Yemen

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Houthis9

• The attacks underscore the urgent need for foreign governments to suspend all arms sales to Saudi Arabia and for the United Nations human rights office to send additional investigators to Yemen to carry out credible investigations of alleged abuses by the coalition, the Houthis and their allies, and all other parties to the conflict, Human Rights Watch said. (hrw.org)
• The next day, the State Department announced that it would remove the foreign terrorist organization (FTO) designation on the Houthis , a last-minute decision by the Trump administration that would have all but stopped humanitarian aid in Houthi-controlled territory within Yemen and promised to make a dire humanitarian crisis even worse . (justsecurity.org)
• Saudi Arabia entered the armed conflict in Yemen on March 26, 2015, responding to a request from Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi to assist the country in its fight against the Houthis, an armed opposition group supported, to some degree, by Iran . (justsecurity.org)
• US intercepts multiple shipments of Iranian weapons going to Houthis in Yemen BYLINE: By Peter Bergen, CNN LENGTH: 185 words DATELINE: (CNN) (CNN) -- American warships have intercepted five shipments of weaponry to the Houthis in Yemen from Iran in the past year and a half, according to US Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan, who is in charge of American naval operations in the Middle East. (peterbergen.com)
• Saudi Arabia, which launched a war last year in neighboring Yemen against the Houthis, has long claimed that the Houthis, who are Shia, are supported by Iran. (peterbergen.com)
• Saudi Arabia , along with the UAE , has been bombing Yemen since March 2015 after the Houthis swept across the country. (aljazeera.com)
• And as a result of that bombing, which has been going on now since March of 2015, there has been a huge and very deep disruption of normal life, throughout a huge part of Yemen, the part of Yemen that was under the control of the Houthis, as well as their allies, coming from the old. (opednews.com)
• The Norwegian Refugee Council, one of the main humanitarian agencies active in Yemen, said the designation and Pompeo's planned sanctions on the Houthis "will hamstring the ability of aid agencies to respond" to the humanitarian needs of millions of Yemenis. (aljazeera.com)
• At a moment when the UN is warning of imminent famine in Yemen, the incoming Biden administration and Congress must do everything they can to block, and if necessary, reverse any disastrous terrorism designation of the Houthis before even more innocent lives are lost. (aljazeera.com)

20173

• A U.S. military raid in Yemen on January 29, 2017, left one Navy SEAL and many Yemeni civilians dead. (aclu.org)
• The AP pulled Al-Zikry from Yemen in late 2018 because it was concerned about his safety, a step it had also taken in 2017. (ap.org)
• Launched in 2017, the Yemen Emergency Health and Nutrition Project aims to contribute to the provision of basic health, essential nutrition, and water and sanitation services across Yemen in all 333 districts and 22 governorates. (who.int)

Houthi9

• A long-simmering rebellion by the Houthi ethnic minority managed to oust the unpopular new administration, and the Houthi then allied themselves with the previous dictator, whom they had just been fighting. (salon.com)
• The Yemen Data Project, for example, documented nearly 60 strikes on medical facilities, most of them in the Houthi heartland in the north, though it says it does not track casualty figures because of how difficult it is to verify events on the ground. (freitag.de)
• AL-MUKALLA: The internationally recognized government of Yemen has welcomed Saudi Arabia's extensive diplomatic efforts to end more than eight years of war between the government and Houthi militia. (arabnews.com)
• He added that the Arab coalition military intervention in Yemen in March 2015 had put a halt to Houthi military advances and shifted the balance of power in the government's favor, allowing them to expel Houthi forces from about 80 percent of Yemeni territory. (arabnews.com)
• In fact, if Houthi influence decreases in Yemen it would automatically result in increasing the strength of AQAP in Yemen. (com.pk)
• Mohammed Ali al-Houthi says the group reserves the 'right to respond to any designation' by the Trump administration. (aljazeera.com)
• A leader of Yemen's Houthi movement said on Monday the Iran-aligned group reserved the right to respond to any US move to blacklist it after the Trump administration announced its intent to designate it as a foreign terrorist organisation. (aljazeera.com)
• The policy of the Trump administration and its behaviour is terrorist," Mohammed Ali al-Houthi said in a Twitter post. (aljazeera.com)
• And in mid-January, after weeks of attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea by the Houthi movement, which is also supported by Iran, the United States, together with the United Kingdom, initiated a series of strikes on Houthi strongholds in Yemen. (lu.se)

20223

• March 18th, 2022 0 By Andrea Germanos Multiple United Nations agencies on Monday sounded heightened alarm over the food crisis in Yemen, warning of a projected fivefold increase in famine conditions. (arabamericannews.com)
• January 2022 was the most violent month in the Saudi-led air war in Yemen in more than five years. (theamericanconservative.com)
• This interactive examines how nationwide bans on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, as proposed by the Biden administration on April 28, 2022, could help shrink the racial gap on U.S. lung cancer death rates. (cfr.org)

20164

• Three US arms sales in 2015 and 2016, worth nearly US$3 billion, involved replenishing Saudi weaponry used in Yemen . (hrw.org)
• It was the Obama Administration that, in October 2016, faced down bipartisan opposition in the Senate to its authorization of $1 billion in tank sales to Saudi Arabia. (heritage.org)
• She worked first as a photo editor, then since 2016 as a photographer covering Egypt, Yemen and other parts of the Mideast. (ap.org)
• His photograph of an emaciated infant dying at a hospital in 2016 helped bring world attention to starvation in Yemen. (ap.org)

20212

• December 24th, 2021 0 YEMEN - The World Food Program (WFP) said on Wednesday it will reduce food rations for 8 million people in Yemen from January due to a lack of funding from donors, warning the cuts will push more people into starvation. (arabamericannews.com)
• April 6th, 2021 0 WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) joined Reps. Mark Pocan (D-WI) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) in leading 76 of their congressional colleagues to call for the Biden administration to publicly increase pressure on Saudi Arabia to lift the blockade on Yemen immediately, unilaterally and. (arabamericannews.com)

Biden Administration10

• Expert Q&A - Beyond Rhetoric: How Should the Biden Administration Support Human Rights and Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa? (pomed.org)
• In response to the invasion of Ukraine, the Biden administration is leading a global campaign against Russia. (theamericanconservative.com)
• The Biden administration also has led a global campaign to support Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates as they continue their brutal seven-year-old assault on Yemen. (theamericanconservative.com)
• In an almost hysterical example of hypocrisy, the U.N. body-with the backing of the Biden administration-denounced the insurgents for firing drones and missiles at Saudi Arabia and UAE after the latter two had spent more than seven years bombing Yemeni cities. (theamericanconservative.com)
• The Biden administration is proposing a new rule that would require thousands more firearms dealers to run background checks, in an effort to combat rising gun violence nationwide. (bigcountryhomepage.com)
• The Biden Administration is reviewing its Conventional Arms Transfer Policy (CATP), which governs conventional weapons export. (heritage.org)
• The Biden Administration is reviewing its Conventional Arms Transfer Policy and is considering a new relationship with the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). (heritage.org)
• The Biden Administration has announced that it is reviewing the CATP that it inherited from the Trump Administration. (heritage.org)
• The Trump Administration's decision to allow the export of armed drones has not been altered by the Biden Administration. (heritage.org)
• In the initial days after Hamas's October 7 attacks, the Biden administration moved two aircraft carrier strike groups and a nuclear-powered submarine to the Middle East, while a steady stream of senior U.S. officials, including President Joe Biden, began making high-profile trips to the region. (lu.se)

Special envoy3

• The loan of a U.K. military officer raises further questions about impartiality of the office of the U.N. special envoy to Yemen when Martin Griffiths, a Briton, was in the post, Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis report. (consortiumnews.com)
• Biden also named career Foreign Service Officer Timothy Lenderking as special envoy to Yemen , signaling the priority that the administration places on ending the Yemen conflict and its desire to rebuild the State Department after four years of turbulence and politicization , which left career staff feeling undermined and sidelined . (justsecurity.org)
• I would like to welcome everyone from the Middle East and around the world for this on-the-record briefing with Tim Lenderking, U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen. (state.gov)

Coalition12

• The Saudi-led coalition waging war in Yemen, with the United States' full support, has been carrying out a bombing campaign that has made it virtually impossible for most of the country to feed itself. (salon.com)
• The Saudi Arabia-led international coalition also destroyed over 14,300 residences, 12 hospitals, 64 schools and 22 power stations in Yemen last year, according to the Eye for Humanity Centre for Rights and Development. (consortiumnews.com)
• That means the US shipped the weapon months after it was clear that the Saudi-led coalition was committing abuses in Yemen. (hrw.org)
• A coalition airstrike on October 29 struck the al-Zaydiya security administration building north of the city of Hodeida. (hrw.org)
• The day before the Saudi-led coalition commenced military operations in Yemen, the Obama administration stated it would provide "logistical and intelligence support" intended "to defend Saudi Arabia's border and to protect Yemen's legitimate government," but that it would not take "direct military action. (justsecurity.org)
• President Obama's fourth visit to Saudi Arabia for a meeting with leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council comes as human rights organizations have been pressing Congress to block arms sales to the kingdom in the wake of Saudi-led coalition strikes in Yemen. (truthout.org)
• Meanwhile, human rights organizations have been pressing Congress to block arms sales to the kingdom in the wake of Saudi-led coalition strikes in Yemen. (truthout.org)
• Yemen Data Project recorded 139 civilian deaths and 287 civilians injured in Saudi coalition airstrikes in January, taking the casualty toll to over 19,000 civilians killed and injured since Saudi Arabia launched its bombing campaign in Yemen in March 2015. (theamericanconservative.com)
• HRW said it has identified US-origin munitions at the sites of at least 24 other coalition attacks in Yemen. (aljazeera.com)
• But Wednesday the US House narrowly voted to block debate of a bill to withdraw the US completely from the Saudi Coalition in Yemen. (indybay.org)
• The Saudi Coalition has stopped the flow of food, medicine, and fuel into Yemen, leaving 14 million people on the brink of the world's worst famine in a 100 years. (indybay.org)
• which is a strong resolution that will finally end US support for the Saudi-led coalition waging war in Yemen. (indybay.org)

Strikes5

• From Saturday to Monday morning, the US has reportedly been carrying out a series of air strikes in Yemen, delivering multiple blows to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). (justsecurity.org)
• Some of the reports on the ongoing US strikes in Yemen, however, suggest that the actions may have been to protect Yemeni civilians and military installations in local areas. (justsecurity.org)
• The Obama administration put in place rules requiring that there be "near certainty" that no civilians would be killed in military strikes "outside areas of active hostilities," such as in Yemen. (aclu.org)
• Lebanese students protest against Saudi-led air strikes on Yemen. (thenation.com)
• Parties to the war in Yemen for the most part adhered to a 72-hour truce that began just before midnight Wednesday and the capital Sanaa passed its first night in three months without air strikes, residents and officials said. (newsweek.com)

Ceasefire4

• And while the Obama administration curtailed arms exports to the Saudis, negotiated ceasefire agreements and chastised Saudi forces in public, humanitarian organizations began to warn of a famine that could kill millions. (salon.com)
• In his first visit to the State Department as president, Biden correctly characterized the Yemen conflict as " a humanitarian and strategic catastrophe ," calling for an immediate ceasefire, opening humanitarian corridors to facilitate the delivery of aid, and for a resumption of peace negotiations. (justsecurity.org)
• Since the Trump Administration called for a ceasefire, Saudi Arabia has further intensified its assault on Yemen's main port of Hodeida causing hundreds of thousands of people to flee for their lives, worsening the world's worst humanitarian disaster. (indybay.org)
• The Iranian spokesman expressed hope that the new conditions in the region would result in the formation of a sustainable ceasefire in Yemen for the benefit of the Yemeni people," Iran's Tasnim news agency quoted the Iranian official as saying during a press briefing in Tehran. (arabnews.com)

Humanitarian crisis6

• POMED's work on Yemen has covered topics such as the humanitarian crisis, human rights, governance, and U.S. policy. (pomed.org)
• Here, I examine how these policy changes will affect the war in Yemen, including prospects for ending the conflict and addressing the ongoing humanitarian crisis, and how this first application of Biden's approach likely will shape the administration's response to similar situations that will arise throughout its term. (justsecurity.org)
• May 20th, 2019 0 DEARBORN - Byblos Banquet Hall will be the site of an iftar to help combat the dire humanitarian crisis in Yemen on Thursday, May 23, with support from the Haidara Foundation for Peace and Human Development and the Pure Hands organization. (arabamericannews.com)
• Today Yemen is facing the largest humanitarian crisis in the world," an invitation letter. (arabamericannews.com)
• Intense warfare in Yemen continues to exacerbate the level of devastation in what was already the world's worst humanitarian crisis. (savethechildren.org.au)
• It also described the situation in Yemen as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. (aljazeera.com)

Famine3

• But as fall turned to winter and perhaps the most ignorant and callous president in American history entered office, the forced famine that had begun under a Saudi leadership, partially restrained by the Obama administration, descended into a hellish nightmare in which children are dying in the tens of thousands. (salon.com)
• The US has been complicit in creating the conditions for famine in Yemen for years. (indybay.org)
• Yemen is resource-rich, but famine continues to stalk the country, the UN reports . (codepink.org)

Saudis9

• As Saudis Continue Bombing Yemen, Is Obama Trading Cluster Munitions for Riyadh's Loyalty? (truthout.org)
• Well, the thing that amazes me is that since he met with the GCC leaders in May at Camp David last year, he's approved $33 billion in weapons sales to the Gulf states, mostly to Saudi Arabia, at a time when the Saudis have been engaged in a brutal bombing campaign in Yemen, accused of possible war crimes, using cluster bombs, at least 3,200 civilians killed. (truthout.org)
• So, to me, that colors the whole event, because, basically, in the name of reassuring the Saudis about Iran, they're allowing this to go on and actually facilitating the Saudi killing in Yemen. (truthout.org)
• Well, under the Obama administration, we've made more arms deals with the Saudis than in other - any other time in history. (truthout.org)
• Washington criticizes Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine but enables the UAE and Saudis to wage war in Yemen. (theamericanconservative.com)
• The Saudis have been committing war crimes in Yemen," said Gabor Rona, a professor teaching the laws of war at Columbia University. (freitag.de)
• The Saudis tortured an American citizen, but the Trump Administration doesn't care. (outsidethebeltway.com)
• Equipped with U.S.-manufactured Littoral Combat Ships, the Saudis have been able to blockade air and sea ports that are vital to feeding the most populated part of Yemen - the northern area where 80 percent of the population lives. (codepink.org)
• Due to the fact that Pakistan cannot refuse to help the Saudis because of strategic reasons would mean that its focus would shift from fighting terrorist networks that are a threat to global security, to securing the reinstatement of a political government in Yemen. (com.pk)

Obama Administration8

• Most Americans ignored what was happening under the quiet leadership of the Obama administration. (salon.com)
• The Obama administration is running out of time to completely suspend US arms sales to Saudi Arabia or be forever linked to Yemen wartime atrocities. (hrw.org)
• The Obama administration has lobbied Congress to block the bill's passage. (truthout.org)
• So could you elaborate on that and also on the pressure that's being put on the Obama administration, especially with respect to the use of cluster munitions in Saudi Arabia - in Yemen by Saudi Arabia? (truthout.org)
• And it's time for the Obama administration to admit it. (brookings.edu)
• After the election, the Pentagon presented President Barack Obama's team with a broad plan to accelerate U.S. counterterrorism operations in Yemen, and the Obama administration referred the proposal to the incoming Trump team. (nbcnews.com)
• Around the same time, the Obama Administration blocked the transfer of cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia in a rare display of unease over the growing civilian death toll in the Saudi Arabia-led war against Shiite rebels in Yemen. (motherjones.com)
• Three years ago, on December 17, 2009, the Obama administration launched its first strike on what it believed to be an AQAP training camp in southern Yemen. (bigthink.com)

Attacks1

• Since the beginning of Saudi Arabia's attacks on Yemen, conducted with U.S. support, more than 5,700 have died (almost half of them civilians) -including hundreds of women and children- and 28.753 injuries have been reported. (counterpunch.org)

Conflict8

• The actions also raise a profound question about whether US involvement in Yemen (a) has slid into fighting an insurgency (i.e., an internal armed conflict) on the side of the Yemeni government rather than (b) combating AQAP as part of the transnational armed conflict with Al Qaeda pursuant to Congress's Authorization to Use Military Force. (justsecurity.org)
• These decisions also provide the first example of how Biden will assess the provision of U.S. military support during an armed conflict and how his administration will weigh humanitarian concerns and human rights with military and strategic objectives. (justsecurity.org)
• Prior to the conflict, Yemen was already the poorest country in the Arab world - 850,000 children under five were already chronically malnourished before the current crisis. (savethechildren.org.au)
• River blindness elimination efforts in Yemen were highly successful in April despite the ongoing civil conflict. (iapb.org)
• Muammar Al-Eryani, Yemen's minister of information, said that his government applauds Saudi efforts to end the conflict in Yemen and restore peace and stability in the country, and that it would support any peace initiative that would end the suffering of Yemenis. (arabnews.com)
• Reporter Maggie Michael, photographer Nariman El-Mofty and video journalist Maad al-Zikry spent a year uncovering atrocities and suffering in Yemen, shining a light on a conflict largely ignored by the American public. (ap.org)
• In 2009, he was a member of the USAID's conflict assessment team for Yemen. (bigthink.com)
• Yemen, a country on the tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is the stage of the world's worst humanitarian disaster after more than six years of a grinding conflict that has left most of its nearly 30 million people in need of humanitarian aid. (aljazeera.com)

Yemeni5

• While President Donald Trump has been busy distracting attention from the Russia inquiry at home and shoring up his humanitarian credentials in Syria, his administration has also participated in a quiet effort to starve millions of Yemeni civilians into submission. (salon.com)
• Six months ago, I wrote that US operations in Yemen appear to have slid into fighting a domestic insurgency alongside the Yemeni authorities ( here and here ). (justsecurity.org)
• Yet AQAP is led by a Yemeni, and much of its senior leadership comes from either Yemen or nearby Saudi Arabia, so the group is better positioned to build rapport with the local population and understand its concerns. (washingtoninstitute.org)
• We express our appreciation for the exceptional efforts made by the brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to bring peace to Yemen, as well as our full support for their efforts to achieve peace in the region and move it from a stage of conflicts and internal strife to one of stability and security," the Yemeni minister said. (arabnews.com)
• The Yemeni people don't care about any designation from [US President Donald] Trump's administration as it is a partner in killing Yemenis and starving them," he added. (aljazeera.com)

Sanaa3

• We can confirm that, last month, two U.S. Embassy officers in Yemen fired their weapons after being confronted by armed individuals in an attempted kidnapping at a small commercial business district in Sanaa, the State Department said in a statement. (alipac.us)
• Smoke rises at a community hall where Saudi-led warplanes struck a funeral in Sanaa, Yemen, October 9. (newsweek.com)
• A few weeks ago I wrote a piece about security in Sanaa and my own sense of unease during my last trip to Yemen. (bigthink.com)

Trump's5

• Trump's] larger offense has been his love affair with the despotic regimes of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which are largely responsible for creating - and perpetuating - the food and cholera crises in Yemen [by disallowing access to seaports]. (kff.org)
• President Donald Trump's administration, however, has reversed that decision. (aljazeera.com)
• The Wall Street Journal tries, and fails, to defend President Trump's indefensible veto of the Congressional resolution regarding the war on Yemen. (outsidethebeltway.com)
• Months into the administration, a BBC journalist recounted hearing European diplomats in Washington discussing how they'd resorted to scrutinizing news photos of White House meetings, Homeland -style, to try to discern which officials had Trump's ear. (washingtonian.com)
• Ultimately, it was US courts, not foreign envoys, that initially succeeded in halting Trump's travel ban-until the administration replaced it with a new, expanded ban that prevents Yemenis from immigrating to the US or visiting for business or tourism. (washingtonian.com)

Civilians4

• Saudi-led forces are bombing civilians in Yemen with newly supplied US weapons," said Priyanka Motaparthy , senior emergencies researcher at Human Rights Watch. (hrw.org)
• That strike also follows reports of a US drone strike in Yemen in December 2013 that may have killed several civilians on their way to a wedding. (justsecurity.org)
• The Saudi-led coalition's attack on a bus full of young boys adds to its already gruesome track record of killing civilians at weddings, funerals, hospitals, and schools in Yemen," said Bill Van Esveld , senior children's rights researcher at HRW. (aljazeera.com)
• But while one SEAL, 14 al Qaeda fighters and some civilians, including an 8-year-old girl, were killed during a firefight, al-Rimi is still alive and in Yemen, multiple military officials said. (nbcnews.com)

Truce3

• I traveled to Aden last week with our new Ambassador to Yemen Steve Fagin, and the purpose of the trip was to demonstrate U.S. commitment to Yemen and, indeed, to secure the truce that Geraldine noted has been renewed until August 2nd. (state.gov)
• Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Monday reaffirmed Iran's support for extending the truce in Yemen and ending the war, expressing hope that his country's reconciliation with Saudi Arabia will open a path to peace. (arabnews.com)
• The truce was effectively holding across Yemen, despite small breaches in the provinces of Taiz, Hajja and Mareb, local officials and residents across the country told Reuters. (newsweek.com)

Saudi war on Yemen4

• The House of Representatives passed a defense spending bill that seeks to limit Presidential authority when it comes to striking Iran and aideing the Saudi war on Yemen. (outsidethebeltway.com)
• Former Vice-President Joe Biden is calling for an end to American support for the Saudi war on Yemen. (outsidethebeltway.com)
• President Trump has not surprisingly vetoed a Congressional resolution to limit American support for the Saudi war on Yemen. (outsidethebeltway.com)
• This bill would end US military involvement in the Saudi war on Yemen. (indybay.org)

Counterterrorism1

• Today I published an op-ed in the NY Times, arguing that the "Yemen model" approach to counterterrorism is deeply flawed. (bigthink.com)

AQAP4

• A recently captured document written by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) reveals an unusual degree of self-reflection regarding the terrorist group's short-lived control over parts of southern Yemen. (washingtoninstitute.org)
• During its year-long occupation in the southern governorates of Abyan and Shabwa, AQAP attempted to implement a robust governance program involving community engagement, basic service delivery, administration of justice, humanitarian assistance, population security, and freedom of movement for commercial activities. (washingtoninstitute.org)
• Since the US ramped up its operations in Yemen in 2009, the ranks of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, have swelled from 300 fighters to more than 1,000. (brookings.edu)
• The United States, the only government to operate drones over the impoverished country, considers the Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) to be the radical group's most dangerous branch. (wionews.com)

World's1

• AP's groundbreaking work in Yemen has drawn the world's attention to one of the worst tragedies of our time," said AP's executive editor, Sally Buzbee. (ap.org)

20001

• In 2000, Yemen joined the WHO global efforts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem by initiating a National LF Elimination Programme (NLFEP), that was fully integrated with the National Leprosy Elimination Programme (NLEP), the Ministry of Public Health and Population. (bvsalud.org)

Drones2

• Yemen, by contrast, is a target-rich environment - and that's why the drones are busier there these days. (brookings.edu)
• American military and intelligence personnel have played a crucial role in counter terrorism efforts in Yemen, regularly striking suspected militants with drones, and providing support to the country s fledgling security forces. (alipac.us)

Lymphatic filariasis1

• The Expanded Special Project for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ESPEN) is WHO/AFRO's flagship project for tackling the five most prevalent Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Africa amenable to preventive chemotherapy (PC) through Mass Drug Administration (MDA): lymphatic filariasis (LF), onchocerciasis (Oncho), soil-transmitted helminths (STH), schistosomiasis (SCH), and trachoma (TRA). (who.int)

Trump Administration's1

• it is difficult to understand why the Trump Administration's ongoing massacre of the innocents in Yemen has failed to generate outrage and deep sorrow. (codepink.org)

Warplanes1

• WHY: The US Administration recently announced it would stop refueling Saudi warplanes over Yemen. (indybay.org)

Involvement2

• Congress has never authorized U.S. military involvement in Yemen, and it's long overdue for Congress to vote on it. (indybay.org)
• We demand from our Representatives to have the courage to support peace in Yemen, accountability in our involvement and to support HConRes138. (indybay.org)

Drone war2

• And those who focused on Yemen had become obsessed with the drone war, which was new and controversial, though it had a relatively low impact. (salon.com)
• Aerial war - Humanitarian situation - Child marriages - US drone war - Trump and Yemen - Al Qaida in Yemen - US Sec. of State Kerry's initiative: Cease fire? (freitag.de)

Officials8

• The goal of the U.S.-led operation in Yemen last week was to capture or kill Qassim al-Rimi, U.S. military and intelligence officials told NBC News. (nbcnews.com)
• Two American government personnel were whisked out of Yemen last month after they fatally shot two suspected kidnappers in a commercial district of the country s volatile capital, U.S. officials said Friday. (alipac.us)
• The U.S. embassy in Yemen has been operating on a limited capacity in recent days as American officials there have sought to limit the movement and exposure of their personnel amid a flurry of threat warnings. (alipac.us)
• The incident made news in Yemen when it occurred a couple of weeks ago, but the reports did not identify the targets of the apparent kidnapping attempt as American officials. (alipac.us)
• Yemen has become among the least permissive environments for U.S. officials in recent years. (alipac.us)
• A drone strike targeting a car killed three suspected al-Qaida members, including a leader in the southern Yemen province of Abyan, local officials said Friday. (wionews.com)
• In a series of stories, they told of how famished people in parts of Yemen were reduced to eating leaves to stay alive while corrupt officials diverted international food aid. (ap.org)
• In meetings with officials, he pleaded for Yemen to be exempted from the ban. (washingtonian.com)

23rd1

• It's the 23rd strike in Yemen so far this year, according to the Long War Journal. (brookings.edu)

Group's1

• Yemen's faltering economy will be dealt a further devastating blow," said Mohamed Abdi, the group's director for Yemen. (aljazeera.com)

Largest humanitarian1

• Yemen is now the largest humanitarian emergency in the world, an astonishing 75% of the population are in need of aid. (savethechildren.org.au)

Insurgency1

• He is the co-founder of Waq al-Waq: Islam and Insurgency in Yemen Blog. (bigthink.com)

United Nations1

• It is customary for the United States, other North Atlantic powers and, through them, the United Nations Security Council to defer to Saudi concerns in Yemen. (thenation.com)

20183

• The Mectizan Donation Program congratulates Yemen for a successful April 2018 mass drug administration (MDA) for onchocerciasis elimination! (iapb.org)
• The AP's investigative reporting on the war in Yemen in 2018 was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. (ap.org)
• The Pulitzer covers the AP's work on Yemen in 2018, but the team has continued its reporting. (ap.org)

Accountability2

• The proposed program should also address how it will ensure coordination with existing transitional justice and accountability efforts in Yemen. (state.gov)
• A group of bipartisan senators Thursday introduced the Comprehensive Saudi Arabia Accountability and Yemen Act which would halt weapons sales and other military support for Yemen. (indybay.org)

Egypt1

• ESPEN's remit covers 47 countries in Africa and five countries in the WHO Regional Eastern Mediterranean Office (EMRO): Sudan, Egypt, Somalia, Djibouti, and Yemen. (who.int)

Cholera1

• Last year Yemen was rocked by the worst cholera outbreak in recent history, with over a million suspected cases. (savethechildren.org.au)

Civilian2

• The public has a right to know about any exceptions the Trump administration is making to civilian protection rules generally and what really happened with this tragic operation specifically. (aclu.org)
• Along with civilian suffering, protests against the Saudi assault on Yemen are mounting, and with good reason. (thenation.com)

Pakistan1

• Surely, if America is at war in Pakistan, it's at war in Yemen, too. (brookings.edu)

Catastrophic1

• Numerous organizations with extensive experience working in Yemen described the catastrophic effects such a designation would have on delivery of desperately needed humanitarian relief. (codepink.org)

Reportedly1

• But the Trump administration reportedly exempted certain regions of Yemen from that rule, "temporarily" designating them as "areas of active hostilities. (aclu.org)

Journalist1

• Editor's Note: Today I'm thrilled to have a guest post by Adam Baron, an excellent journalist, who is working and writing from Yemen. (bigthink.com)

Measles2

• At the same time, disrupted immunization activities have increased the risks for measles and poliomyelitis, even though Yemen is presently free of polio. (counterpunch.org)
• At least one of the following is considered evidence of measles immunity for international travelers: 1) birth before 1957, 2) documented administration of two doses of live measles virus vaccine (MMR, MMRV, or other measles-containing vaccine), or 3) laboratory (serologic) proof of immunity or laboratory confirmation of disease. (cdc.gov)

Arabian Peninsula1

• The Navy SEAL raid in Yemen last week had a secret objective - the head of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, who survived and is now taunting President Donald Trump in an audio message. (nbcnews.com)

Priority1

• As you know, Yemen remains a priority for the U.S. administration. (state.gov)

Threat3

• In the midst of this crisis, children in Yemen face a triple pronged threat from hunger, the spread of deadly disease and an indiscriminate barrage of shelling and bombs. (savethechildren.org.au)
• The White House has declared al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen is to be the biggest terror threat to Americans today. (brookings.edu)
• This alone should be enough to force the international community to change their strategy on Yemen since not doing so could pose a threat to the interests of Washington in particular and the West in general. (com.pk)

Terrorist2

• On Sunday, al-Rimi - who landed on the United States' most-wanted terrorist list after taking over al Qaeda's Yemen affiliate in 2015 - released an audio recording that military sources said is authentic. (nbcnews.com)
• The action in Yemen will also directly strengthen terrorist organizations. (com.pk)

Ambassador1

• Being the Ambassador from Yemen Is Even Harder. (washingtonian.com)

Credible1

• The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications for projects that ensure credible transitional justice processes in Yemen include a survivor-centered and accessible approach. (state.gov)

Designation1

• We reserve the right to respond to any designation issued by the Trump administration or any administration. (aljazeera.com)

Country2

• As war continues to rage uninterrupted in Yemen, a humanitarian pause is badly needed as the country spirals down to chaos, leaving the majority of the population in urgent need of medical care. (counterpunch.org)
• Getting food and medicine into Yemen - a country 80 percent dependent on imports - will become even more difficult. (aljazeera.com)

Americans1

• But in a new administration that disdained the permanent bureaucracy, the Americans they'd cultivated as insiders no longer had any inside dope. (washingtonian.com)

Polio1

• Administration of routine childhood vaccinations (eg, hepatitis, polio, and meningococcal vaccines) is often prioritized over specific travel vaccines, as these diseases are still prevalent in many underdeveloped countries. (medscape.com)

People4

• Three successive American administrations have backed an aggressive war, waged by ruthlessly repressive states that have killed hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions, and left their populations suffering from malnutrition and disease. (theamericanconservative.com)
• Far more people have suffered in Yemen than have suffered and are likely to suffer in Ukraine. (theamericanconservative.com)
• This invasion pits billionaire royal elites of the Gulf-and their US and Arab League supporters-against the downtrodden people of Yemen. (thenation.com)
• Administration of ivermectin once or twice a year to people living in areas where the infection is common can control infection. (msdmanuals.com)

Raid1

• NBC News analyst Juan Zarate, a national security adviser in the administration of former President George W. Bush, said that even though the raid did not neutralize al-Rimi, it could still yield smaller victories. (nbcnews.com)

Efforts3

• We think that the Presidential Leadership Council represents broader representation of Yemenis than we have seen in many years, and provides an opportunity for the Government of Yemen to reassert its commitment to peace efforts and to improve basic services and economic stability for millions of Yemenis. (state.gov)
• The congressional foreign relations committees have had some briefings on the military and intelligence efforts in Yemen, Danger Room is told. (brookings.edu)
• Fostering the creation of networks of survivors' groups to inform transitional justice processes, facilitate advocacy efforts, and link documentation efforts across Yemen. (state.gov)