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Yemen rival sides, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi-endorsed regular forces, reached on the last day of UN-brokered talks in Sweden a cease fire in the vital Hodeidah port city. UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres Thursday said the two sides Read more
Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the consultations underway in Sweden between the two Yemeni warring sides and urged the parties to make progress “by exercising flexibility and engaging in good faith and without pre-conditions”. “The Secretary-General appeals to the warring Read more
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali has offered to play a mediation role in fixing rivalries between Yemeni warring sides in a conflict where more than 10 million people, mostly civilians, were killed. “War has no winner. It destroys the Read more
Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock warned, while launching Tuesday a major annual analysis of global humanitarian needs, that yemen will have the biggest problem in 2019 as three-quarters of the country’s population will likely need help. The conflict in Yemen Read more
A United Nations chartered aircraft has transported some fifty badly injured Yemenis from the capital Sana’a to hospitals in Muscat, the capital of Oman, for treatment, the UN envoy for the war-torn country has announced. In a tweet posted on Read more
Conditions in Yemen have deteriorated alarmingly, and the country is on the “brink of a major catastrophe” said Mark Lowcock – Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator – on returning from his mission to Yemen on Saturday. “But Read more
The European Union has adopted a €30 million program in support of vulnerable communities affected by prolonged displacement in Yemen. The package will address the urgent needs of internally displaced populations and vulnerable host communities in Yemen by providing basic Read more
The US reiterated late Wednesday its call for all parties to support UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths by “immediately ceasing hostilities and engaging in direct talks aimed at ending the conflict. “We welcome the UN Special Envoy’s statement Read more
The Yemeni Houthi rebels fighting forces of President Mansour Hadi and the Saudi-led military intervention in the poorest Arab country have announced the suspension of missile attacks on the Saudi Arabia after the coalition also halted its assault on the Read more
The US Senate Thursday killed efforts to block the sale of military hardware worth $300 million to Bahrain, which is part of the Saudi-led coalition waging war in Yemen. Efforts led by Sen. Rand Paul to block the arm sale Read more