More than six million women and girls in Yemen face heightened risks of violence, exploitation, and abuse this year due to the ongoing humanitarian crisis and funding shortages, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) warned on Thursday. According to a statement, around five million women an...
On March 12, 2025, UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg convened meetings in Riyadh, urging intensified regional and international collaboration to foster constructive dialogue and advance a comprehensive political resolution to the Yemeni conflict. Key discussions with Saudi Ambassador Mohammed Al-Jab...
In February 2025, the United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) reported a rise in civilian casualties due to landmines and unexploded ordnance in Hodeidah, Yemen. According to a UNMHA statement reported by "Barran Press," three civilians were killed: two children ...
Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has launched an investigation after hundreds of people were killed in fighting between security forces and fighters loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad in the coastal cities of Latakia and Tartous. “We announce the formation of a fac...
UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, warned the Security Council Thursday that Yemen is dangerously close to a full-scale return to conflict, stating, "Fear of a full return to conflict is now palpable." Grundberg stressed his office's readiness to pursue any opportunity for...
The Yemeni government said that the war sparked by the Iran-backed Houthis has cost the country over $250 billion—more than half its national income. Speaking at a UN Security Council session, Ambassador Abdullah Al-Saadi outlined the conflict’s severe toll, including a colla...
The United Nations is seeking guarantees to ensure the continued flow of humanitarian aid and essential goods to Yemen following the U.S. designation of the Iran-backed Houthi movement as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric stressed the critical need...
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aty reiterated Egypt's support for Yemen's unity and stability, emphasizing its crucial role in maintaining regional security, particularly in the strategically vital Red Sea area. This affirmation came during a meeting with Yemeni Foreign Minister Shae...
The National Bloc of Yemeni Political Parties, a coalition opposing the Iran-backed Houthis, called for greater unity among state institutions, particularly the Presidential Leadership Council and the government, amid signs of internal friction. The appeal came during a meeting chaired by Ahmed Ob...
Aidarous Al-Zubaidi, President of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) and member of the Presidential Leadership Council, acknowledged significant economic challenges during an expanded meeting with STC leadership on Sunday. According to STC website, Al-Zubaidi conceded that economic hards...
On Sunday,the tribes of Khawlan Al-Tiyal, Sanhan, Bani Hashish, and Bilad Al-Rus announced their determination to dismantle the Iran-backed Houthis’ coup. Gathered in an armed assembly in Marib, northeastern Yemen, thousands from these Sanaa tribal belt communities declared full mobilization...
On Thursday, local sources reported that the Iran-backed Houthis temporarily released activist Rabab Al-Mudhwahi. Detained since June in Sana’a alongside several UN and international agency employees, Al-Mudhwahi was allowed a brief reprieve to attend her mother’s funeral. According to...
The UN has affirmed its commitment to maintaining humanitarian operations in Sanaa, Yemen, despite the recent death of a staff member detained by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. UN Resident Coordinator in Yemen, Julien Harneis, speaking from Amman, Jordan, on February 18, confirmed the UN's position,...
UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, addressed the shrinking civil space in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, highlighting the group's arbitrary arrests of UN staff, civil society members, diplomats, and private sector individuals as a major obstacle. Speaking at the closing of the third...
The UN Security Council condemned the killing of World Food Program (WFP) staffer Ahmed Baalawi by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. In a statement issued on Friday, the Council also denounced the Houthis' continued detention of UN personnel, NGO workers, civil society members, and diplomatic sta...
Rashad Al-Alimi, Chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, arrived in Munich, Germany, on Thursday to participate in the International Security Conference. According to Yemeni news agency Saba, the conference's focus will include Red Sea security and the threat posed by attac...
The United States has urged the international community to join forces with regional partners to dismantle the capabilities of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Ambassador Dorothy Shea made this call during a Security Council briefing on Thursday. Ambassador Shea underscored the threat the Houthis...
Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Bin Mubarak on Wednesday, February 12, described the death of World Food Programme (WFP) staffer Ahmed Baalawi in the custody of Iran-backed Houthis as a “wake-up call” about the dire conditions of detainees in Houthi prisons. In a phone call with W...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday condemned the death of a World Food Programme (WFP) staffer while in the custody of the Iran-backed Houthis. In a statement, Guterres expressed his condolences to the family of the deceased staffer, who he said had been arbitrarily detaine...
A United Nations employee died in a Houthi detention center in Saada governorate, northern Yemen, on Tuesday. Ahmad Baalawi, a Yemeni national in his thirties, worked for the World FoodPrograme (WFP) as an Information Technology Operations Officer since 2017, according to Xinhua news agency. He...