Yemen Crisis

• ‘Nobody’s talking about it:’ B.C. man’s mission to raise awareness about the crisis in Yemen

  It's considered the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, but few people even know it's happening says one B.C. man.

  World

  Dec 4, 2020
  
• 2 U.S. citizens held captive by Iran-backed militants in Yemen released

  "The United States welcomes the release today of U.S. citizens Sandra Loli and Mikael Gidada from Houthi custody in Yemen," national security adviser Robert O'Brien said in a statement.

  Politics

  Oct 14, 2020
  
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• African migrants in Yemen blamed for coronavirus, stranded without food: UN

  Stigmatized as carriers of COVID-19, over 14,500 migrants, mostly Ethiopian, have been relentlessly hounded, rounded up and sent packing to different provinces, the U.N. migration agency reported on Tuesday.

  World

  Jul 14, 2020
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• Hundreds beaten, tortured in Yemen’s secret prisons: human rights group

  A Yemeni rights group on Tuesday accused both sides in the country's civil war of arbitrary detentions, forced disappearances and torture of hundreds of people in the past four years in unofficial detention centres across war-torn Yemen.

  World

  Jun 30, 2020
• Yemeni government, separatists agree to ceasefire: Saudi officials

  The agreement aims to close the rift between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, nominal allies in a war against Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

  Jun 22, 2020
• Saudi-led coalition airstrike kills 13 civilians in northern Yemen, Houthi rebels say

  Yemeni tribal leaders, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals, confirmed that Saudi warplanes had targeted a vehicle in the Shada area of Saada province, a rebel stronghold, killing everyone inside.

  World

  Jun 15, 2020
• At least 25 soldiers killed in Houthi missile strike on army camp: Yemen officials

  The combat signalled a major escalation in the capital’s eastern suburbs after months of relative quiet.

  World

  Jan 18, 2020
• Rebels allegedly diverting food from starving people in Yemen, U.N. threatens to suspend aid

  The UN Food Agency said up to 60 per cent of beneficiaries at seven centres in Sanaa "confirmed they had not received any assistance"

  World

  Jun 17, 2019
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• Yemen agreement should be implemented ‘without delay’: UN

  The U.N. Security Council expressed "grave concern" Wednesday that agreements reached four months ago by the warring parties in Yemen have not been carried out and called for their implementation "without delay."

  World

  Apr 17, 2019
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• Donald Trump vetoes Congress resolution to end U.S. military assistance in Yemen

  President Donald Trump on Tuesday vetoed a resolution passed by Congress to end U.S. military assistance in Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen.

  World

  Apr 16, 2019