Tag: #YemenWar
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An American warship fired at a Yemeni Navy reconnaissance plane near a Gabonese ship in the Red Sea
“A US warship opened fire recklessly, using multiple weapons. One of the missiles exploded near a southbound ship belonging to the Republic of Gabon, which had come from Russian ports,” Head of the National Delegation Mohammed Abdulsalam
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Yemeni Defense Minister Affirms Obligation to Palestinians in Face of US Pressure
“Normalization will not solve the Palestinian issue; rather, they are a betrayal of the Palestinian cause and people. The resolutions lie in revolutions, confrontation, and unifying the ranks of the nation, which will solve all problems in the region, including the Palestinian issue.” The Yemeni Minister of Defense, Major General Mohammed Nasser Al-Atifi
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Yemen’s warring parties commit to ceasefire steps
The roadmap, along with a ceasefire, will also include the two sides’ commitment to resume oil exports, pay all public sector salaries, “further ease restrictions on Sanaa Airport and the Hudaydah port,” and open roads in Taiz and other parts of Yemen, the statement said.
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An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander threatened the Mediterranean Sea could be closed #IsraelBoycott
“the birth of new powers of resistance and the closure of other waterways … They shall soon await the closure of the Mediterranean Sea, (the Strait of) Gibraltar and other waterways,” The groups backed by Iran on the Mediterranean are Lebanon’s Hezbollah and allied militia in Syria, at the far end of the sea from…
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The US approves military training programs to Saudi Arabia for $1 billion,
The Saudi Arabia-led coalition consisting of nine Sunni counties armed with US/UK made war plans, bombs and missiles, tooled with logistic support, training and midd-air fueling annihilated the poorest Arab Nation of Yemen. The war started on 26 March 2015, and less than one year later, with the support and backing of the UN, the…
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Two birds with one stone
“Shipping firms impose extra fees as Red Sea attacks hit global trade.” The Yemeni #IsraelBoycott works like ‘Payback’ time against the eight-years-long naval blockade on the impoverished Country. Now the rest of the world has to manage freight fees and fines on their goods. Yemen has been paying since the Saudi Arabia-led coalition imposed a…
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The PM insists, “When it comes to the aid budget, I don’t regret the cuts to the overall aid budget,”
The UK slashed foreign aid from 0.7 per cent to 0.5 per cent of gross national income in 2020 while “tens of thousands… living in famine-like conditions.”
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“We’re on the verge of a comprehensive failure of humanity,”
And as the humanitarian crisis in Yemen continued to get worse and worse, I saw it move further and further towards back pages of the newspaper, if at all mentioned. Several human rights organizations have called the war-caused levels of famine and illness in Yemen the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.
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No different than the Yemen war trauma
“the vast majority of bombs dropped on the besieged enclave are US-made. They say the weapons include 2,000-pound (900-kilogram) “bunker-busters” that have killed hundreds in densely populated areas.”
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Yemen affirms to continue sacred #Israelboycott at the hight of Bab al Mandeb pounding conscience in empty minds
“If there are extended disruptions, the consumer goods sector will face the biggest impact,” a report says. Well, what is with the 20.000 murdered Palestinians and the vetoed ceasefire?