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At least five killed in Kabul military academy attacked
YemenExtra
SH.A.
At least five soldiers have been killed after Islamic State militants attacked a military academy in Kabul.
The attack started at 4am on Monday when a suicide bomber attacked guards providing security to…
US gathers UN envoys to build missile case against Iran
YemenExtra
M.A.
United Nations Security Council (UNSC) envoys are set to visit Washington to see debris purportedly from a Yemeni missile that reached deep inside Saudi territory last year, with the US claiming that it was supplied by…
IRGC ground forces arrest Daesh terrorists in western Iran
YemenExtra
M.A.
A division of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has arrested a number of Daesh Takfiri terrorists in the west of the country.
Following intelligence activities, the IRGC ground forces' Najaf base…
At Least 40 Dead, 140 Wounded in Kabul Blast
YemenExtra
M.A.
An ambulance packed with explosives blew up in a crowded area of Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 40 people and wounding 140 others, officials said, in an attack claimed by the Taliban.
“The latest toll from…
41 dead in South Korea hospital blaze: Yonhap
YemenExtra
M.A.
At least 41 people were killed in a blaze at a hospital in South Korea on Friday, Yonhap news agency said, with dozens more injured.
Video footage and pictures showed a helicopter flying above the building in…
Why Are We Helping Saudi Arabia Destroy Yemen?
YemenExtra
Y.A
It’s remarkable that whenever you read an article about Yemen in the mainstream media, the central role of Saudi Arabia and the United States in the tragedy is glossed over or completely ignored. A recent Washington…
The Starvation of Yemen Hasn’t Ended
YemenExtra
Y.A
Despite a modest easing of the Saudi-led coalition’s blockade of Yemen over the last month, the civilian population is still being starved of essential goods:
Thirty days after Saudi Arabia eased its crippling…
One year in, Trump’s Middle East policy is imploding
YemenExtra
Y.A
Last May, over a working lunch with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, at the White House, President Trump vowed to broker the final, elusive phase of the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. “It’s…
US forces give free pass to child sexual abusers in Afghanistan
YemenExtra
M.A.
American military troops stationed in Afghanistan have turned a blind eye on thousands of “gross human rights abuses” by the Afghan military forces over the past few years, including many instances of child sexual…
Ex-US diplomat quits Myanmar’s ‘whitewash’ Rohingya panel
YemenExtra
M.A.
A veteran US diplomat has resigned from an international advisory panel on the Rohingya Muslim crisis set up by Myanmar, denouncing it as a “whitewash and a cheerleading operation” for the government of the country’s…