Civil War in Yemen

Yemen

Yemen's Houthi rebels detain 11 UN local staff members

It's unclear what exactly sparked the detentions. Former US embassy employees were detained in 2021 by the Houthis and have not been released.

08/06/2024

Green News

The UN is racing to prevent one of the worst oil spills of all time

Eight years after the Safer super tanker got stranded in the Red Sea, the UN has reached a 'critical milestone' for averting disaster.

31/05/2023

Yemen

Talks in Yemen’s capital with Saudi officials raise hopes of ceasefire

Saudi and Omani delegations have held talks with Houthi officials in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, with the hopes of agreeing on a ceasefire.

10/04/2023

Germany

Two ex-German soldiers convicted over Yemen war mercenary plan

The men had tried to recruit soldiers for a paramilitary unit and were found guilty of forming a terrorist organisation.

24/10/2022

Green News

Yemen faces hazardous environmental threat from medical waste crisis

More than seven years of conflict in Yemen have devastated the economy, displaced millions, and wreaked havoc on the environment.

10/07/2022

Culture news

The museums we've lost to war

On International Museum Day we look at the museums that have been lost to war around the world.

18/05/2022

Sport

Saudi Arabia Formula 1 race to go ahead despite recent Houthi attack

The announcement came a day after the rebels attacked an oil depot located about 11 kilometres from the racetrack on Friday.

26/03/2022

Yemen

Yemen rebels and aid group put death toll from prison airstrike at 82

The Saudi-led airstrike on Friday was part of an intense air and ground offensive that marked an escalation in Yemen’s years-long civil war.

22/01/2022

Yemen

Dozens killed and injured in airstrikes on Yemeni cities

An airstrike on the port city of Hodeida has wiped out internet services across Yemen.

21/01/2022

Green News

The inspiring women providing solar power to war-torn Yemen

Electricity is almost non-existent in parts of the country after 6 years of war, but these women want to change that.

27/03/2021

Yemen

Yemen faces famine as deadly as Ethiopia's in 1980s, says NGO chief

Jan Egeland called on the nations that had fought in Yemen, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, to join Europe and the United States in funding the humanitarian response.

01/03/2021

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Yemenis displaced as push to capture city of Marib continues

Earlier this month, the Houthi rebels resumed a push to capture the city of Marib, located 120 kilometres east of the rebel-held capital Sanaa.

22/02/2021

Yemen

Yemen: At least 16 dead and 60 wounded in blast at airport in Aden

Yemen, the Arab world’s poorest country, has been engulfed in civil war since 2014.

30/12/2020

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Yemenis light candles on Christmas Day to shine light on ongoing war

Yemeni citizens of Al-Jahmiliya neighbourhood, the most destroyed neighbourhood in Taez, light hundreds of candles on Christmas Day to draw the world's attention to end the war in their city.

26/12/2020

Travel News

Yemen's oldest cities at risk of complete collapse

The historic cities of Shibam and Sana'a have survived wars and are now at risk of collapse due to torrential rains.

07/11/2020

Yemen

UN: Yemen's warring sides to swap more than 1,000 prisoners

This marks the first phase of a prisoner-release plan reached earlier this year.

27/09/2020

Yemen

97 medics die from COVID-19 as humanitarian crisis worsens in Yemen

The healthcare system of the war-ravaged country has been left in tatters. Even before coronavirus struck, Yemen had just 10 doctors for every 10,000 people.

25/07/2020

United Kingdom

'Rank hypocrisy': UK's green light to restart Saudi arms sales slammed

Trade minister Liz Truss made the announcement on Tuesday saying the government had complied with a court order that came about after a legal challenge from campaigners and reviewed how the arms were used.

08/07/2020

Yemen

'This virus makes it a double burden' for children in Middle East

The UN children's agency has called for an extra €85 million to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa. Euronews spoke to Juliette Touma, the Regional Chief of Communication for UNICEF, in the Middle East and North Africa.

21/04/2020

Yemen

Euroviews. The EU must push for peace in Yemen to avoid a decade of humanitarian disaster ǀ View

As we enter 2020, if the openings for peace are to set Yemen on a path to stability, the EU must be at the forefront of efforts to make the next ten years the decade of delivery, not the decade of disaster. For Yemen, that will require peace.

12/12/2019