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Yemen’s unseen economic war is killing children by stealth
YemenExtra
By: Kevin Watkins
In an overcrowded nutrition clinic at Alsalkhana hospital in Hodeidah, one of Yemen’s largest cities, around 30 anxious mothers wait with resigned patience to have their children weighed and measured.…
More than 22 million Yemenis need humanitarian assistance every day
YemenExtra
By: Ryan Connelly Holmes
Three years after a Saudi-led coalition began to bomb Yemen, the country is hanging on by a thread, workers for international aid organizations say.
The country’s protracted war has decimated…
A View from the Rubble of Sana’a: What Happens When an Airstrike Hits Your Street
Ahmed AbdulKareem
a Yemeni journalist. He covers the war in Yemen for MintPress News, YemenExtra and local Yemeni media
SANA’A, YEMEN — The late morning sun conspired with a cloudless blue sky to frame the Al Tahir commercial…
Is What’s Happening in Yemen Really Genocide?
Randi Nord
a journalist and co-founder of Geopolitics Alert. She covers U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East with a special focus on Yemen
What Qualifies as Genocide?
There isn’t a concrete definition of the word “genocide” and,…
Saudis Find Out Hard Way: Yemen Is Another Graveyard of Empires
“The Saudis are trying to use a brick to smash an anvil. They will destroy themselves, not Yemen
That’s how one of Yemen’s more prominent tribal sheikhs described Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. The war will enter its fourth year this…
UN Warns 10 Million More Yemenis Expected to Starve to Death by End of Year
Whitney Webb
Whitney Webb is a staff writer for MintPress News and a contributor to Ben Swann's Truth in Media. Her work has appeared on Global Research, the Ron Paul Institute and 21st Century Wire, among others. She has also made radio…
Dear Fans of Mohammed bin Salman: Your Hero is a War criminal
YemenExtra
SH.A.
By: Mehdi Hasan
Dear fans of Mohammed bin Salman,
I know you’ve been busy wining and dining the crown prince of Saudi Arabia on his recent tour of the United States, but have you got a spare few minutes for me?…
Making Yemen’s Humanitarian Catastrophe Even Worse
YemenExtra
By: Daniel Larison
The Washington Post calls on the Trump administration to pressure the Saudi coalition to halt its offensive against the port of Hodeidah:
The world’s worst humanitarian crisis may be about to get much…
The World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis Could Get Even Worse
YemenExtra
By: Editorial Board of The Washington Post,
THE WORLD’S worst humanitarian crisis may be about to get much worse. In Yemen, where some 8 million people are on the brink of famine and the worst cholera epidemic in history is…
Bashir is playing a dangerous game
Sudan's political crisis is sliding into a dangerous phase. Its economy is on the verge of collapse. The price of food and other basic commodities is rising by the day, worsening living conditions for ordinary Sudanese and stirring growing…