2017

(Beirut) – The Saudi-led coalition’s broad restrictions on aid and essential goods to Yemen’s civilian population are worsening the country’s humanitarian catastrophe, Human Rights Watch said today. Unless the coalition immediately stops…

The continuation of the systematic destruction of the infrastructure by the coalition countries through the bombing of vital installations, where the aircraft launched the Saudi-UAE-US alliance on Friday, December 8, 2017, an air strike on…

UN officials cautiously welcomed the Saudi decision to ease the blockade. “It is good news, but we are still waiting to see the specific details,” said Jamie McGoldrick, the UN humanitarian chief for Yemen. In an interview just before the…

Two citizens were killed Thursday by air raids conducted by the Saudi-led coalition targeting a farm in the governorate of Hodeidah, west of Yemen. The warplanes of the coalition launched nine raids on one of the farms in al-Tahita…

The Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted four raids on Nehm District of Sana’ a governorate, a local official told YemenExtra on Wednesday. The fighter jets launched two raids on Maswarah area and two extra others on al-Hawl area in…

The White House welcomed what they called a first step by Saudi Arabia to allow humanitarian aid to reach Yemen, welcomed the decision to open the port of Hodeidah and Sanaa airport, saying that millions of Yemenis are currently suffering…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Sunday that more than 11 million Yemeni children are in desperate need of humanitarian aid following the US-backed Saudi-led war that has been going on for nearly three years. “More…

Two children were wounded on Sunday after a cluster bomb exploded, one of the remnants of the Saudi-led coalition in Saada province. In addition, Saudi forces launched shells and shells against civilian vehicles carrying food in the…

“Today it is fair to say that Yemen is one of the worst places on earth to be a child,” said Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF’s regional director for the Middle East and North Africa. “Two million children today in Yemen suffer acute…

by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor  …with Press TV, Tehran This child’s swollen neck is a classic symptom of diphtheria [ Editor’s Note: Just when you don’t think things can get any worse in Yemen, they do, as the conditions are so ripe for…