal politics and the option of a presidential veto. In December last year, the U.S. Senate passed […]
Young Girl’s Tragic Story makes her a Symbol of the Yemen War
By Jamil Nasser with Dana Moukhallati in Dubai Sanaa, Yemen | AFP | – Buthaina Mansur al-Rimi’s life has changed drastically since last year — orphaned in Sanaa, the little girl controversially ended up in Saudi Arabia for medical care and has just returned to Yemen’s capital. Her entire immediate family was wiped out in […]
Are Saudis Deploying Army of Sudanese child-soldiers in Yemen?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – David Kirkpatrick of the New York Times caused an international stir by estimating that 20 percent of Sudanese fighters in Yemen may be 13-17, i.e. child soldiers. The percentage may be as high as 40%. That these child soldiers appear to have been paid for by Saudi Arabia at a […]
Tales of Displaced Yemenis: Two Camps, Same Tragedy
By Khaled Mohammed | – Khokha, Yemen | AFP | – More than two million Yemenis have been displaced by the conflict between the Saudi-backed government and Iran-aligned Huthi rebels For many families in Yemen, the war has not only stripped them of their livelihoods, homes and belongings but something far more valuable: their dignity. […]
3.5 Million People Flee Homes Across Yemen
(Middle East Monitor) – Around 3.5 million people across Yemen have fled their homes due to the conflict in the country, the head of Turkish Red Crescent said on Friday. Speaking to Anadolu Agency in Yemen’s southern city of Lahij, Kerem Kinik said: “Two-thirds of the overall population have been struggling with food insecurity and […]
Trump Admin. Relents, will Waive Muslim Ban to let Yemeni Mother see Dying Son
San Francisco, CA | AFP | Shaima Swileh, a native of Yemen, was granted a US visa to visit her dying two-year-old son Abdullah Hassan, a US citizen like his father Ali — both of whom are picture here at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland on December 16, 2018 A mother from Yemen was […]
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