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Saudi Siege of Yemen’s al-Durayhimi as Devastating as WWII Siege of Leningrad
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To compare Saudi Arabia’s blockade on al-Durayhimi to the siege of Leningrad by German and Finnish forces in 1944, one of the most notorious and brutal military sieges in history, is no exaggeration.
By: Ahmed AbdulKareem…
Jewish Groups Accuse GOP of Weaponizing Anti-Semitism to Prolong Slaughter in Yemen
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By: Jake Johnson
Jewish advocacy groups on Monday condemned House Republicans for once again attempting to weaponize anti-Semitism to derail the Yemen War Powers resolution, which seeks to end U.S. complicity in the…
In Cholera Outbreak, 1,000 Yemeni Children Are Infected Each Day
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By: DANIEL LARISON
Cholera is spreading rapidly again in Yemen, and Save the Children warns that it is currently infecting 1,000 children per day:
An alarming spike in suspected cholera cases in Yemen is…
Four Years of Hell: To Crush Yemen’s Independence, US-Saudi War Created World’s Worst Humanitarian…
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By Ben Norton
March 26, 2019 marked the fourth anniversary of the US-Saudi bombing campaign in Yemen. These four years have unleashed Hell on Earth for millions of civilians. It would be impossible to overstate the…
‘Every War Is a War Against Children’
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By: Kathy Kelly
At 9:30 in the morning of March 26, the start of the fifth year of the Saudi-led coalition war against Yemen, the entrance to a rural hospital in the northwest part of the country was…
The War on Yemen and the Trump Administration’s Contempt for the Law
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By: DANIEL LARISON
The Trump administration has ignored yet another mandated deadline for reporting to Congress on Yemen:
A senior Pentagon official had pledged to deliver the strategy report at the beginning of…
Premeditated Saudi Crimes in Yemen
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By: Ismail al-Mahaqri
Translated by: Shefa'a Abdullah
In the history of wars throughout the ages, no party has ever recognized or admitted of doing a crime, whether it was committed deliberately or by mistake ,…
In Bid to Control Yemen Border Towns, Saudi Arabia Employs Deadly Airstrikes and Jihadi Militias
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By: Ahmed Abdulkareem
At least 28 civilians, mostly displaced women and children, were killed and 17 were injured after the Saudi-led Coalition launched a barrage of airstrikes in the early hours of Sunday morning in…
End U.S. Support for the Abominable War on Yemen
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By: DANIEL LARISON
A new report from the Yemeni human rights group Mwatana and the University Network for Human Rights details the use of U.S. and U.K.-made weapons in Saudi coalition attacks on civilian targets over the…
It’s Time to Defend the Saudi-Led Coalition’s War in Yemen
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BY: CLAIRE FINKELSTEIN AND NICHOLAS SAIDEL
The war on Yemen is a humanitarian catastrophe, with an average of 123 civilians killed or wounded every week and at least 14 million people at risk of starvation. The Saudi-led…