Yemen

TeleSur | – – A Houthi statement said that the attack “is an explicit violation of international covenants and treaties, which stipulate that civilian airports are not targeted.” The U.S. and U.K.-backed Saudi coalition carried out a bombing attack on the civilian airport in Yemen’s capital Sana’a on Tuesday, further cutting off crucial relief shipments […]

Lebanon

Saudi failures, from Qatar to Yemen, bode ill for its Success in Lebanon

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By Beverly Milton-Edwards | ( OpenDemocracy.net ) | – – Domestic politics in the Middle East especially in a country like Saudi Arabia never stays that way for long. Recent events in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, demonstrate the contagion effect not only on the politics in the Middle East but internationally too. On November 3, […]

Houthi

Saudi Arabia urged to end Yemen blockade: Fear of Unprecedented Famine, Disease

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By Jonathan Fenton-Harvey | (Informed Comment) | – – In a move to further suffocate Yemen, Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that it would close all land, air and sea borders to Yemen. Now the UN and others have warned that the blockade will harm restrict vital humanitarian aid to Yemen’s civilians. A statement from […]

Houthi

Saudi-led forces close air, sea, land access to Yemen

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Middle East Monitor | – – The Saudi-led military coalition fighting against the Houthi movement in Yemen said on Monday it would close all air, land and sea ports to the Arabian Peninsula country to stem the flow of arms to the Houthis from Iran. The move, which follows the interception of a missile fired […]

Authoritarianism

Saudi Arabia: Is the Prince fighting on too many Fronts?

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Carool Kersten | (OpenDemocracy.net) | – – The Saudi crown prince moves towards concentrating absolute power in his own hands, while escalating tensions on several fronts. If Machiavelli were alive today, he might have modeled his political treatise ‘The Prince’ on Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman (MBS). Events on the first Saturday of November […]

Displaced and Refugees

Voices of Yemen’s ‘Forgotten War’ Speak Out, Despite Legal Barriers

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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

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By Edna Bonhomme | (The Conversation) | – – As of October 1, 771,945 people in Yemen have been infected with cholera and 2,134 have died from the disease. The epidemic, rare on such a scale in contemporary times, reemerged as a formidable force last year due to Yemen’s ongoing civil war. The Saudi Arabia-led […]

Displaced and Refugees

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

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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?

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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 […]