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Fruit of Sa’ada: Green-shelled pomegranate
“Though people swear by the sweet soft pink seeds of the green-skinned pomegranate that is indigenous to Saada.” Majida Rashid Like the outlandish Dragon-blood tree on Socotra Island, this speciment of pomegranate too is unique to Yemen. Only the special compounds of Yemeni soil create beauty … beyond the reach of the West.
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The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the arms embargo on Yemen’s Houthi rebels and an asset freeze and travel ban on Houthi leaders and top officials until Nov. 15
The British-drafted resolution also extends the mandate of the U.N. panel of experts monitoring the sanctions until Dec. 15. In a just world functioning on a rule-based order, the United Nations Security Council would have held the Saudi Arabia-led coalition alongside its Western backers, too accountable for all the unlawful bombings of Yemen. Instead, they…
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Yemen’s centuries-old coffee cultivation needs revival amid ongoing conflicts
In major online stores that claim to sell original Yemen coffee, a 340-gram bag of coffee beans is priced at 35 U.S. dollars, which is more than 10 times the price in northern Yemen. “We work as hard as we could and still I am worried,” al-Nhami said, adding he hoped he could get enough…
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The US policy for Yemen lacking moral, ethics
Alleged Iranian “Weapons Seized by U.S. Navy May Go to Ukraine. U.S. officials are considering sending a cache of arms to help Kyiv in its battle against Russia” The Wall Street Journal For nearly 8 years, the US, UK, Spain, and other Western backers of the Saudi Arabia-led coalition have delivered arms, logistics, and training…
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Saudi arms sales: UK accused of ‘hiding behind exemptions’ over files
British Government is refusing to release information about British weapons sales to Saudi Arabia at the height of its war in Yemen https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-saudi-arabia-arms-sales-hiding-behind-exemptions-accused
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Death strikes on Yemen
Ruminating on the some half a million Saudi Arabia-led coalition airstrikes on Yemen
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Greenpeace to appeal Spain-Saudi arms deal confidentiality
https://apnews.com/article/technology-politics-yemen-government-climate-and-environment-greenpeace-bfb224989935ae5d1d896ba14faf24e4 The Spanish Government and Spanish Supreme Court decision blocking public access, on national security grounds, to information on government export licenses for vehicle-mounted weapons systems sold to Saudi Arabia.
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Archive of unrepented atrocities
https://yemenwar.info/index.php A well-researched and accurately documented online source of the Yemen war, including international reports, pictures, and videos delineating the crimes committed by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition and its Western backers against the poorest Arab Nation of Yemen. The site had been maintained between 2016 -2018, covering the first four years of the war.
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The Humanity Eye Centre for Rights and Development: Daily Saudi Arabian airstrikes on Sa’ada, February 2023
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/w/saudi-air-strikes-are-claiming-yemeni-lives-almost-daily-human-rights-groups-warn Saudi air strikes are claiming Yemeni lives almost daily, human rights groups warn