US-Backed Saudi Airstrike Kills 31 Civilians in Yemen
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-17
In Yemen, 31 people were killed in U.S.-backed Saudi airstrikes over the weekend, including women and children. The strikes in the northern al-Jawf province came just hours after the Houthis said they had shot down a Saudi fighter jet in the same area. The United Nations called the drone strike "shocking." The deadly strike follows a recent uptick in violence in northern Yemen and comes as the war there hits a five-year mark. More than 100,000 have died, and far more have been displaced, since the conflict began in…
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"They Have Not Relented": U.S. Maintains Support for Yemen War as Saudi Airstrike Kills 31 Civilians
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-17
In Yemen, 31 people were killed in U.S.-backed Saudi airstrikes over the weekend, including women and children. The strikes in the northern al-Jawf province came just hours after the Houthis said they had shot down a Saudi fighter jet in the same area. The United Nations called the drone strike "shocking." The deadly strike follows a recent uptick in violence in northern Yemen and comes as the war there hits a five-year mark. More than 100,000 have died, and far more have been displaced, since the conflict began in 2015. On Sunday, the United Nations said the Houthis and U.S.-backed Saudi and United Arab Emirates…
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Yemen's Warring Sides to Exchange Thousands of Prisoners
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-16
Yemen's warring sides agreed to exchange thousands of prisoners at the start of critical peace talks sponsored by the United Nations (U.N.) and started Thursday morning in the locality of Rimbo, north of Sweden's capital Stockholm. | RELATED: | 'Yemen One of The Worst Places to Be a Child': Unicef | The announcement was made Sunday by the U.N. which said in a statement that both sides decided to "immediately begin with exchanging the lists for the upcoming release" of prisoners. | "Today…
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Saudi Airstrikes Kill 31 Civilians in Northern Yemen
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-16
TheSaudi-led Coalition carried out a deadly attack over northern Yemen on Saturday, killing over 30 civlians inside the Al-Jawf province. According to Yemen's Houthi movement, the airstrikes were carried out in retaliation for the downing of a Saudi warplane in the same province. | RELATED: | UAE Withdraws Some Troops From Yemen, Sudan Plans the Same | The United Nations office in Yemen said preliminary field reports indicated that "as many as 31 civilians were killed and 12…
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'No shred of evidence': Iran demands US presents proof of Saudi oil attacks claim after UN report release
rt.com | 2020-02-16
Tehran slammed the US for using a recent UN report to peddle its Saudi oil attack claims, accusing Washington of "clutching at every straw" to back up the allegations, while the report itself is based on shaky hypotheses. | "Just hours after the attack on Saudi oil facilities on September 14, 2019, the US baselessly attributed it to Iran, but has failed so far to present any shred of evidence. Now, it clutches at every straw to seemingly prove its allegation," the Iranian mission to the UN stated on Saturday. It was responding to the US mission doubling down on the White House's claim that Iran was behind the…
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Yemen: UN Medical Air Bridge Little More Than Saudi PR Stunt Say Desperate Patients
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-14
Many Yemenis have described the much-lauded UN medical air bridge as little more than a public relations stunt aimed at improving Saudi Arabia's image in the world.
mintpressnews.com/yemen-un-medical-air-bridge-saudi-pr-stunt/264944/
Yemen: UN Medical Air Bridge Little More Than Saudi PR Stunt Say Desperate Patients
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-14
Many Yemenis have described the much-lauded UN medical air bridge as little more than a public relations stunt aimed at improving Saudi Arabia's image in the world.
mintpressnews.com/yemen-un-medical-air-bridge-saudi-pr-stunt/264944/
