(2023-09-09). 22 Years Of Drone Warfare And No End In Sight. popularresistance.org That's what a young Pakistani boy named Zubair told members of Congress at a hearing on drones in October 2013. That hearing was during the Obama years at a time when the government had barely even acknowledged that an American drone warfare program existed. | Two years earlier, however, a Muslim cleric, Anwar Al-Awlaki and his 16-year-old son Abdulrahman, both American citizens, were killed by U.S. drone strikes in Yemen just weeks apart. Asked to comment on Abdulrahman's killing, Obama campaign senior adviser Robert Gibbs said: "I would suggest that you should have a far more responsible father if they are trul…
(2023-09-09). Correspondence] The promise of peace talks for Yemen's health-care system. thelancet.com The possibility of peace in Yemen presents a glimmer of hope for the country's beleaguered health-care system, which has been gravely impacted by years of conflict that first began in 2014. Hospitals and clinics have been destroyed, medical supplies and equipment are scarce, and health-care workers are struggling to provide care during the violence.1 In addition to the collapsed health-care system, Yemen is in the middle of a famine that has resulted in one of the highest current rates of child malnutrition globally.
(2023-09-08). Arabic press review: Tens of thousands of Libyans expelled from their homes. middleeasteye.net Arabic press review: Tens of thousands of Libyans expelled from their homes | Meanwhile, Yemenis are forced to skip meals as prices soar, and Jordanian refugees face severe funding shortages | Fri, 09/08/2023 – 13: 18 | People gather along the promenade in Libya's second city of Benghazi on 26 March 2023 (AFP) | Libyans expelled from homes by Haftar: | A new report by UN experts s…
(2023-09-08). Saudi Arabia tops 100 executions in 2023. middleeasteye.net Saudi Arabia tops 100 executions in 2023 | Amnesty International warns that death penalty is being used in 'grossly unfair trials' in Saudi Arabia | Fri, 09/08/2023 – 17: 54 | More than 1,000 death sentences have been carried out since King Salman assumed power in 2015 (AP/File photo) | The number of executions conducted by