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Don’t let Yemen turn into Syria
Michael Shank
head of communications at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
President Trump, who promised as a candidate to “bomb the hell out of ISIS," authorized a military raid in Yemen during his first couple of…
Public Pressure On White House Could Help Prevent Mass Starvation In Yemen
Mark Weisbrot, Contributor
Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research
“Shame on us,” wrote Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times last month. “The Saudis have managed to block coverage of the crimes against humanity they…
Saudi bombs are decimating Yemen. Yet May’s glad-handing goes on
Emily Thornberry
Of all the numerous and diverse resolutions that the UN security council has debated over the last six months, you would think that few could have been as pressing as securing a ceasefire in Yemen.
Indeed the UK,…
The U.S. Has No Legal Standing in Its Involvement in the War on Yemen
Patrick Henningsen
Yemen is proving what should be clear by now: President Trump may never make good on his bold campaign promise of less senseless wars overseas. Watch as Trump defers to ‘the Generals’ to double-down on a…
Theresa May hopes to set example of female potential in Saudi Arabia
Jessica Elgot
a Political reporter in Guardian
Theresa May has said she hopes to send a message about women in leadership when she visits Saudi Arabia, but stopped short of overtly criticising the country’s approach to equal rights.…
Horror and uncertainty are part of life in Yemen. We must act to prevent famine ( Guardian)
Saleh Saeed
Is CEO of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC)
YemenExtra
I have just returned from a heartbreaking visit to Yemen, the land of my birth, and one of the four regions – along with Somalia, South Sudan and northern…
Arab Leaders Dance to Trump’s Tune
YemenExtra
Y.A
By Abdel Bari Atwan
The speeches made by Arab leaders at their summit conference in Jordan which began on Wednesday left an unmistakeable impression: most, if not, all were directed at the administration of the new US…
‘They’re going to kill me next’: Yemen family fears drone strikes under Trump
Every day, as they hear the whine of the drones overhead, the Tuaiman family waits for Donald Trump to finish killing them.
The drones used to hover about once a week over al-Rawdah, the Yemeni village where the family lives, sending…
Tobias Ellwood showed courage in London attack. Can he do the same in Yemen?
Peter Oborne was named freelance of the year 2016 by the Online Media Awards for an article he wrote for Middle East Eye. He was British Press Awards Columnist of the Year 2013. He resigned as chief political columnist of the…
If Yemen’s UN envoy wants peace, he should speak to more Yemenis
Baraa Shiban
a Yemeni human rights activist.
The UN envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, has just concluded a European tour, apparently meeting senior officials in London, Paris and Berlin before flying to Abu Dhabi to meet the…