Yemen, one of the world’s poorest countries, has been devastated by a civil war for three years now. This ongoing conflict is between two factions: the then-incumbent Yemen government, led by Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, and the Houthi militia, with their supporters and allies at their aid. Both sides claim they are in control or should be in control of the… Read more »
Rimbo, Sweden – November was one of the bloodiest months in the war in Yemen with at least 2,959 documented deaths, a war monitor has said, as the Saudi-UAE coalition intensified its bombing campaign ahead of UN-sponsored peace talks in Sweden. The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) reported on Tuesday that at least 28,115 fatalities were recorded in the first 11 months… Read more »
Rimbo, Sweden – Yemen’s warring sides have agreed terms on a large-scale prisoner swap with more than 16,000 detainees expected to be released early next year. After a closed-door meeting at peace talks in Sweden, which concluded with handshakes, hugs and kisses; Askar Zouail, a member of the government’s delegation, said his side had submitted the names of 8,576 detainees to the UN, while the… Read more »
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers raided the official Palestinian news agency on Monday in the occupied West Bank, a day after suspected Palestinian gunmen opened fire on Israelis outside a nearby Jewish settlement. Wafa, the Palestinian Authority news service, said on its website that troops entered the server room and went through recordings at its main office in… Read more »
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The Arab League has told Brazil’s right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro that moving Brazil’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would be a setback for relations with Arab countries, in a letter seen by Reuters on Monday. Such a move by Bolsonaro, who takes office on Jan. 1, would be a sharp shift in Brazilian foreign policy, which has… Read more »