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YemenExtra SH.A. Written by Mona Zaid The day that changed the lives of millions of Yemenis was 26 March 2015, when, within five hours, the sky filled with aircraft. People were shocked by what was happening, hoping that when the sun…

YemenExtra SH.A. By: DANIEL LARISON Hal Brands doesn’t think much of the antiwar arguments from the Democratic presidential candidates and others. Here he comments on Yemen: Or think about the U.S. role in Yemen. Progressives —…

YemenExtra BY: Ahmed AbdulKareem  A recent Saudi Coalition airstrike on the home of a prominent Yemeni businessman in Taiz destroyed not only a family home but also the hopes of the many Yemenis who rely on the generosity of…

YemenExtra By: DANIEL LARISON Mike Pompeo is on a trip to Saudi Arabia and the UAE this week, and while he was visiting he chose to repeat some of his more egregious lies about Yemen: Patrick Wintour…

YemenExtra SH.A. By: Ali Azimi The UK continues to support the killing of Yemeni people by Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, with support from Saudi Arabia and other dictatorial regimes in the West Asian region. Undoubtedly, in the near…

YemenExtra SH.A. By: Ann Wrigh Sally Alice Thompson is 95 years old and she is on a hunger strike for the children, children who are victims of the U.S. government's sanctions and war mongering on the countries where they live,…

YemenExtra SH.A. By: DANIEL LARISON Members of Congress aren’t buying Trump’s bogus “emergency” that he declared in order to send weapons to the Saudis and the UAE: Rep. Eliot Engel (D., N.Y.), chairman of the House Foreign…

YemenExtra SH.A.    By Ahmed Abdulkareem Saudi Arabia has claimed that its air defenses shot down two ballistic missiles over the city of Taif, just 65 kilometers east of Mecca, in the early hours of Monday morning. Saudi officials…

YemenExtra SH.A. By: DANIEL LARISON Bruce Riedel reports that the Saudi government is agitating for a U.S. attack on Iran, and the crown prince is the leading supporter of a new war: Saudi Arabia is eager for the United States to…

YemenExtra SH.A.    By: Nicholas Kristof Just a few days ago, bombs (perhaps American made) killed four Yemeni children. Every 12 minutes, another child in Yemen dies. Yemen is a complicated place with many bad actors, but…