The link to the article Iranian-backed Houthi rebels seized twenty U.N. employees in Sanna, Yemen’s capital, which includes both local Yemenis and international employees working for agencies like UNICEF, WFP, and OCHA, when they rated a U.N. compound. They took communication equipment, including servers and phones, and questioned eleven of the staff members who were later released; however, many remained… Read more »
Link to article In the article, it talks about how JD Vance was in Israel, where he said that the United States is a partner in helping to support the fragile Gaza cease-fire, rather than a “dictator” or someone who will be determining the terms of the cease-fire. Vance made his comment standing next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,… Read more »
Link to article An Israeli military operation against Gaza followed by retaliatory strikes from Hamas has led to renewed fighting. The article notes a number of violent exchanges occurred at the border before a U.S.-brokered cease-fire was established; and that, with the death of one is Israel soldier, the recent escalation of violence began; and that since then, Israel launched… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-palestinians-weapons-refugee-camps-f28675f1c6b0b1ab52c0ad792baba39b Palestinian factions in the Ein el-Hilweh and Beddawi refugee camps in Lebanon turned over truckloads of weapons to Lebanese authorities on Saturday in another effort to remove arms outside state control. Three truckloads were turned in from Beddawi and five from the largest refugee camp in the country, Ein el-Hilweh. These weapons were from factions of… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/qatar-israel-hamas-strike-gaza-war-538e05733e1e05bc0252a5e3b7a78f1c Qatar’s Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, suspended INMED’s funding for senior Hamas negotiators site in Doha after diplomatic unrest. On hearing the news from the strike that killed 6 people including 5 Hamas members and a Qatari security officer, Sheikh Mohammed condemned the air strike as a “state terrorism”, and… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/israel-yemen-houthis-national-museum-839302a16035f8de113e4193bb2dcaa2 After several days in detention, Lana Shukri Kataw, the Deputy Director for UNICEF’s office in Yemen anad a national of Jordan, was released in Sanaa by Houthi rebels, and has since returned to Jordan. She was 1 of the 19 UN staff detained on August 31, 2023, during raids of UN offices, which was part of… Read more »