Throughout the past two and a half years, the middle-eastern country of Yemen has been becoming increasingly destabilized, a situation which began with a rough political transition and the corresponding rise of the Houthi rebel movement and jihadist groups. It began with massive protests in 2012, the President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a very authoritarian leader, was forced to resign, leaving… Read more »
Theresa May: Saudi blockade on Yemen must be eased British Prime Minister Theresa May has called on Saudi Arabia to ease the siege on Yemen “as a matter of urgency” to avert “a humanitarian catastrophe”. The statement, published by May’s office on Thursday, said the British leader met King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman late on Wednesday during her… Read more »
Yemen rebel chief threatens to hit back over Saudi blockade SANAA (AFP) – The leader of Yemen’s powerful Huthi rebels on Thursday threatened retaliation over a land, air and sea blockade imposed on the war-torn country by a Saudi-led alliance supporting the government. Rebel chief Abdulmalik al-Huthi warned against “prolonging the blockade” imposed on Yemen following a November 4 Huthi missile… Read more »
Yemen crisis: Who is fighting whom? – BBC Yemen, one of the Arab world’s poorest countries, has been devastated by a war between forces loyal to the internationally-recognised government of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and those allied to the Houthi rebel movement. More than 8,600 people have been killed and 49,000 injured since March 2015, many of them in air… Read more »
Yemen war: Fighting breaks out among allied rebels – BBC There have been deadly clashes between Yemen’s allied Houthi rebels and supporters of ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, as tensions between them grow. Mr Saleh’s General People’s Congress (GPC) party said four people were killed in fighting at the main mosque in the capital, Sanaa, on Wednesday. It accused the Houthis… Read more »
Recently with the ongoing war in syria, The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued a report regarding the plight of children.Estimated, there are about 2 million children affected by the crisis inside Syria. Another 500,000 children are thought to be among the million refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt, which are struggling to cope with the constant stream of refugees…. Read more »
Activists slam Israel’s decision to prevent entry of seven French officials into Israel owing to their support of BDS. A recent law has been used to deny entry to activists calling for a boycott of Israel [File: EPA] byJaclynn Ashly Palestinians and rights groups have denounced Israel’s decision to prevent the entry of seven French officials into Israel owing to… Read more »
Doha, Qatar – Some of the world’s leading thinkers in the fields of education, technology and economic development convened here for the eighth World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE). About 2,000 participants from more than 100 countries will attend the two-day summit that started on Wednesday which, since its establishment in 2009, has become a premier international gathering on the… Read more »
As many as a million children have been orphaned by more than six years of war in Syria, with either one or both parents killed. The UN has warned against the dangers facing children without parents – such as lack of education, trafficking and being indoctrinated by armed groups. Many children are living in orphanages being run by local charities… Read more »
Egypt’s feared former security chief is reportedly advising Saudi Arabia’s crown prince amid mass arrests of the kingdom’s elite and allegations of physical abuse during their detention. Habib el-Adly – who reportedly fled Egypt after his corruption conviction last April – is in Saudi Arabia, the New York Times quoted an Adly adviser and a former Egyptian interior minister as… Read more »