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19 children among dead in recent Yemen strikes: UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 20 10:09 PM

Saturday's airstrikes came after the Iran-aligned rebels claimed to have shot down an aircraft of the Saudi-led coalition supporting the government. Read more »

US kills leader of al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula -Trump

Reuters
Posted at Feb 07 11:44 AM

President Donald Trump said Thursday the United States had killed Qassim al-Raymi, the leader of Islamist group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), in a counterterrorism operation in Yemen.   Read more »

US targeted Iranian official in Yemen in failed strike - sources

Phil Stewart, Reuters
Posted at Jan 11 07:03 AM

The United States carried out a secret operation in Yemen that targeted, but failed to kill, an Iranian military official last week, 2 US officials told Reuters on Friday. Read more »

Pope Francis defends migrants, calls for peace in Christmas message

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Dec 25 08:29 PM

In his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) Christmas Day message, the 83-year-old Pope called for peace in the Holy Land, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Venezuela, Ukraine and several African countries caught up in conflicts. Read more »

2 million children out of school in war-torn Yemen: UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 25 04:50 PM

Two million children are out of school in war-torn Yemen, a fourth of whom have dropped out since the conflict escalated in March 2015, the UN children's agency said Wednesday. Read more »

Gov't says ready to evacuate Pinoys in Saudi after attacks

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 03:19 PM

The government assured Filipino migrant workers in Saudi Arabia Tuesday that it is prepared to evacuate them if necessary, following the weekend bombing of oil facilities there.   Read more »

Saudi attacks expose threat to critical infrastructure

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 16 10:19 PM

The strike on Saudi oil infrastructure highlights the easy vulnerability of such facilities even as the kingdom has splurged billions on sophisticated defense hardware. Read more »

United States blames Iran for Saudi attacks

Alexandra Alper, Reuters
Posted at Sep 15 08:18 AM

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday accused Iran of leading attacks on Saudi oil plants that have cut the kingdom's output roughly in half, as he ruled out Yemeni involvement and denounced Tehran for engaging in false diplomacy. Read more »

Attacks on Saudi facilities threaten spare oil capacity, price hikes

Collin Eaton, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 15 09:11 AM

HOUSTON - Saturday's attacks on key Saudi Arabia processing plants will test the world's ability to handle a supply crisis as it faces the temporary loss of more than 5% of global supply from the world's biggest crude exporter.   Read more »

More than 100 killed in air strike on Yemen prison: ICRC

Jamil Nasser and Shatha Yaish, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 02 06:48 AM

More than 100 people are believed to have been killed in an air strike by the Saudi-led military coalition on a detention center in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Sunday.   Read more »

UAE airstrikes raise tensions with Yemen gov't

Shatha Yaish, Agence France Presse
Posted at Aug 31 01:26 AM

DUBAI - The United Arab Emirates has confirmed it launched airstrikes on Yemen's interim capital Aden, after furious accusations from the internationally recognized government which has lost control of the city to UAE-backed separatists.   Read more »

This man escaped war-torn Yemen and became the world's foremost coffee evangelist

Joyce Reyes-Aguila
Updated as of Aug 01 05:05 PM

"Coffee will outlast bombs," says Mokhtar Alkhanshali, founder of the Port of Mokha. Having survived through hardships, he is now helping farmers back in his country, teaching at Yale and UC Berkeley, and is the subject of an award-winning book by David Eggers.  Read more »

Yemen rebels hit Saudi airport; coalition vows action

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 13 05:24 AM

A Yemeni rebel missile attack on an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia wounded 26 civilians on Wednesday, drawing promises of "stern action" from the Saudi-led coalition fighting the rebels. Read more »

Yemen's Houthis: Drone attacked Saudi airport

Reuters
Posted at May 24 12:30 AM

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement on Thursday launched a drone attack on a Patriot missile battery in the airport of the Saudi city of Najran near the Yemeni border, the group's Al-Masirah TV said on Thursday. Read more »

Senate rebukes Trump on Saudi, backs war powers resolution

Patricia Zengerle, Reuters
Posted at Mar 14 08:12 AM

WASHINGTON - The Republican-led U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved a resolution seeking to end U.S. support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the war in Yemen, in a rebuke of President Donald Trump's policy toward the kingdom. Read more »

Saudi Arabia slams US Senate vote as 'interference'

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 17 10:23 AM

Saudi Arabia on Sunday rejected as "interference" a US Senate resolution to end American military support for a Riyadh-led war in Yemen, and another holding its crown prince responsible for the murder of critic Jamal Khashoggi. Read more »

UN chief to attend Yemen peace talks amid de-escalation push

Natacha Yazbeck, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 12 07:24 AM

The UN Secretary-General will attend the closing session of talks between Yemen's government and rival rebels in Sweden this week, his office said Tuesday, amid a last-minute push to contain the violence in two of the war-torn country's hotspots. Read more »

UN eyes 2019 Yemen peace talks

Natacha Yazbeck, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 10 07:36 AM

Another round of talks on the Yemen conflict will likely take place in the coming months, sources said Sunday, as warring parties met for UN-sponsored talks in Sweden.  Read more »

Starvation leaves Yemeni boy Ghazi too weak to cry

Marzooq al-Jabiry with Dana Moukhallati in Dubai, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 21 10:45 AM

TAEZ, Yemen - Skin and bones, 10-year-old Ghazi Saleh lies on a hospital bed in the southwestern Yemeni city of Taez barely breathing. He only weighs eight kilograms. Read more »

Saudi king backs son amid furor over Khashoggi murder

Anuj Chopra, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 20 09:47 AM

Saudi King Salman stood by the crown prince and heaped praise on the judiciary Monday, in his first public remarks since critic Jamal Khashoggi's murder tipped the country into one of its worst crises. Read more »