Yemen

Suicide bombers kill 45 men waiting to join army in Yemen

Suicide bombers kill 45 men waiting to join army in Yemen Ali Al Mujahed and Sudarshan Raghavan, The Washington Post 23 May 2016 Image: People check the site of a suicide bombing in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, on Monday. (Fawaz Salman/Reuters) SANAA, Yemen — Suicide bombers targeting army recruits killed at least 45 and injured scores in the restive southern Yemeni city of Aden in two separate assaults, highlighting the obstacles

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United Kingdom: Report Reveal that Special Forces and MI6 Involved in Yemen Bombing

UK special forces and MI6 involved in Yemen bombing, report reveals Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian 11 April 2016 Image: A gunman loyal to the Shiite Houthi movement looks at graffiti protesting US drone operations a day after a US drone killed suspected al-Qaeda in the Arabian Penninsula (AQAP) militants, Sana’a, Yemen, October 2014. Photograph: Yahya Arhab/epa/Corbis Britain’s MI6 and special forces have played a crucial and sustained role

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Developments

Image: A Gathering of Bloggers – The Why About This, One United World. retrieved from www.thewhyaboutthis.com Burma/Myanmar: The first bill proposed by the incoming government of Myanmar’s new Parliament, led by the National League for Democracy, created a new position in the government for Aung San Suu Kyi, that of state counsellor. This position, one that has been compared to that of a Prime Minister, would skirt the constitutional ban

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Image: Cultural Responses to Pain. How Is Suffering Expressed Around the World? Burma/Myanmar: The outgoing government of Myanmar lifted a curfew in Rakhine State this week, imposed in June 2012 after clashes that displaced over 140,000, mostly Rohingya.   U Htin Kyaw of the National League for Democracy was sworn in on Wednesday as the new president of Myanmar. In his speech, Mr. Htin Kyaw urged “patience in the pursuit of democracy”,

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HRW Accuses Yemen Rebels of Arbitrary Detentions

HRW Accuses Yemen Rebels of Arbitrary Detentions AFP 10 January 2016 Shiite Huthi militants man a checkpoint in Sanaa on January 7, 2016 (AFP Photo/Mohammed Huwais). Copyright 2016 AFP Photo/Mohammed Huwais Dubai (AFP) - Human Rights Watch on Sunday accused Yemen's Huthi rebels of arbitrarily detaining dozens of opponents in the capital Sanaa, where they have ruled for more than 15 months. The Iran-backed Shiite rebels detained 35 people between

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Bitterness Abounds in Yemen’s North, a Houthi Stronghold

Bitterness Abounds in Yemen's North, a Houthi Stronghold Kareem Fahim, New York Times 13 October 2015 Image: The city of Saada, a stronghold of the Houthi rebel forces, has come under intense bombardment by the Saudi-led coalition. Credit - Tyler Hicks/The New York Times SAADA, Yemen — The wars have swept through this northern Yemen province like dreaded seasons over the last decade, crushing earthen homes that had survived for hundreds of years

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ISIS Takes Responsibility for Bombings in Yemen

ISIS Takes Responsibility for Bombings in Yemen Saeed Al-Batati and Kareem Fahim, New York Times 6 October 2015   Image: photo taken from Aljazeera article , "ISIL claims suicide bombings in Yemen's Aden." Copyright Aljazeera 2015. AL MUKALLA, Yemen — The Islamic State extremist group claimed responsibility for a series of bombings in Yemen’s two largest cities on Tuesday that killed at least 25 people, including troops from the Persian

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Saudis Face Pressure To End Yemen Attacks

 Saudis Face Mounting Pressure Over Civilian Deaths in Yemen Conflict Kareem Fahim, New York Times 29 September 2015   Image: The city of Saada, in north Yemen, has been a focus of Saudi attacks against the Houthi rebels.CreditTyler Hicks/The New York Times CAIRO — Saudi Arabia and its allies faced mounting international pressure on Tuesday to halt a bombing campaign in Yemen the day after airstrikes killed dozens of people at a village wedding

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United Nations Press Release about Yemen

United Nations Press Release 15 September 2015   Image: Copyright United Nations Statement by Adama Dieng, UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and Jennifer Welsh, UN Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect, on the situation in Yemen. (New York, - 15 September 2015) The UN Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, and on the Responsibility to Protect, Jennifer Welsh, expressed concern at the ever increasing

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U.N. Human Rights Chief Calls for Independent Inquiry on Yemen

U.N. Human Rights Chief Calls for Independent Inquiry on Yemen Nick Cumming-Bruce, New York Times 14 September 2015   Image: Saada, in northern Yemen, a stronghold of the Houthi rebels, has come under intense bombardment by the Saudi-led coalition. Credit: Tyler Hicks/The New York Times GENEVA — The United Nations human rights chief called on Monday for an independent inquiry into violations in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition and by the

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