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YEMEN: DESIGNATING ‘HOUTHIS’ A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION WILL HAVE DISASTROUS IMPACT ON CIVILIANS
ction Against Hunger is extremely concerned about the humanitarian consequences of the United States designating Ansar Allah (known as the ‘Houthis’) in Yemen as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). We firmly believe this designation…
Yemen: Statement by the Spokesperson on US designation of Ansar Allah as Terrorist Organisation
The US designation of Ansar Allah as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, in addition to the designation of three of its leaders, risks rendering UN-led efforts to reach a comprehensive solution to the Yemen conflict more difficult. It will…
Livestock vaccination programme closes putting hundreds of thousands of hungry families at grave…
Sana’a, 5 October 2020 - A critical vaccination programme for livestock has been forced to close, putting hundreds of thousands of destitute farming families at risk.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports that closure of…
Ten Children Killed in the Last Four Days in Yemen
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (July 15, 2020) — Another air strike in Yemen is reported to have killed nine people in Al Jawf governorate, including four children. This attack comes just three days after an air raid that, according to local authorities,…
At least 11 killed, including women and children, and 6 injured, in second major attack on civilians…
Sana’a, 16 July 2020 – Initial field reports indicate that on 15 July, strikes killed at least 11 civilians, including several children and women, and injured at least another 5 children and a woman in the Al Musaafah Al Maraziq area east…
Seven children and two women are killed and four civilians injured during an attack in Hajjah…
Sana’a, 13 July 2020 – Initial reports from the field indicate that on 12 July, an air strike killed seven children and two women in Washhah District in Hajjah Governorate in north-west Yemen. Another two children and two women were injured…
Statement in response to an airstrike in Hajjah, Yemen
For Immediate Release:
Save the Children is alarmed by reports from local authorities that a family of ten, including four children, were killed in an airstrike in Hajjah province, Yemen, earlier today (Sunday 12th July). Xavier Joubert,…
Attack kills at least a dozen civilians, including children, in Sa’ada Governorate
Sana’a, 16 June 2020 – Initial field reports indicate that on 15 June, at least 12 civilians, including four children, were killed in strikes on a vehicle in Shaada District, Sa’ada Governorate, in the north of Yemen.
“We share our…
QRCS protects health care workers in Yemen against Coronavirus [EN/AR]
June 7th, 2020 ― Doha: The representation mission of Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) in Yemen is going on with its efforts to combat the Coronavirus (COVID-19), by backing the struggling health system amid scarce finances, medications,…
High-level pledging conference for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen, Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer…
Excellencies, distinguished representatives.
Yemenis continue to suffer outrageously, with COVID-19 the latest strike in a long list of assaults.
The ICRC, Yemen Red Crescent, partner National Societies, and IFRC remain committed to…