Yemen

Sanaa is demanding full access to its territorial rights and resources at a time when the west is fearful that a new escalation could further shrink Saudi and Emirati oil exports File image: Supporters of Yemen’s Ansarallah resistance movement attend a rally, marking the sixth anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition’s invasion of Yemen, in the capital Sanaa on 26 March, 2021. (Photo credit: Mohammed Huwais / AFP) Yemeni Foreign Minister in the National Salvation Government (NSG), Hisham Sharaf, said on 11 October that there will be no talks about extending the UN-brokered truce with the Saudi-led coalition until Sanaa’s “legitimate demands are fully met.” He made the comments during a meeting with the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy...

Cluster bombs are banned under the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) due to the "unacceptable harm" they cause to civilians. Photo credit: Amnesty International More than three million cluster bombs have been dropped in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition since the war started in March 2015, according to Ali Safra, the director general of the Yemen Executive Mine Action Center (YEMAC). At a ceremony in Sanaa to mark International Mine Awareness Day on 5 April, Safra outlined how cluster munitions were collected across 15 provinces and 70 districts in Yemen. The use of cluster bombs by the Saudi-led coalition led to a civilian death toll of 3,921, and this included 119 children and 39 women, Safra said, while the wounded numbered 2,884 civilians, of whom 257 were children ...

Despite ceasefire agreements, Saudi military attacks are ongoing, as is the brutal blockade of Yemeni ports, leaving millions at risk of starvation. Lalkar writers The lives of Yemen’s children are just so much collateral damage as far as the Saudi aggressors and their western imperialist backers are concerned. All that matters to them is that Yemen’s territory and resources should remain under their control. https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1310332132&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true Our regular readers will be more than aware of the long and inhuman suffering that has been brought down on the people of Yemen since March 2015. That was when a Saudi-led coalition of imperialism’s...