Yemen

Saudi Arabia used “incentives and threats” as part of a lobbying campaign to shut down a United Nation (UN) investigation of human right violations committed by all sides in the Yemen conflict, sources with close knowledge of the matter disclosed.

The death toll from Yemen’s war will reach 377,000 by the end of 2021, including those killed as a result of indirect and direct causes, a new United Nations report has projected. The report estimates some 1.3 million people will die by 2030 if the conflict drags on.

Explosions have rocked the northern neighborhoods of Yemeni capital Sanaa following air raids by the Riyadh-led coalition.

A senior Yemeni official has warned Saudi Arabia of “more painful and crippling” counterattacks in case Riyadh presses ahead with its war and siege against its neighbor.

The Yemeni army says they have launched a large-scale military operation inside Saudi Arabia, hitting the kingdom’s Khaled airbase and Aramco refinery. The "Eighth Deterrence Operation" was carried out by 14 drones.

Yemeni troops have carried out a series of aerial attacks on military targets in southwest Saudi Arabia.  

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned more than 16 million Yemenis are food insecure. It comes as Saudi Arabia keeps bombing the southern neighbor in defiance of international calls to end its bloody war on the poor nation.

The leader of al-Qaeda in Yemen has disclosed the group's terrorists have fought alongside Saudi-led coalition troops and militants loyal to Yemen's former president against the Ansarullah movement.

Saudi fighter jets have targeted several areas in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, as well as Amran and Sa’dah provinces on Wednesday evening.

More than seven million people in war-ravaged Yemen need shelter and non-food assistance, the United Nation refugee agency has warned.

Yemen’s Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Al-Ezzi says the US keeps on misleading American and international public opinion on Saudi-led war on Yemen.

Saudi-led coalition has banned a ship carrying 29,545 tons of diesel from docking at the Red Sea port of Hudaydah in Yemen. The ship had the necessary clearances from a UN body. Hudaydah is a major lifeline for nearly two-thirds of the besieged country.

The Yemeni forces have arrived at the entrances of the Marib city on different fronts after liberating areas adjacent to the city.

The Houthi movement in Yemen has threatened to ban Saudi Arabia's products from entering northern Yemen. The warning comes in response to Riyadh’s boycott on Lebanese products over the remarks of an official in Beirut.

A top Iranian diplomat, addressing the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, has called for the lifting of sanctions against Syria as well as ending to the siege of Yemen.

Yemen has blasted the United Nations (UN) Security Council’s statement over urgent ceasefire across the war-ravaged country, calling it pro-Riyadh. Sanaa has stressed the UNSC continues to condemn the legitimate right of Yemeni civilians to defend themselves and ignore the war crimes committed by Saudi-led coalition.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported at least 10,000 children have been killed or maimed in Saudi-led Yemen war. The body also announced four out of every five kids need humanitarian assistance in the war-ravaged country.

The UN Human Rights Council has voted to shut down the body’s war crimes probe in Yemen. Saudi Arabia has been accused of bombing residential areas, schools and hospitals which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians. Reports suggest Riyadh has heavily lobbied against the resolution.

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said Riyadh is conducting a “dialogue” with Washington regarding the war in Yemen. He says Riyadh is seeking to end the Yemen war.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Swedish counterpart Ann Linde held talks on bilateral ties and regional issues, including the situation in Yemen and Afghanistan during their meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

The US House of Representatives approved a measure on Thursday that would force an end to maintenance and intelligence support for Saudi Arabia’s airstrikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

More than half of Yemen's population are "marching towards starvation", and unless the international community steps up support, food assistance could soon run out, the United Nations (UN) warns.

Yemen's Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf dismissed US accusation that mentioned Yemen as a great terror threat, saying Washington should blame Riyadh for supporting terrorists in the region.

A United Nations panel reported Wednesday that at least 18,000 Yemeni civilians have been killed or wounded in Saudi-led airstrikes since the kingdom launched the war on its southern neighbor six years ago.

A senior Yemeni official believes the Riyadh-led war on his country would have ended years ago if there had not been political and military support from Washington for the kingdom.