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Bashir is playing a dangerous game
Sudan's political crisis is sliding into a dangerous phase. Its economy is on the verge of collapse. The price of food and other basic commodities is rising by the day, worsening living conditions for ordinary Sudanese and stirring growing…
A Saudi Coalition Attack on Hodeidah Would Be Disastrous
YemenExtra
By: DANIEL LARISON
Reuters reports that Saudi coalition forces are massing for an assault on the port city of Hodeidah:
It was unclear if Saudi Arabia’s Western allies, which have come under increasing scrutiny for arms…
What’s Really Happening In The Poorest Country In The Middle East?
YemenExtra
By: Mnar Muhawesh
What’s really happening in the poorest country in the Middle East is a test of our humanity — a catastrophic, perfect storm of suffering and death, and the most horrific genocide you’ve likely…
Yemen’s Houthis See Ballistic Missiles as Last Hope to Deter Saudi Aggression
By Ahmed Abdulkareem
Randi Nord
Saudi Arabia’s bloody war on Yemen has killed and injured over 600,000 civilians, including more than a quarter of a million children, since it’s onset in March 2015, and it shows no signs of letting…
Saudi Arabia used chemical weapons in Yemen
YemenExtra
By: Jonas E. Alexis
“In his own meeting with bin Salman in Washington, President Trump boasted about $12.5 billion in finalized sales of American weapons to Saudi Arabia. In May 2017, he chose Saudi Arabia for his…
NEO – After Syria, Russia ups the ante in Yemen too
We are years into the Yemen War, and neither the Saudis, nor the US, nor any independent parties have revealed to us how Iran is shipping arms into Yemen while it is under a full blockade, where even critical medicines and fuel cannot get…
Trump Is Backing Saudi Arabia’s Atrocious War In Yemen
YemenExtra
By Theodore Shoebat
For years, the American military has sought to distance itself from a brutal civil war in Yemen, where Saudi-led forces are battling rebels who pose no direct threat to the United States.
But…
The U.S. Must End Its Support for the War on Yemen
YemenExtra
By: DANIEL LARISON
U.S. involvement in the war on Yemen is more extensive than the administration has admitted:
But late last year, a team of about a dozen Green Berets arrived on Saudi Arabia’s border with…
The Saudis may yet come to regret assassinating Saleh al-Sammad
The areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthi Ansarallah movement, especially the group’s northern stronghold of Saada and the capital Sanaa, have been in mourning for Saleh al-Sammad — president of the Supreme Political Council (SPC), an…
Britain and the US Must Stop Fuelling the Bloody Saudi War on Yemen
YemenExtra
By: Patrick Wilcken
Three tragedy-filled years for the people of Yemen, who have suffered from the Saudi-led military coalition’s devastating – and often indiscriminate – bombing of their country. Fleets of fighter jets,…