Spread of fighting, cholera pushes Yemen to collapse

May 19th, 20170 SANAA, Yemen — Spilling into the hallways of crowded Yemeni hospitals, children writhe in pain from cholera. Displaced villagers roam baking hot plains and barren mountains to evade warring militias. The escalating outbreak of disease and displacement of tens of thousands by recent fighting has inflamed one of the world's worst...

Thousands protest Yemen president’s discharging of southern leaders

May 5th, 20170 ADEN — Tens of thousands of Yemenis protested in Aden on Thursday against President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's discharging of the provincial governor and a cabinet minister widely praised for helping drive Houthis from the city in 2015. The two men discharged, Aden provincial governor Aydaroos al-Zubaidi and cabinet member Hani bin...

Yemeni Americans stage New York protest, urge U.S. to rethink Saudi alliance

April 2nd, 20170 NEW YORK CITY — On a cold, snowy Sunday morning, more than 100 Arab Americans gathered outside the United Nations headquarters to protest the United States' support for Saudi Arabia, which they say is the culprit responsible for extreme devastation and famine in Yemen. Dozens of Yemeni, Lebanese and Iraqi American demonstrators met...

Iran steps up support for Houthis in Yemen’s war

March 24th, 20170 ANKARA — Iran is sending advanced weapons and military advisers to Yemen's rebel Houthi movement, stepping up support for its ally in a civil war whose outcome could sway the balance of power in the Middle East, regional and Western sources say. Iran's enemy Saudi Arabia is leading a coalition fighting the Houthis in the...

America is not innocent: If we bomb you, we ban you

March 10th, 20170 In a Fox News interview that aired on Sunday, Feb. 5, President Trump defended Russian President Vladimir Putin when host Bill O’Reilly asked him why he respects him so much if he’s a killer. "There are a lot of killers," Trump replied. "Got a lot of killers. What, do you think our country's so innocent?" No, our country...

Trump signs new travel ban order, Iraq left off

March 6th, 20170 WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order for a U.S. travel ban on Monday, leaving Iraq off the list of targeted countries, after his controversial first attempt was blocked in the courts, senior administration officials said. The new order, which the White House said Trump had signed, will keep a...

Unpaid government workers deepen economic pain in Yemen’s war

January 29th, 20172 SANAA ― Already suffering grievously under nearly two years of civil war, many thousands of Yemeni state workers now face destitution as their salaries have gone largely unpaid for months. The immediate reason is a decision by the internationally-recognized government to shift Yemen's central bank out of Sanaa, the capital city...