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  • Key Anti-War Democrats Soften on Saudi Arabia’s Yemen War

    IN ADDITION TO his decision to distinguish between “offensive” and “defensive” operations and allow Saudi warplane maintenance contracts to continue, Biden indicated a more conciliatory approach to the kingdom when he appointed Tim Lenderking to serve as special envoy to Yemen in February. A career diplomat, Lenderking was the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia between 2013 and 2016.

  • Yemen’s Houthis target Aramco, other Saudi sites in missile, drone attacks

    Yemen's Houthi movement said on Tuesday it fired several ballistic missiles and 25 armed drones into Saudi Arabia, targeting Aramco oil facilities in Jeddah and the defence ministry in Riyadh. The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said late on Monday that one missile had been intercepted over the Saudi capital, where residents reported loud blasts

  • Saudi defences destroy several drones launched by Yemen’s Houthis toward the Kingdom: Arab coalition

    Saudi Arabia’s air defenses destroyed Houthi drones targeting the Kingdom, the Arab coalition said early on Monday. The drones were shot down in Yemen before they could cause harm. This follows the downing of several drones launched by the Iran-back militia on Sunday. The action comes as the Arab coalition forces have been eliminating militia assets in recent weeks, including weapons and personnel.

  • U.N. urged to restore scrutiny of war crimes in Yemen

    Activist groups called on the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday to create a new panel of independent experts to collect and preserve evidence of possible war crimes by all sides in Yemen’s bitter conflict for future prosecution.

  • Saudi coalition targets IRGC site in Yemen’s Sanaa – State TV

    The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Tuesday it launched air raids on "legitimate" Houthi military targets in the capital Sanaa including a "secret" site belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, state TV reported. The coalition asked civilians not to gather around or approach potential targets.

  • Report: Saudis used ‘incentives and threats’ to shut down UN investigation in Yemen

    The Saudi effort ultimately succeeded when the UN human rights council (HRC) voted in October against extending the independent war crimes investigation. The vote marked the first defeat of a resolution in the Geneva body’s 15-year history. Speaking to the Guardian, political officials and diplomatic and activist sources with inside knowledge of the lobbying effort described a stealth campaign in which the Saudis appear to have influenced officials in order to guarantee defeat of the measure.

  • Saudi coalition targets IRGC site in Yemen’s Sanaa – State TV

    The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Tuesday it launched air raids on "legitimate" Houthi military targets in the capital Sanaa including a "secret" site belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, state TV reported. The coalition asked civilians not to gather around or approach potential targets.

  • Saudi-led coalition bombs drone sites in Yemen’s Sanaa – state media

    The Saudi-led coalition engaged in Yemen said on Wednesday it launched air strikes on Houthi drone sites in the capital Sanaa in the second such raid in as many days after earlier targeting the Iran-aligned movement's missile capabilities. The alliance bombed a building under construction that was being used as "a secret factory" for drones and urged civilians to stay clear of areas with "legitimate" military targets, Saudi state media reported.

  • Saudi-led alliance attacks sites in Yemen’s Sanaa

    The Saudi-led military alliance in Yemen said on Tuesday it had destroyed a ballistic missile launch site in overnight air strikes in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, where residents reported big explosions. A broadcaster run by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement, Al Masirah TV, said three air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition had hit a residential district of the capital.

  • Tim Lenderking: the US is committed to helping Yemen towards a peaceful future

    Mr Lenderking said that “it is not a foregone conclusion” that the Houthis will be able to take over Marib, and even if they did “there would still be a lot of territory not under their control”. The US diplomat therefore call on the Houthis “to see that their pursuit of a military solution is not good for Yemen … what we are talking about is the sacrifice of Yemeni lives”. But since the Stockholm talks almost three years ago, there have not been direct talks between the Yemenis for a peaceful resolution.