Category: yemen war
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INTENTFUL VIOLATIONS OF THE LAWS OF WAR
Five years ago today, the Saudi Arabia-led coalition conducted an airstrike on Saada. The investigation following failed attack proves that the coalition breaches deliberately International Humanitarian Law. The Laws of War have been created to minimize harm caused to civilians during armed conflicts. Under the Laws of War, all involved parties are obliged to abide…
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Yemeni civilians stranded in Sudan
“Saudi-backed Yemeni Embassy abandons families in Sudan as war continues to rage… the number of stranded Yemenis in the city of Port Sudan reached 5,930 as of last Friday, including 1,357 children and 1,571 women, representing 200 families and 1,500 students.” Read the full report by HodHod Yemen News here.
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The Abs Prison Strike on 12 May 2015 – Yemen Bellingcat investigates
Eight years ago today, the Saudi Arabia-led coalition striked a prison in Abs, killing between 13 to 40 people, including children. “Open sources appear to indicate the casualties included inmates at the detention facility.” Initially, the coalition forces denied the attack, and as always rejected any responsibility. However, in the course of independent investigations carried…
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When warlords declare entire cities military targets
On May 8, 2015, the Saudi Arabia-led coalition declared the cities of Saada and Marran to be military targets, followed by an intense and indiscriminate bombing campaign lasting for several months.In the wake of the bombing frenzy, the Saudi Arabia-led coalition attacked residential houses, countless markets, food/wheat storages, schools, petrol stations, mosques, wells, and many…
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The Ancient Yemen Digital Atlas (AYDA) and German complicity in the Yemen war
The Ancient Yemen Digital Atlas (AYDA) is a digital heritage information system for this crisis region to protect and preserve Yemen’s cultural heritage.The aim is, ‘to register digitally all the known monuments and sites and primarily the country’s antique sites in an internet-based heritage information system.’ Appendix Disclaimer: The Ancient Yemen Digital Atlas (AYDA) is…
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Cultural heritage in times of war
There are only a few good reports and footage released by leading scholars or entities on the deliberate and willful destruction and plundering of Yemen’s cultural heritage. One of these reports launched in 2017 is stating, “It is difficult to rationalize destruction of cultural heritage in any context, and even more so in this land…
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on Sana’a and destruction
The world is a place of euphoric beauty coexisting with concentrated powers of destruction. The story of the war on Yemen should be taught in classes so that future generations start questioning and scrutinising the existing concept of Democracy and freedom. The sooner children start seeing through this flawful system, the better they could establish…
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Return of the river Al-Kharid
Water scarcity is a predicament widely shared among the Arab countries in the Middle East. With many Monarchies and few republics, several counties in the Middle East have no rivers gushing through their territory, except for Lebanon. Lacking deserts Lebanon benefits from its geologically ideal ‘goldilocks zone‘ position, giving rise to countless rivers, lakes, and…
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Emergency intervention: The link between Socotra and US forces in Sudan
The conflict in Sudan is taking shape and claiming presence in the media with each passing day. Reading the news, reminiscent of Libya’s destiny – Sudan’s neighbour to the north-west, one wonders which foreign countries have been involved in the conflict so far and who is going to enter yet. Sudan is no stranger to…
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The Tale of a Puppet Government and the plight of Yemeni
Another pressing and recently developing issue with significant impact on Yemen is the unfolding conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Response Forces. This has unleashed an influx of migration from Africa to Yemen, which is unprecedented, to say the least. In that, the statistics are showing an increase by 90 per cent in…
Nascent Yemen 