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Yemenis displaced by fresh violence face bleak winter
ADEN, Yemen – Having endured almost three years of conflict in Yemen’s Red Sea governorate of Al Hudaydah, the Saad* family were finally forced to flee their home after fresh fighting that swept the area in recent weeks destroyed their…
Yemen: ‘Heart-breaking’ mass drowning a symptom of devastating conflict and humanitarian crisis
Responding to reports that at least 30 Somali and Ethiopian refugees and migrants drowned after leaving the coast of south-western Yemen to flee back to Africa, Lynn Maalouf, Director of Research for the Middle East at Amnesty…
UN: Yemen 2018, the worst humanitarian crisis in the world”
We will witness the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, and unless the world moves to stop the war in Yemen, the disastrous humanitarian situation is likely to deteriorate further,” UN said during 2018.
UN gave to the international…
6 Yemenis killed in 31 Saudi American airstrikes over Monday
Six Yemeni civilians were killed, including children, in numerous air raids and international banned cluster bombs waged by the Saudi-led coalition over the past 24 hours, according to official reports combined by Yemen Press Agency on…
IFRC warns over escalation of humanitarian crisis in Yemen
President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Francesco Rocca has warned against escalation of humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
The prevalence of contagious diseases and food shortage have put many…
9 civilians killed, 6 injured in 37 Saudi airstrikes, attacks on Yemen in a single day
At least nine civilians were killed, including children, and six wounded when the Saudi-led coalition waged over 37 airstrikes and ground attacks on several governorates of Yemen over the last 24 hours, according to summarized reports on…
Yemeni children face ‘worst diphtheria outbreak’ amid blockade
Save the Children organisation said Yemen is going through its worst “diphtheria outbreak for a generation” which has so far killed at least 52 people.
Deaths resulting from a diphtheria outbreak in Yemen are “likely to rise” if the naval…
35 Saudi airstrikes rock Yemeni governorates over Sunday
The Saudi-led coalition have conducted 35 airstrikes over the past few hours on several governorates, causing severe damage to residents’ properties, a military official told YemenExtra on Monday.
In the northeastgovernorate of Marib,…
UN: Yemen’s humanitarian response plan for 2018 needs $3 billion
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator and the United Nations Resident Representative in Yemen, Jimmy McGoldrick, launched on Sunday the Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan for Yemen in 2018.
McGoldrick told a news conference that the UN…
UN: Amid continued Saudi campaign, 32,000 forced to flee homes in Yemen in 2 months
More than 32,000 people in Yemen have been forced to flee their homes in a time span of two months, the United Nations says, due to the continued campaign led by Saudi Arabia that has also claimed thousands of lives.
In total, the UN…