Despite hopeful signs, the developments in Yemen are a mixed bag of progress toward a political settlement and a reversion to fighting.
Saudi forces have killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants at Yemen border: report
Saudi Arabia’s border security forces are accused of “widespread and systematic” killing of Ethiopian migrants crossing from Yemen in what Human Rights Watch says could constitute crimes against …
New round of Oman’s Yemen peace efforts: will failure be costly to Saudis? (Analysis)
A new round of diplomatic movements in Yemen case is launched by the Omanis as on the one hand the UN special representative to Yemen Hans Grunberg following his recent visit to Riyadh, Sana’a, and …
Yemen: Reviving the Old City of Sanaa bombed during the war
Inhabited without interruption for more than 2,500 years, the Yemeni Old City of Sanaa’s is a World Heritage site. Its iconic mosques and burnt-brick tower-houses have faced direct threats from air …
‘Losing Old Sanaa’: historic city reels from Yemen war
Doaa al-Waseai spent many happy years working as a tour guide in the Old City of Yemen’s capital Sanaa, showing foreigners its hidden hammams and markets teeming with silver and spices.
Threats to return to war in Yemen hinder efforts to start peace talks, UN envoy says
A senior U.N. official says public threats to return to war in Yemen are hindering efforts to start peace talks as the Arab world’s poorest country faces an increasingly dire economic situation.
World Food Programme in Yemen may ‘have to take from hungry to feed starving’
The UN’s World Food Programme says it is being forced to reduce assistance to more than four million people in Yemen because of a lack of money. The WFP said on Friday that it expects that as many as …
UN says forced to cut Yemen rations, compounding food crisis
More than four million Yemenis will receive less food assistance as a result of funding shortages, compounding one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, the UN’s food agency warned Friday.Without …
WFP faces deep funding crisis for Yemen operations, cuts loom for vital programs
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) revealed a looming funding crisis for its operations in Yemen, starting from the end of September. This dire situation is anticipated to force WFP to make …
A rusting tanker, a civil war: Averting environmental disaster in Yemen
The U.N. spearheaded an operation to transfer some 42 million gallons of oil from a decaying supertanker — a rare dose of good news for war-racked Yemen.