Yemen

Among the pictures is one taken in 2017. — This Facebook post with images supposedly of the aftermath of the May 2023 stampede in Yemen is PARTLY FALSE. At least 85 people died and over 300 were injured during a stampede at a charity event in the war-ravaged country, according to media reports. The translation of the Amharic text…

In a renewed effort to address the ongoing conflict in Yemen, the United States has once again emphasized its commitment to ending the war that has plagued the nation for years. …

By James M. Dorsey To watch a video version of this story on YouTube please click here. A podcast version is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, and Spreaker. Middle Eastern battlegrounds are alive and kicking even though rivals seek to balance contentious relations. Take efforts by the United Arab Emirates…

Yemen’s prolonged civil conflict, compounded by recurring disease outbreaks such as cholera and measles and the COVID-19 pandemic, has disrupted the country’s health systems. Women and girls are disproportionately affected, as an estimated 77 percent of the 4.3 million internally displaced people are women, newborns, and children. Additionally, many women…

Here are the key facts of this story, as agreed upon by ¹Reuters, ²Asharq Al, ³Aa, and ⁴The Media Line. Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah issued an Emiri decree on Monday that dissolved the country’s parliament, which was only recently reinstated in March based on a Constitutional Court…

Najmia; A stranger in her own City is a 30-minute documentary filmed by Yemeni filmmaker, Khadija Al-Salmi, in 2005. Despite its age and short length, when I first saw it 2019, I never forgot it. We live in an age where we consume content so intensely and so superficially that…

The Roman invasion of Yemen, known as Arabia Felix, turned out to be a total disaster — In the first century BC, the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula, known today as Yemen, was referred to as Arabia Felix, meaning “Happy” or “Fertile” Arabia in Latin. The region was ruled by several wealthy kingdoms that profited from the production of valuable incense, such as myrrh and frankincense…

I have long had a lot of respect for the work of Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, whom I first came across, briefly, when we both working as journos in Beirut in the early 1980s and whom at a personal level I like. His work is generally pretty smart and…

The UAE President recently sent a written letter to the Chairman of Yemeni Presidential Council, inviting him to attend the upcoming Conference of Parties (COP28) to be held in the UAE. This invitation marks a significant step towards promoting regional cooperation and addressing global environmental issues. The UAE has always…