Yemen

Global Advocacy Netizen Report | (GlobalVoices.org) Yemeni blogger Afrah Nasser was awarded this year’s International Free Press Award for her work covering the conflict in Yemen despite the many obstacles faced by journalists in the country. But Nasser, who also holds Swedish citizenship, was nearly unable to attend the awards ceremony in New York in […]

Epidemics

Yemen Cholera cases heading to 1 Mn. amid Saudi-led War

The Conversation

History can Tell us about the Disease, but the Conflict is Responsible

Displaced and Refugees

Yemen: Is Saudi Coalition deliberately Blocking Aid and Fuel to Civilians?

contributors

Human Rights Watch | – – Houthi-Saleh Obstruction also Heightens Crisis (Beirut) – The Saudi-led coalition’s restrictions on imports to Yemen have worsened the dire humanitarian situation of Yemeni civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. The restrictions, in violation of international humanitarian law, have delayed and diverted fuel tankers, closed a critical port, and stopped […]

Afghanistan

What if we Gave Seven Wars and No Americans Noticed?

contributors

By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Consider, if you will, these two indisputable facts. First, the United States is today more or less permanently engaged in hostilities in not one faraway place, but at least seven. Second, the vast majority of the American people could not care less. Nor can it be […]

Displaced and Refugees

Yemen’s Children Are Being Shelled While the World Sits Back

contributors

Both Houthis and Saudi Coalition continue to disregard civilian life

Displaced and Refugees

Saudi-led Airstrikes on Yemen Deadly for Children

contributors

Are Western weapons killing civilians in Yemen?

Featured

Saudi Arabia wants to improve Image; Here’s How

Juan Cole

They have to stop intervening, fighting wars and fomenting radicalism; an image touch-up won’t help

Displaced and Refugees

Are Muslims allowed to be Sympathetic Victims in US Media, or only Perpetrators?

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Libyan activist Hend Amry makes an important point about the relative lack of interest of television news in stories such as the persecution of the Burmese (Myanmar) Muslims by the Buddhist establishment: When Muslims are the victims of terrorism, there isn't the fraction of western attention […]

Displaced and Refugees

International Community must Halt Yemen Bloodbath

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Hannah Porter | (Informed Comment) | – – A concerted effort by the international community to resolve Yemen’s war would see considerable benefits at a small cost, yet profits, alliances, and egos are getting in the way. On midnight, March 26, 2015, Saudi fighter jets took to the skies of Yemen, marking the beginning of […]