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Regional and International Relations
U.S. Warship Heading To Yemeni Waters To Intercept Iranian Weapons Shipments, Navy Officials Say USS Theodore Roosevelt is heading o join other US naval ships in the area.
Barack Obama warns Iran against weapons shipments to Yemen rebels The US president sent a clear signal to Iran that arms deliveries to the Houthis are unacceptable.
ISIS Says It’s Established A Caliphate In Yemen The Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria announces that it has established a caliphate in Yemen.
Repression in Bahrain
Bahrain adjourns trial of top opposition leader A Bahraini court adjourns the trial of Shaykh Ali Salman, head of al-Wifaq Islamic Society, until the end of May.
Crisis in Yemen
Death by Drone A news report on civilian causalities caused by US drone strikes in Yemen.
Yemen crisis: Deadly air strike on Sanaa arms depot At least twenty-five people were killed and three hundred were injured after an airstrike on a missile base, which caused a huge blast that flattened buildings in Sanaa.
Yemen: Houthi chief vows to fight Saudi 'aggression' The leader of the Houthis vows to resist the Saudi-led military operation in Yemen.
Yemen conflict: Saudi Arabia ends air campaign Saudi Arabia announces the end of Operation Decisive Storm and the beginning of Operation Restoring Hope.
What Saudi Arabia has achieved after bombing Yemen for a month Ishaan Tharoor assesses Saudi Arabia’s Operation Decisive Storm.
Yemen conflict: Saudi-led coalition resumes air strikes Saudi Arabia resumes the bombing of Yemen.
Air strikes stop, but more Yemeni ports fall to al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula takes control of the ports of Riyan and Mukalla and the Dhabah oil terminal.
Yemen conflict continues despite Saudi Arabia claiming to have ended campaign Ian Black reports on the recent military developments in Yemen.
Restoring hope in Yemen? Al Jazeera’s Inside Story focuses on Saudi Arabia’s new military operation in Yemen.
Analysis: Yemen's crisis - the beginning of the end? Gamal Gasim argues that the Saudi-led military operation has not radically changed the political reality on the ground in Yemen.
Saudis launch new airstrikes as U.S. concerns grow about Yemen war Karen DeYoung reports on US concerns that the Saudi military operation in Yemen has become counterproductive to a political settlement.
There is no end in sight to the fight for Yemen Tom Finn maintains that the Saudi airstrikes are weakening an already impoverished country.
U.S.-Backed Saudi War in Yemen Continues as Aid Groups Describe "Catastrophic" Humanitarian Crisis Democracy Now! interviews Toby Jones on the Saudi aggression in Yemen.
Yemen situation is 'catastrophic': Red Cross The Red Cross warns of a “catastrophic” humanitarian situation in Yemen.
Urgent Need for Humanitarian Corridor in Yemen The editors of the Middle East Research and Information Project provide an account of the humanitarian situation in Yemen.
Yemen conflict: Over 115 children killed in month – UN The United Nations confirms that more than a hundred children have died in airstrikes on Yemen.
Child casualties highlight brutal cost of Yemen conflict as civilian deaths mount Sam Jones asserts that more than five hundred and fifty Yemenis have died in the Saudi airstrikes.
War scene in Taiz, Yemen A YouTube video on the war scene in Taiz.
Fighting Prompts an Exodus From Yemen, Often on Boats Kareem Fahim reports on the displacement of Yemenis due to the ongoing war.
Yemeni refugees fleeing Saudi air strikes find peace but little else in Somaliland Johnny Magdaleno writes on the conditions of Yemenis arriving in Somaliland.
Timeline: The rise of Yemen's Houthi rebels Diana Al Rifai provides important dates in the conflict in Yemen and the rise of the Houthis.
Saudi prince pledges to give a free Bentley to every pilot involved in the Yemen air strikes which claimed 1,000 lives… as nation resumes its bombing raids Claire Carter writes on Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s pledge to give one hundred Bentleys to Saudi pilots who took part in the airstrikes on Yemen.
Yemen conflict: Ex-leader Saleh appeals to Houthi allies Ali Abdullah Saleh urges different Yemeni factions and the Saudis to enter UN-mediated peace talks.
Media
Journalist, media workers killed in air strike in Yemen A news report on the death of a TV journalist and three staff members of the TV station Yemen Today in an airstrike.
Migrant Workers
NYU set to compensate thousands of migrant workers on Abu Dhabi complex David Batty reports on a study commissioned by New York University, which found that local contractors have profited from exploiting loopholes to exclude more than ten thousand workers from labor safeguards.
France: Vinci Construction investigated over Qatar forced labour claims Kim Willsher reports on the French government’s decision to open an inquiry into Vinci Construction following claims that forced labor is being used in construction efforts for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Human Rights
Yemen: Warehouse Strike Threatens Aid Delivery Human Rights Watch condemns the destruction of a humanitarian aid warehouse in northern Yemen ten days ago.
UAE: NYU to Compensate Migrant Workers Human Rights Watch welcomes New York University’s pledge to compensate migrant workers who were excluded from a code of conduct designed to protect them.
Saudi Arabia: Prominent human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair beaten in prison The Gulf Center for Human Rights reports on the beating of Waleed Abu al-Khair in prison.
Bahrain: Authorities prevent Abdulhadi and Salah Al-Khawaja from attending the funeral and mourning of their brother The Gulf Center for Human Rights reports on the Bahraini authorities’ decision to deny Abdulhadi and Salah al-Khawaja a temporary release to attend the funeral of a close relative.
Bahrain: 16-year-old boy latest reported victim of ongoing practice of enforced disappearance The Bahrain Center for Human Rights express concern over the disappearance of Ahmed Abdulla al-Arab.
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