Damage is seen following shelling at Mitiga airport in Tripoli, Libya, May 10, 2020. (Photo by Reuters) Amid rising Ankara-Abu Dhabi frictions, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has hit out at …
EXCLUSIVE-As COVID-19 cases in Yemen surge, some sources see undercounting
DUBAI, May 13 (Reuters) – Yemen has more suspected coronavirus cases and deaths than the authorities have so far reported, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the United Nations …
‘People are very afraid’: Yemen faces spectre of coronavirus amid aid cuts
Renewed fighting and deepening humanitarian crisis means Covid-19 could prove a fatal blow …
Coronavirus rages through more provinces in war-torn Yemen
Children return home after filling their jerrycans with water amid a severe shortage of water in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, on April 29, 2020. (Photo by AFP) The new coronavirus outbreak …
Yemen govt allies fight southern separatists over Zinjibar
Fighting broke out Monday between government troops and separatists in southern Yemen, officials said, in the first major clash since the Southern Transitional Council declared self-rule over the …
WHO Suspends Operations in Much of Yemen
The World Health Organization has suspended its operations in the main Houthi-held areas of Yemen to pressure the rebel group to be more open about suspected coronavirus cases. They include the Yemeni …
Yemen’s emergency coronavirus committee declares Aden an infested city
Yemen’s emergency coronavirus committee declared Aden, the seat to Yemen’s internationally recognised government, an infested city early on Monday after coronavirus cases there jumped to 35, including …
Yemen reports 17 new coronavirus cases, raising total number to 51
Yemen on Sunday reported 17 new coronavirus cases and one death, raising the total number of infections to 51 and total fatalities to eight, the emergency coronavirus committee of Yemen’s Saudi-backed …
WHO suspends staff activity in Yemen’s Houthi-held areas
War-ravaged Yemen is divided between the internationally recognised government temporarily based in the south and the Houthi movement that ousted it from power in the capital, Sanaa, in the north in …
Saudi to host Yemen donor conference on June 2
Saudi Arabia will host a donor conference to support Yemen on June 2, state media reported on Sunday, as the conflict-torn country faces the threat of coronavirus. The conference will be held …