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Millions of lives still at risk after 1,000 days of war in Yemen, warns aid agency

Tue Dec 19, 2017 07:58:47

Yemen risks sliding into famine and further disease outbreaks unless all the country’s ports are fully reopened, aid agency CARE has warned as the country marks 1,000 days since conflict began.

UN aid workers return to Yemen on first flight to Sanaa - U.N.

Sat Nov 25, 2017 12:48:09

A flight carrying humanitarian aid workers landed in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Saturday, the first after a nearly three week blockade imposed by the Saudi-led military coalition, an official of the U.N.'s World Food Programme (WFP) said.

Yemen: Hudaydah protesters march against Saudi blockade [Video]

Tue Nov 21, 2017 09:08:26

Protesters marched through Hudaydah to protest against the Saudi-led coalition blockade of Yemen. The protesters carried banners with slogans such as "closing all Yemen ports is genocide against the Yemeni People."

The Saudi war on Yemen is killing 130 children a day

Mon Nov 20, 2017 13:57:05

The Saudi-led coalition is waging total war on Yemen in a bid to defeat the Houthis [Ansarullah].

World Food Program fears more Yemen deaths amid blockade

Mon Nov 20, 2017 13:06:26

The head of the World Food Program says millions in Yemen face the risk of more deaths as aid deliveries cannot get to the needy because the blockade by the Saudi-led coalition is still in place.

Yemen's Ansarullah warn Saudi Arabia over blockade

Mon Nov 13, 2017 13:33:29

A top leader of Yemen's Ansarullah movement who are at war with a Saudi-led military coalition is vowing retaliation against the oil-rich kingdom over its disastrous blockade of the war-torn country.

Saudi Arabia says it will reopen Yemen airports, seaports

Mon Nov 13, 2017 10:02:38

Saudi Arabia's mission to the United Nations says the Saudi-led coalition fighting Ansarullah movement in Yemen will begin reopening airports and seaports in the Arab world's poorest country.

Yemen flights canceled after coalition shuts all ports

Mon Nov 6, 2017 11:32:34

Yemen's national airline said Monday it has canceled all flights to the country's only two functioning airports after the Saudi-led coalition battling Houthis announced the closure of all land, air and sea ports.

Qatar Sheikh accuses Saudi Arabia of two-faced politics over blockade, 'nobody told me anything'

Wed Nov 1, 2017 11:15:57

QATAR has accused Saudi Arabia of two-faced politics over its suffocating blockade by claiming the boycott was a “shock” to the gas-rich country.

Saudi-led blockade against Doha pre-planned campaign: Qatari Emir

Sat Jul 22, 2017 08:07:47

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has described the recent blockade by a Saudi-led group of Arab countries against Doha as "a pre-planned smearing campaign."

The blockade of Qatar is failing: Washington Post

Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:45:32

It's hard to imagine the leaders of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates thought it would go this way.

Iran’s Rouhani slams Saudi-led blockade against Qatar

Wed Jul 12, 2017 15:05:41

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has denounced a blockade imposed by a Saudi-led bloc of states against Qatar, saying resorting to such pressure tactics against neighboring states is a “wrong” policy.

Flying cows and friends in Iran: how Qatar is feeding itself under the Saudi blockade

Sun Jul 9, 2017 11:51:36

If everything goes according to plan, a specially-configured transport plane will land in Qatar later this week and lower its ramp to send 140 German cows blinking into the desert sunlight.

Qatar foreign minister meets with Tilllerson as Qatar crisis persists

Wed Jun 28, 2017 07:42:58

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson agreed to work toward seeking a resolution to a Saudi Arabia-led effort to isolate Qatar, the persian gulf country's foreign ministry said in a statement.

Erdogan vows to stand by 'Qatari brothers' amid crisis

Sat Jun 10, 2017 12:48:25

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has requested the full removal of a Saudi-led blockade of Qatar after approving the deployment of Turkish troops there, saying Riyadh needed to put brotherhood ahead of animosity.

Yemen Blockade 'Killing' Civilians: Humanitarian Chief

Thu Jul 30, 2015 17:01:17

An international blockade of Yemen is "killing" as many civilians the country's war, the head of the aid group Doctors Without Borders said Thursday after a visit to the country.