Saudi Arabia has signed a series of deals to provide more than $200 million in funding to United Nations aid agencies operating in Yemen, just days after a CNN investigation highlighted a crisis in …
Donkeys turn into prized asset as Yemen economy sags
Abu Mohammed fusses over the donkeys he is selling in war-torn Yemen, where the animal has become a must-have commodity at a time of biting fuel and currency crises. Yemenis have resorted to using …
UN Antonio Guterres chief urges all parties in Yemen to cease hostilities
General Antonio Guterres urged all parties in Yemen to cease hostilities and pledged that the UN will continue to support them in implementing agreements signed since 2018 …
10 million children facing famine in Yemen with suffering ‘only likely to get worse’
The war in Yemen is one of the world’s most intractable conflicts and its worst humanitarian crisis.The UN says more than 10,000 people have died in the past 18 months – 100,000 since 2015 – and 80% …
Congress Pressures Trump Administration to Restore Aid to Yemen
Lawmakers warn the administration’s aid cuts will exacerbate the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, even as State Department officials worry about being on the hook …
War Crime Risk Grows for U.S. Over Saudi Strikes in Yemen
State Department officials have raised alarms about the legal risk in aiding airstrikes that kill civilians. The Trump administration recently suppressed findings as it sold more weapons to Gulf …
U.N. sent draft ceasefire deal to Yemen’s warring parties last week
U.N. Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that he sent an “advanced draft” of a ceasefire deal to Yemen’s warring parties last week and “now is the time for the …
Yemen warring parties to travel to Switzerland to discuss prisoner releases
Delegations from Yemen’s warring parties are due to meet in Switzerland this week for talks on a U.N.-backed prisoner exchange deal, which U.N. Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday he hopes …
UN warns of Yemen famine, no aid from Saudis, UAE, Kuwait
The U.N. human chief warned Tuesday “the specter of famine” has returned to conflict-torn Yemen and for the first time singled out Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait for giving nothing …
1.5 Million Beneficiaries of Saudi Water Project in Aden, Yemen
To meet the needs of roughly 1.5 million people in and around Yemen’s provisional capital, Aden, the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) is expanding and developing the use …