Civil society of Development and Freedoms
Yearly Archives

2018

UNHCR: 123 Civilian Deaths and Injuries Every Week in Yemen

SH.A. Nearly 1,500 civilian casualties were reported in Yemen in the period between August to October this year, according to the UNHCR-led Protection Cluster in Yemen. This means an average of 123 civilian deaths and injuries every week…

Blow to US as UN General Assembly Refuses to Condemn Hamas

The United Nations General Assembly has rejected a US-sponsored resolution seeking to condemn the Palestinian Islamic Resistance movement, Hamas. The resolution, which was backed strongly by the Israeli regime, needed a two-thirds majority…

Yemen Peace Talks Commence in Sweden

Delegations from Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and the country’s former Saudi-backed regime are holding UN-sponsored peace talks in Sweden in an effort to find a political solution to end the Arab country’s crisis. The Saudi-backed…

Destruction in Yemen, a real disaster

By: Mona Zaid The war on Yemen today is a brutal example of how the expansion of global capitalist interests destroys nations. The war in Yemen is far more than just a political struggle. As air raids continue to batter the Arab world’s…

Stockholm Yemen Peace Talks: Challenges, Grounds

 Yemen is witnessing new developments and after months-long aggression on the southern city of al-Hudaydah by the Saudi-led Arab forces, conflicting sides are talking about ceasefire. The British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt this week…

Yemeni Forces Down Saudi-Led Military Drone in Hudaydah

Yemeni forces, have intercepted and targeted a Saudi-led combat drone as it was flying in the country’s western coastal province of Hudaydah. An unnamed Yemeni military source told Arabic-language al-Masirah television network that Yemeni…