by Abdulkarim AL-MARANI with Dana MOUKHALLATI in Dubai Agence France Presse Sanaa, Yemen (AFP) — Yemen’s war makes life a daily struggle for millions of civilians, but creatures in the country’s neglected zoos, including lions, leopards and baboons also face an uncertain future. At the country’s main zoo in Sanaa, the capital seized in 2014 by the Iran-backed Huthi militias who control much of the north, a man unloaded one of a dozen dead donkeys […]
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1,000 days into Yemen’s ‘forgotten’ war, NGOs urge action
by Katy Lee and Valérie Leroux Agence France-Presse (PARIS, France) – A thousand days of bloodshed: as Yemen prepares to mark Wednesday’s grim anniversary, aid workers are urging world powers to bring an end to a “forgotten” conflict. Photographs of children starving to death have failed to spur the international community into ending the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, which charities warn is deepening by the day. “There are things that could happen tomorrow that could stop children from […]
Children among 14 dead in new air strike on Yemen capital
by Jamil Nasser Agence France-Presse SANAA, Yemen – Children were among at least 14 people killed in an air strike that toppled residential blocks in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Friday, witnesses and medics said. The attack was the latest in a wave of deadly raids on residential areas of Yemen blamed on a Saudi-led Arab military coalition, drawing strong international condemnation. The United Nations has accused the Arab coalition of killing 42 civilians in the week to […]
Saudi facing ‘long’ Yemen war after talks fail
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) – by Ian Timberlake Six months after Saudi Arabia said its war in Yemen was winding down, air strikes are again pounding rebels and rockets flying across the border, with no end to the conflict in sight. Facing criticism of its bombing campaign and a budget crunch from low oil prices, Riyadh is keen to bring an end to the intervention it launched last year against Shiite Huthi rebels and their allies, […]
Deadly coalition air strikes hit Yemen hospital
SANAA, Yemen (AFP) – Arab coalition air raids Monday hit a Yemeni hospital where international humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders operates, killing six people 48 hours after air strikes that killed children. The Paris-based Doctors Without Borders (MSF) tweeted that Abs hospital in the rebel-held northwestern province of Hajja “was targeted by air strikes today at 15:45 Yemen time (1245 GMT)”. Monday’s strikes killed six people and wounded 20, according to Ayman Mazkour, who heads […]
Saudi-led jets hit Yemen despite concerns
SANAA, Yemen (AFP) – Saudi-led coalition warplanes launched fresh air strikes against Shiite rebels across Yemen Wednesday despite international concerns over the escalation after the suspension of peace talks. The coalition resumed strikes days after UN-brokered peace talks in Kuwait between representatives of the government and the Iran-backed Huthi rebels ended without a breakthrough. The coalition, which has been battling to prop up Yemen’s government against the Huthis since March 2015, hit rebel positions across […]





