2017

YemenExtra By Robert E. Hunter About this time 15 years ago, the United States was gearing up for a war against Iraq. Saddam Hussein was purported to have weapons of mass destruction. There was no doubt about his aggressive…

YemenExtra By Stephanie Nebehay and Tom Miles The coalition closed all air, land and sea access to Yemen on Nov. 6 following the interception of a missile fired towards the Saudi capital, saying it had to stem the flow of…

YemenExtra SH.A. A 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit southwest Turkey on Friday (November 24th), according to Turkey's Kandili Earthquake Observatory. The observatory said that,the epicenter of the quake was in the southeast…

YemenExtra M.A. Two soldiers were wounded in a grenade attack on the Republican Hospital in the southern Yemeni city of Aden late Thursday. According to media wings close to the Saudi-led coalition, recruits were wounded by a grenade…

YemenExtra M.A. The Saudi-led coalition targeted on Friday the homes and property of citizens in Nehm District, north of Sana'a Governorate, demolishing a mosque in the area as well as severely causing damage to the homes of citizens.…

YemenExtra M.A. The Afghan branch of ISIS has executed about 15 of its own members in the eastern province of Nangarhar, according to Afghan officials. The execution reportedly occurred on Thursday, the same day a suicide bombing in…

YemenExtra M.A. The official spokesman of the Yemeni movement of Ansarullah, Mohammed Abdul Salam, condemned the criminal act that hit a mosque in northern Sinai on Friday, which left hundreds of martyrs and wounded civilians. He…

YemenExtra M.A. At least 235 people were killed and many more wounded in a devastating bomb and gun attack against a mosque in the northern Sinai town of Bir al-Abed, on Friday. A bomb was detonated at the al-Rawdah mosque as Friday…

YemenExtra M.A. The Saudi-led coalition continues to prevent the arrival of the United Nations planes and relief and humanitarian planes to Sana'a International Airport. The official spokesman of the General Authority for Civil…

YemenExtra M.A. The Saudi-led coalition continued carrying out its raids on a number of Yemeni governorates, causing huge losses in property. In Saada, northern Yemen, the Saudi-led coalition launched a raid on Al-Zaher District, while…