Italy has halted the sale of thousands of missiles to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to their involvement in the Yemen conflict, making permanent an 18-month temporary suspension. “Today I am [ More … ]
Emirati official says move part of transition from military to ‘peace-first’ strategy and Saudi Arabia was consulted!! The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced it will reduce its troop presence throughout war-torn Yemen, moving from a “military-first” [ More … ]
Yemen’s collapse derives from a combination of internal rivalries between elites, rising demands of a poor population, and international interventions, both from the neoliberal international financiers and the politically-motivated actors in support or opposition to [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch says Emirates sending high-profile prisoners to Eritrea, and accuses their Yemen militia allies of torture The United Arab Emirates runs at least two secret prisons in Yemen and “disappears” high-profile inmates abroad [ More … ]
Ironically enough, almost the same countries which had supported Egypt’s military coup against the country’s legitimate government and its first democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi, launched in 2015 Operation Decisive Storm against the Houthi militants in [ More … ]
The Secretary of State for International Development in Britain Priti Patel announced that Britain will provide an additional £37 million in funding for Yemen this year, said Express newspaper on Sept.22. She also said that [ More … ]
Four members of al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch, including a local commander, were killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike on a vehicle travelling east of the capital Sanaa, two local officials told Reuters Saturday. They said [ More … ]
The US military is distancing itself from the Saudi-led coalition’s war in Yemen following airstrikes against civilian targets, including hospitals, reported CNN. The U.S. military has slashed the number of intelligence advisers directly supporting the Saudi-led [ More … ]
Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis took to the streets of the country’s capital “Sana’a” on Saturday to support the so-called Supreme Political Council formed by the Houthi rebels and protest against a Saudi-led coalition’s interference, [ More … ]
A bipartisan group of Senators is moving to block the $1.15 billion sale of US tanks to Saudi Arabia, citing concerns over human rights and the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Riyadh has requested new tanks [ More … ]
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