• UN warns of mass famine in Yemen ahead of donor conference

    UN warns of mass famine in Yemen ahead of donor conference

    Feb 28, 2021 06:46 PM EST

    ... as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which contributed generously to U.N. appeals in 2018 and 2019, cut back drastically on aid to Yemen last year. Yemen’s war started in 2014 when the Houthi rebels seized the capital, Sanaa, and much of the country’s north. The ...

  • In foreign policy shift, Biden lifts terrorist designation for Houthis in Yemen

    In foreign policy shift, Biden lifts terrorist designation for Houthis in Yemen

    Feb 16, 2021 11:40 PM EST

    ... Arabia and Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince, responsible for Jamal Khashoggi's death? Tim Lenderking: Well, my writ at this point really focuses on Yemen. And in the Yemen conflict, you need Saudi Arabia. And they will have to play a leading role. After all, this is their backyard ...

  • U.S. urges Yemen's rebels to halt attack on central province

    U.S. urges Yemen's rebels to halt attack on central province

    Feb 16, 2021 07:24 PM EST

    ... by the rival internationally recognized government, was "the action of a group not committed to peace or to ending the war afflicting the people of Yemen." Yemen's war started in 2014 when the Iran-backed Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, and much of the country's north. A Saudi ...

  • Despite Biden's push, a difficult road to peace in Yemen

    Despite Biden's push, a difficult road to peace in Yemen

    Feb 11, 2021 08:23 PM EST

    ... Biden also reversed the Trump administration's designation of the Houthis as a terrorist organization. That move has been hailed by aid groups working in Yemen, who feared the designation would disrupt the flow of food, fuel and other goods barely keeping Yemenis alive. The reversal of the designation and ...

  • AP Report: Biden to revoke terrorist designation for Yemen's Houthis

    AP Report: Biden to revoke terrorist designation for Yemen's Houthis

    Feb 06, 2021 01:53 AM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration is moving to revoke the designation of Yemen's Houthis as a terrorist group, citing the need to mitigate one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters. President Donald Trump's administration had branded the Iranian-backed Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization ...

  • Biden to end U.S. support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen

    Biden to end U.S. support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen

    Feb 04, 2021 05:27 PM EST

    ... adviser Jake Sullivan said. The move would fulfill a campaign pledge by Biden, whose administration plans to pursue diplomacy to end the overall conflict in Yemen. Biden also is announcing the choice of Timothy Lenderking as special envoy to Yemen as soon as Thursday afternoon, when the president is due ...

  • Biden administration suspends some sanctions on Yemen rebels

    Biden administration suspends some sanctions on Yemen rebels

    Jan 25, 2021 11:44 PM EST

    ... of the north in 2014, which prompted a destructive air campaign by the Saudi-led coalition, aimed at restoring the internationally recognized government.Most of Yemen's 30 million people rely on international aid to survive. The U.N. says 13.5 million Yemenis already face acute food insecurity, a ...

  • Pompeo to designate Yemen's Houthi rebels as terrorist group

    Pompeo to designate Yemen's Houthi rebels as terrorist group

    Jan 11, 2021 05:48 PM EST

    ... Yemen,” Pompeo said in his statement. “We are planning to put in place measures to reduce their impact on certain humanitarian activity and imports into Yemen.” Those measures will include the issuance of special licenses by Treasury to allow U.S. assistance to continue to flow to Yemen and for ...

  • Yemeni officials: Blast at Aden airport kills 25, wounds 110

    Yemeni officials: Blast at Aden airport kills 25, wounds 110

    Dec 30, 2020 10:44 PM EST

    ... government and the southern separatists. U.S. Ambassador in Yemen Christopher Henzel said the U.S. condemned the attacks in Aden. “We stand with the Yemeni people as they strive for peace, and we support the new Yemeni Government as it works towards a better future for all Yemenis,” he ...

  • Hunger stalks children in Yemen as UN cuts aid programs

    Hunger stalks children in Yemen as UN cuts aid programs

    Jun 29, 2020 12:38 PM EST

    ... not have access to vaccines against deadly diseases. "We cannot overstate the scale of this emergency as children," said Sara Beysolow Nyanti, UNICEF representative to Yemen. "If we do not receive urgent funding, children will be pushed to the brink of starvation and many will die." Yemen has officially recorded ...