Hunger and disease stalk Yemenis with no end in sight as the war grinds on... Yemen conflict: UN official accuses world of ignoring crisis 6 December 2016 - In the hands of the doctor, baby Ibrahim's head seems impossibly small. He cradles the child gently, conscious of his fragility. Everything around him seems improbably large.
Yemen 'President' Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi wants to hang on to power... President clings to power as Yemeni people perish Wednesday 7th December, 2016 - Yemen 'President' Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi wants to hang on to power and wants his political rivals sent in to exile. Mansour who reliquished the presidency in January last year, reclaimed it a month later when he announced he was rescinding his resignation.
Child Malnutrition a huge problem in Yemen... UN Agency: Child Malnutrition at 'All-time High' in Yemen December 12, 2016 Hunger among Yemen's children has reached an "all-time high," with nearly 2.2 million in need of urgent care, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF said Monday.
Yup. The USA is responsible for unrest in Yemen that has gone on since time immemorial. What else is the USA responsible for? The Great Fire of London in 1666? The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire? The Fall in the Garden of Eden?
No more Saudi use of cluster bombs in Yemen... Saudi military announces end of cluster bomb use in Yemen Dec. 19, 2016 -- The Saudi government announced Monday it would end the "limited" use of British-made cluster bombs against rebels in Yemen after weeks of denying their use.
Children in Yemen suffer the tolls of war... Yemen's children starve as war drags on Jan 2,`17 -- As the first light of dawn trickles in through the hospital window, 19-year-old Mohammed Ali learns that his two-year-old cousin has died of hunger. But he has to remain strong for his little brother Mohannad, who could be next. See also: Yemen's would-be model, Aden plagued by bombs, instability Dec 24,`16 -- On a rocky hill overlooking the Arabian Sea in the city of Aden sits the palace of Yemen's internationally recognized president. It's one of the few safe places in the country for him and his government, protected by troops at the gates, artillery and truck-mounted machine guns in the surrounding mountains and ships at sea.
10 thousand civilians killed in Yemen war... Grim Milestone Reached in Yemen Fighting: 10,000 Civilian Dead January 16, 2017 - United Nations envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed is in Yemen as the U.N. marks a grim milestone — 10,000 civilians dead in fighting.
Marshall Plan needed for Yemen... $2 billion in aid sought for hardest-hit in Yemen civil war Jan 17,`17 -- About $2 billion in urgent aid is needed this year to alleviate the suffering of the most vulnerable victims of Yemen's civil war, or about 10 million of the country's 27 million people, the resident U.N. humanitarian chief said Tuesday.