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War in Yemen: justice at a standstill. Photo: Yemenis brandish weapons in support of Palestine.
Yemen: a decade of war with no sign of justice
28 March 2024 by Julia Crawford
Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea, ostensibly to support Palestinians in Gaza, and retaliatory United States-United Kingdom airstrikes have reminded us in these last months of Yemen’s forgotten war. The conflict has been ongo [...]
Looking for ways to address war crimes in Yemen
3 March 2020 by Janet H. Anderson
Up until now, the war in Yemen has not noticeably been a major focus for war crimes accountability campaigners. But in recent months some specific attempts have emerged to trace responsibility for war-related killings and sufferin [...]
Yemen rebels vow to avenge coalition killing of political head
24 April 2018 by AFP
Yemen's Huthi militias vowed Monday to avenge the killing of their top political leader in what they said was a Saudi-led coalition air strike, the highest-ranking rebel to die in the three-year conflict. Saleh al-Sammad, head of [...]
Yemen situation worsening faster than we can respond, says ICRC chief
7 December 2017 by Frédéric Burnand, correspondent in Geneva
The violent death of former Yemeni president Ali Abdallah Saleh following his implicit offer to make peace with Saudi Arabia, risks fuelling the proxy war in Yemen between Riyadh and Teheran, according to some analysts, while some [...]
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12 September 2017 by AFP
Saudi-led strikes against children 'war crimes' in Yeman : HRW A series of Saudi-led coalition air strikes which killed 26 children in Yemen in June amount to war crimes, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. "The attacks, which struck four family homes and a grocery, in one case killing 14 memb [...]
19 July 2017 by AFP
20 Yemeni civilians reported dead in air strike An air raid in Yemen has killed at least 20 people mostly from the same family, the UN and witnesses said Wednesday, the latest in a series of suspected strikes on civilians by a Saudi-led coalition. The attack on Tuesday afternoo [...]
14 April 2017 by AFP
Rights group slams Yemen journalist's death sentence Reporters Without Borders said Friday it was "appalled" at a death sentence handed to a veteran journalist by a court in Yemen's rebel-held capital. The court in Sanaa, which is controlled by Iran-backed Huthi insurgents, on Thurs [...]
21 October 2016 by Samuel Oakford, IRIN
Attack on Yemen funeral violated humanitarian law - UN panel, according to IRIN A UN panel of experts has accused the Saudi Arabia-led coalition of a deliberate “double tap” airstrike on a funeral gathering in Yemen earlier this month. In a report to the UN Security Council, obtained by IRIN, the panel says t [...]
22 September 2016 by AFP
17 dead as Yemen loyalists battle rebels for heights Heavy fighting between Yemeni government forces and Shiite rebels for control of the heights overlooking the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait has killed 17 combatants, the loyalist commander said Wednesday. The waterway connects the [...]
6 July 2016 by AFP
Suspected jihadists seize airport army HQ in Yemen's Aden   Suspected jihadists seized the headquarters of the military garrison at Aden airport on Wednesday after killing at least seven soldiers at the base in Yemen's second city, military sources said. Troops surrounded the headquarter [...]
1 July 2016 by AFP
US drone attack' kills 4 Qaeda suspects in Yemen   A US drone attack in southern Yemen's Shabwa province killed four suspected members of Al-Qaeda on Friday, a security official said. They were killed when a military vehicle was targeted in the Jardan area, killing the four who [...]
12 February 2016 by IRIN
Why does no one care about Yemen? Shortly before IRIN’s regular contributor in Yemen, Almigdad Mojalli, was killed in an airstrike, he took a trip to Jordan and had a disturbing realisation. He had been working tirelessly to cover the war that had driven his count [...]
18 August 2015 by Adama Dieng, UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, and Jennifer Welsh, UN Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect
opinion : Fulfilling our Responsibility to Protect in Yemen  According to the latest United Nations estimate, at least 1,916 civilians have been killed in Yemen since 26 March 2015 as a result of the fighting between the Saudi- led coalition, the Houthis, and their respective allies. While [...]