(Al Jazeera) – The Saudi and Emirati-led coalition has conducted air strikes on Yemen‘s Hudaida airport to support forces attempting to seize control from Houthi fighters inside, according to Saudi and Houthi media. The coalition warplanes carried out five strikes on the port city of Hudaida – a lifeline to millions of Yemenis – on Sunday in […]
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(UNICEF) – “As Hodeidah faces the threat of an assault, I am extremely concerned about the impact it will have on children in this port city and beyond.” UNICEF estimates that at least 300,000 children currently live in and around Hodeidah city – boys and girls who have been suffering for so long already. “Millions more children […]
(UN News) – Any attack on the key port city of Hodeidah in Yemen “will impact hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians” and would entail around 250,000 civilians losing everything – “even their lives” – the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the war-torn country said on Friday. Lise Grande’s statement comes amid ongoing fighting in the Arabian peninsula […]
(ICRC) – Due to a series of incidents and threats, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has pulled 71 staff members out of Yemen, crippling its humanitarian activities such as surgical services, visits to detainees, clean water initiatives and food assistance activities. The ICRC has been present in Yemen since 1962, but we […]
(The Washington Post) – Yemeni forces backed by the United Arab Emirates have rapidly advanced to less than 10 miles from the rebel-held seaport of Hodeida, threatening to attack despite U.S. and United Nations warnings against undermining hoped-for peace talks and exacerbating Yemen’s humanitarian crisis. “It’s a very fluid situation,” a senior U.S. official said after […]
(Associated Press) – The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday that for the first time recognizes the link between conflict and hunger and strongly condemns the use of starvation as a method of warfare. The resolution calls on all parties to conflict to comply with international humanitarian law that bans attacks on civilians […]
(Safeguarding Health in Conflict) – In its fifth annual report released today, the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition warns that attacks on health care in conflict zones around the world are continuing with impunity and may in fact be increasing. The report entitled “Violence on the Front Lines: Attacks on Health Care in 2017” documents more […]
(NRC) – Saturday 21 April, a vehicle belonging to the International Committee of the Red Cross was attacked in the southwestern Yemeni city of Taizz, resulting in the killing of ICRC employee Hanna Lahoud from Lebanon. “I feel deeply upset by the killing of another humanitarian colleague,” says Suze van Meegen, the Norwegian Refugee Council’s […]
(Al Jazeera) – The humanitarian crisis caused by Yemen’s civil war is growing more desperate every day. The UN says 47,000 people have been displaced in the past month alone. Link
(UN News Centre) – As the conflict in Yemen passes the grim 1,000-day milestone, the United Nations is warning that if humanitarian workers cannot gain greater access and the violence does not subside, the cost in lives will be incalculable. “As violence has escalated in recent days, children and families are yet again being killed in attacks […]
