Intense battles are still going on between the Yemeni government forces backed by Saudi Arabia and the Houthi fighters aligned with Iran in many areas of the poorest Arab country. Yemen has been mired in a civil war since late 2014 when the Houthi militia seized control of several northern pro...
Citizens from Yemen – which has had its infrastructure weakened by the civil war – mainly travel to India for medical reasons. Figures from India’s Bureau of Immigration show that Yemen is a major source of the country’s medical tourists. In 2017, 11,903 Yemeni nationals travelled to Ind...
The armed confrontations are still ongoing and expanding further to new areas, forcing thousands of helpless Yemeni people to cope with most difficult living conditions caused by the deadly years-long conflict. The majority of the ordinary Yemenis found no solutions except enduring the devastating imp...
refueling support. It may not have soldiers on the ground firing bullets in what amounts to a civil war with outside participation, but the U.S. is complicit in the Yemeni disaster. It throws in some drone strikes against militant groups for good measu...
People in Aslam increasingly rely on leaves from the local vine, known in Yemeni Arabic as “halas” or in English as Arabian Wax Leaf. It used to be eaten only occasionally but now it’s all many residents eat for every meal. Mothers spend hours picking the leaves, then washing and boi...
The drug had escalated in popularity, allowing it to be sold for a higher profit than coffee despite its drain on Yemen’s water resources. In regions where coffee was still grown, Alkhanshali was welcomed in a manner befitting the Yemeni culture. “If I had to choose one word to ...
The direct and indirect victimisation of the racialised 'other' on the Eastern border of the Union is a direct extension of the EU-sponsored war on the racialised passport-poor in the Mediterranean. Together, the two form one clear and coherent picture of flagrant mass rights abuse. This ...
“It’s going to be very interesting to see whether these agreements are still good,” said Mohamed Jirdeh, a prominent Somali businessman in Mogadishu who is familiar with the oil-concession agreements. “Whatever Siad did, all those records and contracts, all disappeared after he fled. . ...
Now, four years later, the Houthi are working with security forces previously loyal to Mr Saleh to force his successor, Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, first into hiding and then out of the country. The Houthi now control most of the Yemeni military, including its aircraft. Civil war is terrible....
“I’m Christian so when they pray in Yemeni I pray in my spiritual language.” She couldn’t recall exactly what drove her Black family out of Hamtramck when she was a child. Knox said she applied to join the lawsuit settlement and was selected for one of the last three houses,...