Saudi Arabia seeking face-saving withdrawal from Yemen
IRNA – Saudi Arabia seems to making every endavor to pull itself out of quagmire of Yemen conflict, the deadly theater which…
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Aid charity Oxfam warns of ‘massive resurgence of cholera’ in Yemen
Press TV – Oxfam International, a confederation of 20 independent charitable organizations, has warned of a “massive resurgence of cholera” amid an…
Iran slams Trump’s veto of Yemen war bill
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif denounced the US president’s veto of a congressional resolution to end US military assistance…
Trump’s veto over Yemen is a scandalous abuse of presidential power
The Guardian | Simon Tisdall: Expected or not, Donald Trump’s veto of a bipartisan Congressional resolution to end US military involvement in…
Iran condemns deadly Saudi-led air raid on Yemeni civilians
Tasnim – Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned an aerial attack by the Saudi-led military coalition on a residential area in Yemen’s capital…
New Saudi airstrikes kill 13 civilians, including schoolchildren, in Yemen
Press TV – More than a dozen civilians, most of them schoolchildren, have been killed in the latest round of airstrikes by Saudi…
Iran says it seeks peace and stability in Yemen, entire region
AP — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says his country wants an end to the war in Yemen. Speaking after a meeting with…
Pope blames Europe, US weapons for children killed in wars
AP — Pope Francis blamed Europe and the United States for the deaths of children in Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan, saying Saturday…
Not too late to stop nightmare of war on Yemen, Zarif tells Saudis
Press TV – On the eve of the fifth year of Saudi Arabia’s bloody war on Yemen, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad…
Iran urges Yemen ceasefire, end to economic blockade
Press TV – Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the Islamic Republic supports an overarching ceasefire in Yemen while calling for an end to…
Iran, EU to hold 5th round of talks on Yemen
MNA – The 5th round of talks between Iran and the European Union on the latest development in Yemen is slated to…
Yemenis downed 19 Saudi Apache copters during war: Army spokesman
Press TV – Yemen’s army says the country’s air defense has managed to shoot down 19 Saudi Apache helicopters since the outbreak…
If you ‘care’ about Yemenis, back Saudi war: Pompeo to senators
Press TV – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has rebuked senators for passing a resolution to end Washington’s support for the…
Senate votes to end US aid in Saudi fight in Yemen
The Wall Street Journal – The Senate approved a measure on Wednesday that would end U.S. military assistance for the Saudi-led war…
Twenty-two civilians killed, including children, in north Yemen: U.N.
Reuters – Air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition killed at least 22 civilians, including women and children, this week in a village…
Iran urges halt to arms sales for resolution of Yemen crisis
Tasnim – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman called on Western governments like Britain to show serious determination to resolve the conflict in Yemen…
In Yemen, war can reach children wherever they are: UN
Press TV – The United Nations’ children’s agency says the war in Yemen continues to take a “horrific toll” on children despite…
Yemen truce victim of Riyadh, allies’ militarism
Alwaght – The UN on February 18 in a statement announced that after several rounds of talks and a resultant agreement between…
Over 80,000 kids under the age of five have died of starvation in Yemen, UN chief says
Press TV – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says tens of thousands of children under the age of five have died of…
UAE buys $1.8 billion US arms amid Yemen war
Press TV – The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia’s main partner in a Riyadh-led coalition invading Yemen, has bought around $1.8 billion…
Warring sides in Yemen agree on ‘Phase 1’ of redeploying forces in Hudaydah: UN
Press TV – The Houthi fighters and Saudi-backed militants loyal to the ex-Yemeni government have reached an agreement on “Phase 1” of their…
In Warsaw meeting; US, allies accuse Iran of meddling in Yemen, ignore Saudi aggression
MNA – The Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, the UK and the US, in a joint declaration on Wednesday, accused…
Fresh Saudi-led airstrikes kill 8 Yemeni fishermen near Hudaydah
Press TV – Warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition waging war on Yemen have targeted a fishing boat in the waters off the…
Violence in the name of God: Pope condemns Saudi-led war in Yemen
Sputnik – Pope Francis, ahead of his historic and unprecedented Sunday visit to the Arabian Peninsula, issued his strongest condemnation to date…
Yemen’s Houthis, ex-govt. representatives meet aboard UN ship
Press TV – A United Nations-appointed committee tasked with monitoring a ceasefire in the Yemeni city of Hudaydah has started its new…
Yemen’s rival parties must pull forces out of Hudaydah: UN envoy
Press TV – The United Nations’ special envoy for Yemen has called on the country’s warring sides to pull their forces out of the…
Two killed as Saudi-led coalition intensifies air raids against Yemen’s Sana’a Province
Press TV – The Saudi Arabia-led coalition has carried out deadly air raids against 15 targets, including a food factory, in Yemen’s…
Several Saudi troops killed in Yemeni forces’ retaliatory attack on Jizan
Press TV – Yemeni forces have carried out a retaliatory drone attack against Saudi forces, killing a number of them in the…
Yemeni troops hit Saudi bases in retaliation for air raids
Press TV – Yemen’s army, backed by Houthi forces, has launched fresh retaliatory attacks against Saudi forces inside the kingdom, leaving an…
Saudi mercenaries steal aid as Yemen starves: Report
Alwaght – Thousands of families leaving in Yemen’s Taiz are not getting food aid intended for them, because armed units allied with…
Iran’s envoy blasts media’s silence over S. Arabia’s use of Darfur kid soldiers in Yemen war
FNA – Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baeedinejad blasted the silence of the Persian-language media stationed abroad over the deployment of Darfur…
Saudi jets bomb Hudaydah after arrival of UN observers
Press TV – Saudi Arabia, which has invaded Yemen, has carried out new airstrikes in the Red Sea port of Hudaydah despite a…
Saudi Arabia weakened as Iran plans to consolidate gains
The Guardian |Martin Chulov: Yemen war and killing of Jamal Khashoggi have put pressure on the kingdom that shows no sign of…
Iranian speaker highlights futility of war on Yemen
Tasnim – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani denounced military aggression against people of Yemen, saying the warmongers have not achieved any of…
The US Senate’s role in the killing of Yemeni children
MNA – The US Senate voted on Thursday to end American military assistance for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. This was reported…
Yemen’s Hudaydah calm after ceasefire takes effect: Report
Tasnim – Yemen’s port city of Hudaydah was calm Tuesday following heavy clashes that erupted after the UN-brokered ceasefire started at midnight,…
Senior Iranian MP: Aggressors should leave Yemen for success of Stockholm talks
FNA – A senior Iranian legislator underlined the need for the withdrawal of the Saudi-led coalition from Yemen to help success of…
Delusions, strategic mistake led Saudis to invade Yemen: Iran
Press TV – Iran says Saudi Arabia’s decision to invade Yemen is the result of the Riyadh regime’s “delusions” about its military…
Heavy clashes as Saudi push in Hudaydah repelled
Press TV – Saudi airstrikes and fierce clashes have shaken the outskirts of Yemen’s Hudaydah despite a UN-brokered ceasefire that Yemenis already…
Yemen’s Houthis dismiss UN claims about final truce in Hudaydah
Press TV – The spokesman of Yemen’s ruling Houthi Ansarullah movement has expressed doubts about United Nations’ assertions about a recent peace deal…