(Reuters) – The Saudi-led military coalition fighting against Yemen’s Houthi movement reopened a land border crossing, partly easing a blockade imposed earlier this week, but aid agencies warned of famine and a health catastrophe if other ports stay shut. The coalition said on Monday it would close all air, land and sea ports in Yemen to […]
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(UNOCHA) – Abs, a desolate settlement in northern Yemen, has become the harsh home for thousands of people fleeing the country’s ongoing conflict. The people living there each have a different story, but their stories all share a tragic common thread: fear and loss, hunger and hopelessness. Link
(Reuters) – Amid warnings by the United Nations that Yemen could face “the largest famine the world has seen for many decades with millions of victims”, aid agencies have called for food, fuel and medicines to be allowed into the country immediately. The Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Houthi movement in Yemen said on Monday it had […]
(IRIN) – Aid agencies are ringing loud alarm bells after the Saudi Arabia-led coalition closed Yemen’s land borders, sea ports, and airspace, warning of the extreme dangers of cutting off access and assistance to a country already on the verge of famine. The UN’s top relief official Mark Lowcock told reporters on Wednesday that if the new restrictions – […]
(UNICEF) – “Yesterday, Mark Lowcock, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, called on all parties to the conflict to provide safe, rapid, unhindered humanitarian access to people in need, through all ports and airports, including Hudaydah port and Sana’a airport. “The recent closure of all ports and airports is making an already catastrophic […]
(HRW) – As the leader of a coalition of states that began military operations against the Houthis and allied forces in Yemen in March 2015, Saudi Arabia has committed numerous violations of international humanitarian law, including unlawful attacks that have killed and maimed children. By September 2017, more than 5,144 civilians, including many children, had been […]
(Al Jazeera) – Yemenis have denounced Saudi Arabia’s decision to close the country’s land, air and sea ports, calling it an “unnecessary and dangerous act of collective punishment” that puts millions of civilians at risk and exacerbates the plight of the country’s most vulnerable. The kingdom, which is currently leading a coalition of Sunni Arab states in bombing Yemen, said it was […]
(The National Interest) – In February, President Donald Trump identified human trafficking as a key issue of concern for U.S. domestic and foreign policies, and stated that his administration would make it a priority to stop the epidemic. Yet on September 30, President Trump waived nearly all sanctions that would prevent certain countries that use child […]
(Theirworld) – The full extent of the suffering being endured by many of Yemen’s children has been revealed by the United Nations. Bombed, displaced, malnourished, sick, married off young and with no schools to go to. That’s the bleak picture painted by the latest bulletin on the war-torn country from OCHA (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian […]
(Middle East Eye) – The United Nations on Tuesday urged the Saudi-led coalition to end a blockade on Yemen’s air, sea and land borders that prevented it on Monday from sending two humanitarian aid flights to the war-torn country. It comes as Houthi rebels threatened retaliation against the ports and airports of the United Arab Emirates and […]
