U.N. panel calls for international inquiry in Yemen
The Arab-led coalition waging an air war in Yemen has carried out 119 sorties that violated humanitarian law, a U.N. panel of experts said in a report calling for an international commission of...
View ArticleLabour raises pressure on Cameron to explain Yemen involvement
Party leader and shadow foreign secretary write to PM demanding answers over UK military’s role in Saudi-led strikes...
View ArticleSaudi war on Yemen violates humanitarian law: UN panel
A UN panel of experts says Saudi Arabia’s months-long war on impoverished Yemen has violated the humanitarian law as many of the airstrikes have been carried out on civilian targets. The UN experts...
View ArticleUN report erodes UK logic for arming Saudis, rights group says
SANAA, Yemen — Human Rights Watch said Wednesday that a leaked United Nations report contradicts Britain's rationale for selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, pointing out that it says the Saudis as well as...
View ArticleDispatches: New Evidence Demolishes UK Claims on Saudi’s Yemen War (HRW -...
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) For months now, United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has denied that violations of the laws of war are being committed by the UK's ally, Saudi Arabia,...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia sees Yemen intervention as defence of 'backyard'
Conservative kingdom blames Iran for backing Houthi rebellion on its southern neighbour’s territory...
View ArticleUN report into Saudi-led strikes in Yemen raises questions over UK role
United Nations panel finds evidence that Saudi-led coalition has conducted widespread air strikes against civilian targets, in violation of international law...
View ArticleUN report: Yemen war abuses require investigation
A United Nations Panel of Experts says the UN Security Council should consider establishing an international commission of inquiry to investigate a range of alleged human right abuses that have...
View ArticleUN Panel Alleges Violations of International Law in Yemen
VOA News A U.N. panel is asking the Security Council to set up an inquiry into alleged violations of international law by all sides in Yemen. The experts say in a new report, obtained by media outlets...
View ArticleSaudi strikes on Yemen civilians may be crimes against humanity: U.N.
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A Saudi-led coalition fighting in neighboring Yemen has targeted civilians with air strikes and some of the attacks could be a crimes against humanity,...
View ArticleUN Panel Calls for Inquiry Into Alleged Saudi/Houthi Crimes in Yemen
A panel of UN experts have called on the Security Council to set up an international inquiry into the conflict in Yemen, amid reports of serious human rights violations carried out by both the...
View ArticleBritain to take UN report on Saudi violations in Yemen ‘extremely seriously’
The British government pledges to take “extremely seriously” a UN report which accuses Britain’s close ally, Saudi Arabia, of committing crimes against humanity in Yemen. The foreign office minister...
View ArticleLabour wins back panel inspecting arms exports
UK arms sales committee returns, as government faces UN report on Yemen bombing citing humanitarian law breaches...
View ArticleTop Yemeni Salafi cleric killed in Aden
The lifeless body of Yemen's top Salafi cleric in the southern port city of Aden was found disfigured on Sunday hours after he was abducted following an anti-extremism sermon, security officials told...
View ArticleExtremism must not prevail in Yemen
The murder of Yemen's leading Salafi cleric Samahan Abdel Aziz, also known as Sheikh Rawi, after he delivered a sermon denouncing Al Qaeda and ISIL highlights, yet again, the danger of these extremist...
View ArticleBritain is at war with Yemen. So why does nobody know about it?
Britain is arming and aiding a fundamentalist dictatorship that’s bombing and killing civilians. This is an incontestable fact. The Saudi tyranny – gay-hating women-oppressors who kicked off the year...
View ArticleWhy can no one stop US-backed Saudi carnage in Yemen?
The United States has come under heavy criticism for supporting Saudi Arabia in its war on Yemen despite being aware that the bombing...
View ArticleCoalition battling rebels in Yemen to probe abuses
The command of Arab coalition, battling Shia rebels in Yemen, has announced the creation of an independent commission of inquiry to examine charges of possible abuses against civilians in the conflict....
View ArticleAnalyst: Yemen's War Escalates as Sides Seek Negotiating Leverage
Mohamed Elshinnawi WASHINGTON— Yemen has recently experienced some of the fiercest fighting yet in its war between the Saudi-led coalition and Houthi rebels supported by forces loyal to former...
View ArticleImam murdered in Aden after denouncing extremists
Sanaa // An imam who delivered a passionate sermon in Aden on Friday denouncing Al Qaeda and ISIL has been abducted, tortured and killed. The disfigured body of Samahan Abdel Aziz, Yemen's leading...
View ArticleSaudi-led Coalition Says It Regrets Yemen Civilian Causalities
VOA News The Saudi-led coalition battling Houthi rebels in Yemen said Sunday it has put together an independent team to investigate civilian deaths. A coalition statement said it greatly regrets...
View ArticleSaudi-led coalition sets up body to probe actions in Yemen
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The Saudi-led coalition striking Shiite rebels in Yemen announced Monday that it is setting up an independent committee to probe the force's actions in the deeply...
View ArticleCoalition sets up panel to probe Yemen action
The Saudi-led coalition striking Houthi rebels in Yemen announced on Monday that it is setting up an independent committee to probe the force's...
View ArticleSaudi inquiry into war crime claims in Yemen inadequate, say rights groups
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty call for independent commission to look into allegations of war crimes, such as bombing of Médecins Sans Frontières clinics...
View ArticleHouthi fire kills 376 civilians in Saudi border zone, says coalition
RIYADH // Houthi rebels and their allies have killed 376 civilians in Saudi border regions since a Riyadh-led military operation was launched in Yemen last March, the coalition's spokesman said on...
View ArticleYemen crisis: UK 'should halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia'
The government should stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia amid claims civilians are being killed with UK weapons in the Yemen conflict, says a group of MPs. The International Development Committee says...
View ArticleUN chief urges Britain to stop arms sales to Saudi
Britain has come under renewed pressure to stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon accused the Saudis of indiscriminate bombing in Yemen and said countries such as the UK...
View ArticleBan Ki-moon adds to pressure on UK to stop arms sales to Saudis
UN secretary general accuses Saudi Arabia of indiscriminate bombing in Yemen and says Britain has duty to stop weapons flow...
View ArticleUK defends Saudi arms links amid UN allegations over Yemen
Britain's political opposition says the government should stop arms exports to Saudi Arabia until it investigates United Nations claims that civilians in Yemen are...
View ArticleSaudis Try To Sell Washington On Controversial Obama-Backed War In Yemen
WASHINGTON -- A top Saudi Arabian military official on Monday tried to win Washington support for the Saudi-led military campaign to restore Yemen's government, rejecting increasingly vocal criticism...
View ArticleSaudi warns aid workers to leave rebel areas in Yemen
Saudi Arabia, which is leading air strikes against rebels in neighbouring Yemen, has warned the United Nations and international aid groups to protect staff by removing them from areas held by Houthi...
View ArticleSaudi warns U.N., aid workers to leave rebel-held areas in Yemen
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, which is leading air strikes against rebels in neighboring Yemen, has warned the United Nations and international aid groups to protect staff by removing them...
View ArticleSaudi-led coalition intercepts weapons from Iran in Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen has intercepted a cargo ship coming from Djibouti to Hodeidah port carrying military equipment under the guise of carrying medical supplies....
View Article2 killed, 15 wounded in Saudi-led strike on Yemen workshop
A Saudi-led coalition air strike on a sewing workshop killed at least two people and wounded 15 in the rebel-held Yemeni capital on Sunday, the owner told AFP. "Two employees, including a 14-year-old...
View Article'Humanitarian catastrophe' unfolding in Yemen: UN
The UN humanitarian chief has said a "humanitarian catastrophe" is unfolding in Yemen with more than 21 million Yemenis in need of some form of aid. Stephen O'Brien said on Tuesday that the situation...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia stops Yemen-bound ship carrying communications equipment
RIYADH (Reuters) - The World Food Programme (WFP) says communications equipment that Saudi Arabia stopped from entering Yemen on one of its chartered ships last week, fearing it was meant for the...
View ArticleUN says a 'humanitarian catastrophe' is unfolding in Yemen
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Tuesday that a "humanitarian catastrophe" is unfolding in Yemen, exacerbated by increasing restrictions on efforts to respond to the staggering needs...
View ArticleUN Launching $1.8 Billion Campaign for Urgent Aid in Yemen
VOA News The United Nations is preparing to ask international donors for $1.8 billion to pay for humanitarian aid to millions of people in Yemen this year. U.N. humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien told...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Is Killing Civilians With US Bombs
Saudi Arabia has engaged in war crimes, and the United States is aiding and abetting them by providing the Saudis with military assistance. In September 2015, Saudi aircraft killed 135 wedding...
View ArticleYemen: Saudi Warnings No Free Pass to Attack (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (Beirut) - Saudi Arabia's warnings to aid organizations to leave possible battle areas in Yemen are not sufficient. The warnings don't absolve the Saudi-led coalition...
View ArticleSaudi report documents war crimes by Houthis
The Al Houthi militias and forces loyal to ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh have committed 184,551 violations against the people of Yemen in 2015, which resulted in the death of 8,182 people across...
View ArticleSaudi coalition, Houthi rebels restricting Yemen aid access: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A Saudi Arabia-led coalition and Houthi rebels fighting in Yemen are both restricting humanitarian aid access in the impoverished country where more than 80 percent of people...
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