The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on Monday examined the Saudi record on compliance with a treaty protocol on children in armed conflict, and repeatedly raised the issue of children killed by coalition attacks in Yemen. Saudi Arabia said on Monday it was working hard to correct mistaken targeting by its military Read More…
Tag: Houthi
US-Backed Saudi Coalition Air Strike On Fish Market Kills Scores In Yemen’s Hodeidah
Strikes come even as Yemen offers peace initiative to Saudi Arabia, and UN tries to secure Houthi proposed ceasefire Air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition on a fishing port and fish market in the Yemeni city of Hodeidah killed 26 people, Yemeni medical sources and aid agencies said on Thursday. The International Committee of the Red Read More…
US Prepared To Attack Iran, With Saudi Forces Doing The Bulk Of Fighting
Is the United States preparing to attack Iran? On Friday, Defense Secretary James Mattis dismissed this idea as “fiction,” back when the sources were in the Australian military. Yet other US officials have since been quoted as saying the attack is still being considered. The pretext for this war appears to be the ongoing Yemen War. Read More…
Human Rights Violations By Saudi-Coalition Mercenaries Spark Mass Mobilization Of Volunteer Fighters To Yemen’s Southwest
The Saudi-led coalition, unable to secure control of the strategic port city of Hodeida, has recently flooded the cities and towns surrounding Hodeida with foreign and indigenous mercenaries, hoping to bring the port city to its knees by taking control of the surrounding region. Backil al-Shimi is one of the thousands of Yemenis from the Read More…
“Nowhere To Run”: Chaotic Exodus As Yemenis Flee Saudi-UAE Bombardment Of Hodeida
Thousands of Yemenis have fled the port city of Hodeida amid a deadly Saudi/UAE invasion causing a mass exodus of internally displaced people already in the war. HODEIDA, YEMEN — Mohammed Mousa, 31, has sharp wide eyes. Enthusiastic and angry, he shouts slogans against Yemen’s latest invaders while in the midst of a huge rally in Read More…
Yemeni Rebels Begin Attacking Saudi Oil Infrastructure: You Know What That Means
The Houthi rebels in Yemen, officially known as Ansurallah, have vowed to intensify rocket attacks on Saudi Arabia’s critical oil infrastructure, warning that they are now manufacturing their own ballistic missiles to achieve those aims, the Financial Times reports. The threat comes at a time when Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia have begun to increase. Just this Read More…