(2020-07-15). Video: Saudi Regime on Brink of Collapse? Economic Crisis and Setbacks in Yemeni War. globalresearch.ca Saudi Arabia has become a hostage of its own military campaign in Yemen. The Kingdom suffers from both its own inability to achieve a military victory in the conflict and regular losses from the retaliatory actions of the Houthis. At …
(2020-07-15). Yemen fragmenting under pressure of war, collapsing economy and COVID-19. wsws.org The Saudis' 257,000 aerial strikes and the United Arab Emirates' naval blockade have caused the deaths of at least 230,000 civilians, both directly and indirectly.
(2020-07-15). Concerns and hopes of Yemenis at heart of UN plans for better future. news.un.org In a wide-ranging interview for UN News on Wednesday, Martin Griffiths, the UN's Special Envoy in Yemen, addresses the protracted peace process in the country, and the enormous challenges that still need to be overcome.
(2020-07-15). Yemen oil tanker wreck: Time running out to avert 'looming environmental, economic and humanitarian catastrophe'. news.un.org Time is fast running out for getting a UN team of experts aboard the Yemeni oil storage vessel Safer, before it spills its cargo of 1.148 million barrels of light crude oil into the Red Sea, triggering what would likely be a massive environmental and economic catastrophe, the Security Council heard on Wednesday.
(2020-07-15). Yemen: nine civilians killed in Saudi-led airstrike. yenisafak.com Yemen's Houthi group said Wednesday nine civilians were killed and seven others injured in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in the northern al-Jawf province.The group's website, citing a security source, said two women were among the victims, while five children were injured in the attack.The source said the airstrike targeted civilian homes in al-Masafa area in the provincial capital al-Hazm.There was no comment from the Saudi-led coalition on the claim.On Monday, the United Nations condemned an airstrike in Hajjah province that killed seven children and two women.In the statement, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in…
(2020-07-15). Funding shortfall risks COVID-19 spread in Yemen: UN. yenisafak.com The United Nations warned that the coronavirus and broader humanitarian response remain hugely underfunded in Yemen, risking an increase in the spread of the pandemic in the war-torn country."Aid agencies have for months been operating on the basis that there is full-blown community transmission of COVID-19 in Yemen and they continued to focus efforts on suppressing transmission of the virus," the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said in a statement.It said aid agencies have distributed thousands of metric tons of supplies and equipment, supporting COVID-19 clinical readiness, and s…
(2020-07-14). Has Saudi Arabia Once More Made a Catastrophic Oil Blunder? globalresearch.ca In March of this year Saudi Arabia launched what was clearly a catastrophic move to regain its role as the world oil superpower. What initially was a move aimed at taking markets away from Russia, after the latter declined to …
(2020-07-14). In Yemen, thousands of Ethiopian migrants stranded, COVID-19 likely widespread. news.un.org Tens of thousands of Ethiopian migrants have been stranded in war-ravaged Yemen where they continue to be subjected to arbitrary detention and exposure to COVID-19 infection, forcible relocation and abuse, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
(2020-07-14). Only solution to Yemeni crisis to be political. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Iranian FM Zarif and FM of Yemen's National Salvation Government Hisham Sharaf Abdullah hold talks via videoconference on regional and Yemeni issues, where Zarif said the only solution to the Yemeni crisis is political.
(2020-07-14). WFP says nearly 10M in Yemen 'acutely food insecure'. yenisafak.com The UN World Food Program (WFP) said Tuesday that food assistance is the only thing preventing Yemenis from facing crippling levels of hunger. | "The humanitarian situation in Yemen is deteriorating at an alarming rate. We must act now. If we wait for the famine to be declared, it will be already too late and people will already be dying," WFP spokesperson, Elisabeth Byrs, warned at a UN press briefing in Geneva. | She said the WFP has been forced to reduce emergency food assistance at a time Yemen needs it most. | "Over 20 million people are food insecure of whom 13 million receive humanitarian food assistance,…
(2020-07-13). Britain's Gentleman Posturing Comes Undone With Absurd Hypocrisy. thealtworld.com One can only hope for the day when the world will actually implement human rights justice and the government in London will be sanctioned to the hilt for the pariah that it truly is. | It's official Britain at its best, posing as the quintessential gentleman upholding morality while at the same time engaging in despicable double-dealing for grubby interests. | The British government announced sanctions against various nations last week, including Russia and Saudi Arabia, proclaiming the punitive measures were due to alleged human rights violations. Foreign minister Dominic Raab, summoning throaty British authorit…
(2020-07-13). Former Political Prisoner, Senior PFLP Member, Killed In Gaza. imemc.org The Palestinian Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip has reported that a former political prisoner was shot and stabbed to death, on Sunday evening, by several assailants near his home in the Saudi neighborhood, west of Rafah, in the southern part of the coastal region. Eyewitnesses said unknown gunmen opened …
(2020-07-13). Nigerian Energy Minister Commits to OPEC+ Oil Cuts Despite Not Meeting Targets. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Timipre Sylva, Nigeria's minister of state for petroleum resources, has made a commitment to the Saudi energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud, to meet the oil cut targets set out in the recent OPEC+ deal, given the African nation's earlier failure to reduce output to the required level.