Shefa Abdallah

YemenExtra An approaching famine in Yemen, whose people are the victims of now three years of war for which the United States is partly responsible, needs desperately to be headed off. The United Nations estimates…

YemenExtra SH.A. General Jeffrey Harrigan, commander of the US Air Force in the Middle East, hinted at the possibility of canceling the largest annual military exercises between the United States and the Gulf countries because of the…

YemenExtra SH.A. On 6 November, the Saudi-led coalition (SLC) announced the ‘temporary’ closure of all of Yemen’s airports, seaports and land crossings stating that “the measures will be implemented while taking into…

YemenExtra Mass arrests of senior royals, amid fear of assassinations, indicate that what is going on in Saudi Arabia is a far-reaching purge. The facade of a “corruption probe” – promoted in part by Western news media and US…

YemenExtra SH.A. The US-Saudi coalition committed a new massacre,today Saturday, against the Yemeni fishermen on the island of Bawadi, Hodeidah province,according to a security source. Coalition's warplanes targeted…

YemenExtra The United Nations and more than 20 humanitarian groups are decrying a decision by a Saudi-led military coalition to block access to airports, seaports and land crossings into Yemen, saying it could bring millions of…

YemenExtra SH.A. A number of Yemeni citizens were targeted and a large number of houses were damaged after several air strike ,on Friday midnight, by the US-Saudi coalition warplanes on Al Sa'di neighborhood of Bab Al-Yemen…

YemenExtra On the Brink of War By Abdel Bari Atwan Our region stands on the brink of war. We should not let small details — such as the resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri’s resignation or the detention of…

YemenExtra Almost a week after the Saudi-led Coalition imposed a complete blockade on Yemen, humanitarian movements into or out of the country remain stalled. On Monday, the coalition shut air, land and sea routes into Yemen in…

YemenExtra Social media firms could face fines of up to £17 million under new laws aimed at guaranteeing people the "right to be forgotten" online. Companies such as Facebook and Twitter will be required to…