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Hamas: “We condemn in the strongest terms the brutal Zionist aggression on the sovereignty of the Republic of Yemen”

By Kouthar Sambo "We condemn in the strongest terms the brutal Zionist aggression on the sovereignty of the Republic of Yemen, targeting oil facilities and civilian infrastructure, including the port and the electricity company in the port of Al-Hudaydah city, resulting in martyrs and injured civilians." This is according to the Palestinian resistance group Hamas following the attack launched by the Israeli occupation on Yemen’s Al Hudaydah port. According to […]

23 July 2024

International

US senators urge caution on Saudi Arabia’s demands for Israel normalisation

A group of 20 US senators on Wednesday sent a letter to the Biden administration raising a number of concerns over the reported concessions Washington was discussing in order to broker a normalisation agreement between Saudi Arabia and Israel. The letter, spearheaded by Senators Chris Murphy, Chris Van Hollen, Peter Welch, and Dick Durbin, said that the lawmakers were keeping an "open mind about any agreement that would potentially deepen the political, cultural and economic ties […]

5 October 2023

International

Yemen: Anger mounts in Aden as temperatures and power outages soar

As the summer heat scorches Yemen, authorities in the coastal city of Aden are cracking down on demonstrators protesting against the dire economic situation and near-constant power outages. With temperatures reaching record highs across Europe and the Middle East as climate change accelerates, reliable electricity supplies are needed to run fans and air conditioning units, with people seeking some relief from the heat. Aden is currently recording temperatures in the […]

18 July 2023

International

Arabic press review: Lebanese journalist sentenced to a year in prison for defamation

Journalist Dima Sadek sentenced to a year in prison A Lebanese court sentenced prominent Lebanese journalist Dima Sadek to one year in prison following a lawsuit by the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement party (FPM) Gebran Bassil, Lebanese newspaper L’Orient Today reported on Tuesday. In the lawsuit filed in 2020, the former foreign minister accused the journalist of "defamation and libel" after she denounced the party for "incitement" and "racism". In a video posted on Twitter, Sadek said […]

17 July 2023

International

Hajj pilgrims take off from Yemen to Saudi Arabia in first direct flight since 2016

The first commercial flight from Yemen's rebel-held capital to Saudi Arabia since 2016 took off carrying Hajj pilgrims on Saturday, in the latest sign of easing tensions after years of war. A Yemenia Airways plane carrying 277 travellers departed at around 8 pm (1700 GMT), an official told AFP, seven years since Sanaa's international airport was blockaded by the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iran-backed Houthi movement. "Hopefully, the blockade will end, and the airport will remain open. We […]

18 June 2023

International

UN: Malnutrition risk for half a million Yemen children

The United Nations (UN) announced on Friday that half a million children in areas controlled by the Yemeni government are at risk of acute malnutrition this year. This came in a joint statement issued by three UN agencies, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP), a copy of which was received by Anadolu Agency. "As acute malnutrition continues […]

27 May 2023

International

UN fails to raise enough money for Yemen oil tanker operation

The United Nations, on Thursday, fell far short of raising the money it needs for an operation to salvage 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying vessel moored off Yemen's coast and avert an environmental disaster, Reuters reports. UN officials have been warning for years that the Red Sea and Yemen's coastline was at risk as the Safer tanker could spill four times as much oil as the 1989 Exxon Valdez […]

5 May 2023

International

Sudan: Conflict tests limits of Gulf powers’ new diplomacy

The breakout of war in Sudan is testing Gulf powers’ willingness to pursue a more subtle form of statecraft after nearly a decade of heated, and often tortuous, intervention in regional conflicts. The images of Sudanese army forces led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and paramilitary fighters commanded by his erstwhile ally, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, battling it out in the streets of Khartoum is in stark contrast to recent news headlines from […]

29 April 2023

International

Measles spreads among children in Yemen

The deadly measles disease has spread among children in Hajjah province in north-western Yemen, medical aid group, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), warned on Tuesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. "So many children are presenting with measles at Abs hospital" in Hajjah province, MSF Director, Christos Christou, said on Twitter. "There is a gap in routine vaccination among children," he added. The MSF Director arrived in Yemen a few days ago to have a […]

8 March 2023

Yemen

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