Yemen

Yemen

More than half of Yemenis in urgent need of aid, UN warns

01/03/2016

Yemen

Yemen struggles to see way out of war

The war in Yemen approaches its 11th month in an atmosphere of mounting civilian casualties, accuses the UN, which says it has the figures to prove

17/02/2016

Yemen

Yemen: UNICEF raises alarm about child malnutrition in 'the forgotten war'

In Yemen, more than a million children under five face the risk of acute malnutrition and acute respiratory tract infections according to

10/02/2016

Yemen

New air raids on Sanaa cost at least 25 lives

There has been heavy loss of life in the latest of the Saudi-led coalition bombing raids on the Yemen capital Sanaa. The capital is being held by

18/01/2016

Yemen

MSF condemns strike on Yemen hospital, says four people killed

Aid agency Médécins sans Frontières (MSF) has strongly condemned an attack on a facility it supports in northern Yemen. A projectile hit the Shiara

10/01/2016

Yemen

Iran to complain to UN about 'damage' to embassy in Yemen

08/01/2016

Yemen

Tehran blames Iranian embassy air strike on Saudi Arabia

Iran has accused Saudi Arabia of an aerial attack on its embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. A foreign ministry spokesman in Tehran, Hossein Jaber

07/01/2016

Yemen

School for the blind reportedly among sites hit in new airstrikes in Yemen

After a lull of several weeks Saudi-led airstrikes have resumed in Yemen, amid fresh concern about the impact on civilians

06/01/2016

Yemen

Saudi-led strikes in Yemen criticised by the UN for hitting civilian areas

The comments came from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at a session of the Security Council

22/12/2015

Yemen

Yemeni warring factions agree to second round of peace talks

A first round of talks ended without agreement in Switzerland, but the UN says progress has been made

20/12/2015

Yemen

Yemen: Both sides accuse the other as ceasefire breaks down

Up to 42 people have reportedly been killed as the recently-brokered truce in Yemen appeared to be in tatters. Both sides had agreed to a ceasefire

16/12/2015

Yemen

Yemen ceasefire to begin as peace talks get under way in Switzerland

The Saudi-led coalition force in Yemen has announced that one day later than planned, a ceasefire is to come into force at noon local time today

14/12/2015

Yemen

Yemen hopes Geneva peace talks will end months of violence

The people of Yemen are pinning their hopes for an end to months of civil war on forth coming peace talks to be held in Geneva next week. The Yemeni

08/12/2015

Yemen

Yemen: ISIL claims car bomb killing of Aden governor

The governor of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden was killed in a car bomb attack on Sunday. ISIL says it was responsible. Targeted as he headed to

06/12/2015

Yemen

Fears of a humanitarian crisis in Yemen

In Yemen’s southern port city of Aden security is in the hands of a mix of the young and local fighters from the Southern Separatist movement. Aden

13/11/2015

Yemen

Yemen: Saudi-led air strikes to end as attention turns to talks

Saudi-led military operations in Yemen are nearing their end with the focus now turning to political talks. That was the message from the foreign

28/10/2015

Yemen

MSF hospital in north Yemen destroyed in airstrike three weeks after Kunduz

First, Kunduz in northern Afghanistan, and now three weeks later it is Heedan in Houthi-controlled north Yemen, another Medicins sans Frontieres

27/10/2015

Yemen

Yemen wedding brothers killed in rocket strike

Three brothers getting ready for a joint wedding have been killed in a rocket attack in the southwest of Yemen. Locals say Saudi-led coalition jets

08/10/2015

Yemen

Yemen: ISIL claims responsibility for multiple attacks in Aden

ISIL claims responsibility for multiple explosions in the Yemeni city of Aden, which kill at least 15 pro-government troops. A least seven die in a separate suicide attack on a mosque in the capital,

06/10/2015

Yemen

Death toll at least 130 in air strike on wedding in Yemen

The death toll from an air strike on the wedding party in the south west of Yemen has now risen to at least 130 the United Nations and medics say

29/09/2015

Yemen

Saudi-led coalition consolidates control in Yemen

Saudi Special Forces are openly training near the southern Yemen city of Aden as the Gulf coalition ground troops push into Houthi strongholds in the

28/09/2015

Yemen

Deadly day in Yemen as mosque blast kills scores

Yemeni President, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi led Feast of Sacrifice prayers in Aden, on a day when at least 25 Shi’ite Muslims were killed in a suicide

24/09/2015

Yemen

Yemen's exiled PM returns to Aden

Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah has returned from exile to make a trip to the strategically-important city of Aden. Bahah, also the vice president

16/09/2015

Yemen

Aircraft pound Sanaa as coalition forces close in on Yemeni capital

Gulf Arab-led coalition aircraft bombed the Yemeni capital Sanaa intensively on Monday as ground forces engaged Houthi fighters in the neighbouring

14/09/2015

Yemen

UPDATE: Fighting steps up in Yemen, despite new peace talks

At least 20 people have been killed at a market in the town of Marib, east of Sana’a in rocket fire from Houthi rebels. According to eyewitnesses and

11/09/2015

Yemen

UAE air strikes intensify in Yemen after deadly rebel missile attack

The United Arab Emirates intensified air strikes in Yemen on Saturday, the day after dozens of its soldiers died in a rebel attack there. Houthi

06/09/2015