2020

YemenExtra  By Julia Kassem March 26, 2020 will mark 5 years since the US-backed Saudi-led coalition waged its devastation upon Yemen. While the first two years had translated into territorial and military gains for the coalition,…

YemenExtra Minister of Public Health and Population of the National Salvation Government, Dr. Taha al-Mutawakkil, declared on Saturday the presence of two COVID-19 cases in the capital Sana'a, Yemen.  In a press conference, Dr.…

YemenExtra Saudi Arabia intensely deployed a number of military vehicles on Saturday in Socotra Island port, according to sources. Deployment of Saudi-backed Islah militants had previously taken place at the Island's port, and with…

YemenExtra The Saudi American aggression fighter jets launched on Saturday 20 air raids on three Yemeni governorates over the past hours, a security official reported.  In Bayda governorate, warplanes affiliated with the aggression…

YemenExtra  The Technical Committee for Combating Epidemics in the Capital Sanaa ordered, Friday, the shut down of all markets and commercial malls temporarily for few hours to conduct sterilization. This acts as part of the…

YemenExtra Sudan’s transitional government has brought the majority of Sudanese soldiers sent to war in Yemen back to their homeland, Sudan’s Minister of State Omar Qamar Al-Din said. The minister added in remarks to Russia’s Sputnik…

YemenExtra The coronavirus has led to a rise in food prices in Yemen, World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Wednesday.  “Rising food prices caused by #COVID_19 pandemic will hit vulnerable families the hardest,” WFP said on Twitter.…

YemenExtra More than 600 people have died in Aden, southern Yemen, within 9 days as a result of the so-described "mysterious epidemics" by informed sources. The source, who requested anonymity, told the German News Agency (DPA): “More…

YemenExtra Yemeni forces, backed by allied fighters from the Popular Committees, have wrested control over a number of strategic areas in central province of al-Bayda from Saudi-backed mercenaries fighting to reinstate exiled former…

YemenExtra United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths says the warring parties in the impoverished Arab country have made “significant progress” toward agreement on a nationwide ceasefire. “We have seen significant…