Tag Archives: Yemen

Egypt Independent After attending several of the so-called “summer camps,” Samir was filled with an urgent desire to fight on the Houthi side in Yemen’s civil war. During the camp training sessions, the 15-year-old local had heard Houthi insurgents explain their years-long fight against the official Yemeni government from their perspective. Additionally, religious teachers …

Ahram Online “Saudi Arabia has donated $60 Million to help prevent famine in war-torn Yemen, where soaring food prices and Covid-19 have deepened battle woes”, the United Nations said on Thursday. The conflict flared in 2014 when Houthi insurgents seized the capital Sanaa, prompting a Saudi-led military intervention to prop …

Egypt Independent “Yemen’s warring parties are setting out terms for a peace deal. The agreement would extricate Saudi Arabia from a costly war and help alleviate a devastating humanitarian crisis”, sources close to the talks and a Houthi official said on Tuesday. “Talks between the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis …

Egypt Independent Tariq Saleh, a militia leader and nephew of Yemen’s late strongman president has acknowledged that his “Emirati-backed troops are stationed on an island in a crucial maritime chokepoint”, where a mysterious air base is now under construction. The comments by Tariq Saleh come as ship-tracking data show that …

Egypt Independent The United States blamed the Iran-aligned Houthis, on Friday, for the “failure of a ceasefire to take hold in Yemen”. It accused them of “not taking serious steps toward ending the brutal conflict”. “While there are numerous problematic actors inside Yemen, the Houthis bear major responsibility for refusing …

Egypt Independent Yemeni officials demanded answers on Wednesday, after an Associated Press report highlighted a mysterious air base being built on the Yemeni ‘Mayun’ Island, in one of the world’s crucial maritime chokepoints. A lawmaker asked Yemen’s internationally recognized government if the United Arab Emirates has built the facility. The request followed …

Ahram Online “An agreement between the warring parties would be reached very soon”, Oman, a mediator in ceasefire talks between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthi group, announced on Tuesday. Yemen’s six-year-old conflict has killed tens of thousands of people, mostly civilians, and pushed the country to the verge of starvation. …

Egypt Independent “The war in Yemen is back in full force”, the United Nations special envoy, Martin Griffiths told the Security Council on Tuesday. His comment came amid renewed attempts to get the warring parties to talk and UN warnings that the country is spiralling toward a massive famine. Griffiths …

Egypt Independent Dozens of Yemeni protesters stormed a Presidential palace in the Southern port city of Aden on Tuesday, demanding payment of public sector salaries, witnesses said. “Yemeni Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik and other members of the internationally recognised government were besieged inside the building”, Yemeni officials noted. Aden is …

Egypt Independent A United Nations appeal for aid to Yemen to alleviate the world’s worst humanitarian disaster raised no more than $1.7 Billion on Monday, a result the UN chief called “disappointing.” At a virtual pledging conference co-hosted by Sweden and Switzerland, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had appealed for $3.85 …