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Banned by 119 Countries, U.S. Cluster Bombs Continue to Orphan Yemeni Children
Residents of al Hayma, a coastal village in western Yemen, recovered evidence of cluster bombs after an attack in October that killed a local fisherman. On the morning of October 5, Ali Mohammed “Jubahi” Medarij set out early from his family home in al-Hayma, a coastal fishing village on the Red Sea in western Yemen. Every day, the 34-year-old fisherman traveled 9 miles to a local market — not to sell his catch, but to look for work.
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UK government admits it has sold banned cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia
Michael Fallon has confirmed British-made cluster bombs have been used by Saudi Arabian forces in the current Yemen conflict. The admission by the Defence Secretary in the Commons came after a Government analysis indicated that cluster bombs manufactured in the UK in 1980s had been used by the Saudi-led coalition in the on-going civil war in Yemen.
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A Thousand Children Die Every Week As a Result of the US-Saudi War in Yemen
Of all the humanitarian crises unfolding throughout the world, one of the most consistently overlooked is the plight of Yemen. In March 2015, the country plunged into chaos when the Houthis, a Shi’a-led religious-political movement, overthrew the corrupt Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, who many felt was a puppet for US interests in the region.
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Iran's Growing Naval Ambitions
Tehran announces its intentions to build bases in Syria and Yemen. Iran's dangerous ambitions have been aided by the flow funds from the United States in accordance with the Iran Deal.
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This woman was shot dead after campaigning for female literacy in Yemen
A charity worker who campaigned for female emancipation in Yemen has been shot dead in an assassination attempt that has left other activists in the city of Taiz fearing for their own safety. Amat al-Aleem al-Asbahi, who worked to improve female literacy in the war-torn country, was killed on 25 December by two motorcycle riders as she walked on a busy street in the city centre.
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People are being forced to eat rubbish in the war the world forgot
Starvation and poverty provoked by the civil war in Yemen is so desperate that the country’s poorest are turning to rubbish for food. A 45-year-old father trying to feed his family of 10 and a 12-year-old beggar trying to feed his four siblings have each told al-Jazeera this week how they are sifting through dumps to survive.
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75 people killed in renewed fighting and drone strikes in Yemen
The attacks included the first suspected US drone strikes under the Trump administration, according to Yemeni officials. By Lara Rebello. [Autoplay]
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US elite forces in deadly raid on Qaeda in Yemen
Elite US forces launched a dawn raid against Al-Qaeda in Yemen on Sunday, killing at least 14 suspected jihadists in an operation in which an American soldier also died.
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US soldiers shoot and kill 8-year-old girl in Yemen
While the media attention has been focused on the death of one US serviceman who was killed during a raid in Yemen, one of the most tragic casualties of the assault ordered by President Donald Trump was an eight-year-old girl. The raid took place over the weekend, as US forces attempted a “site exploitation” attack that attempted to gather intelligence on Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the extremist group behind several high-profile terror attacks, including the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris in two years ago.
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Father of Navy Seal killed in Yemen calls for investigation into 'stupid mission'
The father of a Navy Seal killed in a raid in Yemen last month has demanded an investigation into the planning and timing of what he called a “stupid mission”. Bill Owens also told the Miami Herald he refused to meet Donald Trump when he and the president went to Dover air force base in Delaware to receive the casket carrying his son, William “Ryan” Owens. “My conscience wouldn’t let me talk to him,” he said.
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TIL: the fascinating island of Socotra
Socotra is a small archipelago of four islands off the point of the horn of Africa. It is part of a separate tectonic plate and has been an island group for tens of millions of years. Its flora and fauna are diverse and unique in the world. Humans arrived very early and some of its female inhabitants have unique DNA in the world. Its inhabitants were converted to Christianity by St Thomas, shipwrecked on his way to Kerala, later they became Nestorians and were eventually forcibly converted to Islam by Saudi Wahhabis in the 1800s. It was known to most of the ancient civilisations.
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General says no bad decisions in Yemen raid, probe is over
The top U.S. commander for the Middle East told senators Thursday that he has completed an exhaustive review of the Yemen raid that killed a Navy SEAL, and has concluded there were no lapses in judgment or decision-making surrounding the operation. Gen. Joseph Votel, who heads U.S. Central Command, said he sees no need for additional investigations into the January mission that triggered debate in Washington over what went wrong and whether important intelligence was actually gathered.
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Trump’s Yemen Policy Serves Saudi Royals Better Than Americans
The president is escalating another costly war of choice in a country where blowback for the many innocents killed is more likely than lasting security gains. By Conor Friedersdorf.
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“Catastrophic”
Saudi Arabia’s expected military assault on major Yemen port will almost certainly cause mass starvation. By Peter Salisbury
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Thana Faroq: The Streets Are Not Empty
The photographer and visual storyteller on daily life during conflict in Yemen, the necessity of conversation, and why she’s not a war photographer. By Joanna Naples-Mitchell.
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Yemen government dismisses southerners' secessionist bid
The Yemeni government on Friday rejected a new council formed by senior tribal, military and political figures that seeks the secession of southern Yemen, saying it would deepen divisions and play into the hands of Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
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115 dead as Yemen cholera outbreak spreads
A cholera outbreak has rapidly spread in Yemen, killing 115 people in two weeks in the impoverished country where hospitals badly damaged by more than two years of war can barely cope. Patients with cholera symptoms have flooded the run-down medical facilities, as international relief agencies warned...
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Yemen cholera cases pass 100,000 amid 'unprecedented' epidemic
A total of 798 deaths associated with the disease have been recorded in the past six weeks.
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Saudi coalition strikes on Saada market kill dozens
At least 25 killed after two air raids hit al-Mashnaq market in Shada district in northwestern Yemen, an official says.
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