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Saudi-led coalition announces $1.5bn

Sanaa - Muslimchronicle

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen has pledged $1.5bn (£1.1bn) in new humanitarian aid for the country. It will also increase the capacities of Yemeni ports to receive aid and cargo shipments, and set up 17 "safe-passage corridors" for humanitarian groups. Three years of conflict and a blockade imposed by the coalition have caused what the UN calls "the worst man-made humanitarianRead more

Saudi-led air raids kill 68 Yemen civilians

Sanaa - Muslimchronicle

Sixty-eight Yemeni civilians were killed in two separate air raids by the Saudi-led Arab coalition in one day, the UN humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen Jamie McGoldrick said on Thursday. The first air strike on Tuesday hit a "crowded popular market" in Taez province, killing 54 civilians including eight children, and wounding 32 others, he said in a statement. The secondRead more

Dozens killed in fresh Yemen air strikes, clashes

Aden - Muslimchronicle

Fresh air strikes and clashes in Yemen have killed over 60 fighters as Saudi-backed pro-government forces push an offensive against Huthi rebels, security and medical sources said Monday. Saudi-led coalition air raids overnight killed at least 18 of the Iran-backed rebels in Hais, south of the key port of Hodeida, while bombardments from gunships left 35 others dead in nearby Tahita,Read more

Coalition raids hit Yemen rebels

Sanaa - Muslimchronicle

The Saudi-led coalition carried out a string of air raids Wednesday in Yemen, killing 11 civilians in the Huthi stronghold of Saada a day after the rebels fired a missile at Riyadh, a tribal chief and witnesses said. On the ground, unidentified assailants attacked Huthis guarding the Sanaa residence of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was killed by theRead more

Saudi says it intercepted Yemen rebel missile

Istanbul - Muslimchronicle

Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it intercepted a ballistic missile south of its capital that was fired by a rebel group in neighboring Yemen, raising regional tensions amid Saudi claims that Iran is behind a string of similar attacks while supplying the rebel fighters with weapons. The attempted missile strike marked the second time that the rebels, known as Houthis, have targeted RiyadhRead more

136 killed in Saudi-led strikes

Geneva - Muslimchronicle

At least 136 civilians have been killed over 10 days of Saudi-led air strikes on Yemen this month, the United Nations said Tuesday, with the organisation's human rights chief decrying an "inferno" on the ground. The UN human rights office said it had tallied 136 civilians killed and another 87 injured in the strikes on Sanaa, Saada, Al Hudaydah, MaribRead more

Tens of thousands gather in Yemen capital

Sanaa - Muslimchronicle

Tens of thousands of supporters of Yemen's Huthi rebels and their allies gathered in Sanaa on Thursday to mark three years since the rebel takeover of the capital. The Huthis and forces loyal to ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh captured Sanaa on September 21, 2014, plunging Yemen into chaos and prompting a Saudi-led military intervention against them the next year.Read more

Saudis clear passenger flights

GENEVA - Muslimchronicle

The United Nations said Friday that it has been cleared by a Saudi-led coalition to resume passenger flights to Yemen's rebel-held Sanaa airport, but desperately needed aid deliveries remain blocked. The Arab coalition fighting Yemeni rebels announced Wednesday that it would allow the resumption of humanitarian deliveries to Sanaa airport and the crucial Red Sea port of Hodeida, after aRead more

'Untold thousands' will die unless Saudis lift Yemen blockade: UN

Geneva - Muslimchronicle

Thousands of civilians, including many children, will die unless a Saudi-led coalition fully lifts a blockade that has "chocked off" aid supplies to Yemen, the heads of three UN agencies said Thursday. "Together, we issue another urgent appeal for the coalition to permit entry of lifesaving supplies to Yemen in response to what is now the worst humanitarian crisis inRead more