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TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman recently vowed to continue targeting women and children throughout Yemen in order to “leave a big impact on the consciousness of Yemenis [for] generations.” NEW YORK — On Monday, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, Lise Grande, called for an “independent and impartial investigation” into the Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s attacks on Read More…
Just two weeks after a US-Saudi coalition airstrike on a school bus in Yemen killed some 40 children in an event which finally caught international media attention, there’s a new report that coalition jets have struck a camp for internally displaced people in the flashpoint region of Hodeidah. Pro-Houthi rebel outlets were the first to report the massacre, Read More…
HODEIDA, YEMEN — Just two weeks after bombing a school bus in Northern Yemen and killing scores of children, the U.S.-backed and Saudi-led coalition carried out another atrocity targeting mainly children near the port city of Hodeida early Thursday morning. Of the 31 casualties that resulted from the strike, 24 were children, while the seven adults Read More…
Even in the midst of growing awareness around Yemen being the largest humanitarian disaster in the world, and the direct and willing participation in the perpetuation and obfuscation of that crisis by the US government, we have not only seen the bombing of innocent civilians continue, but actually intensify. We recently discussed the death of 40 Read More…
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSWelcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (8/22/18). On August 21, three countries released a joint statement condemning the alleged use Read More…
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday denounced as “mind blowing” the decision to “continue to willingly participate in the slaughter of Yemeni kids” after members of Congress objected to his amendment to the Defense Appropriation bill that would have put key restrictions on U.S. financial and other support for the Saudi-led bombing campaign. The amendment “would Read More…