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Displaced Yemenis receive food aid donated by a British organisation in Yemen's western province of Hodeida on 9 February 2021. Picture: Khaled Ziad/AFP

Yemen

A timeline of Yemen’s brutal seven-year conflict

By AFP

In Yemen, Saudi-backed government forces and Iran-backed Huthi rebels agreed on Thursday to renew a two-month truce that has offered some respite after seven...

  • FILE: Smoke billows following an air-strike by Saudi-led coalition on 11 May 2015 in the Yemen capital of Sanaa. Picture: AFP.

    Timeline of Yemen's brutal seven-year conflict

    The conflict has left about 380,000 people dead, according to the UN, either directly in the fighting or as a result of famine and disease.

    138 days ago
  • FILE: This AFPTV screengrab from a video made on 1 August 2019, shows Yemeni security forces rushing at the scene of a missile attack on a military camp west of Yemen's government-held second city Aden. Picture: AFP

    Yemen rebels propose truce, peace talks: Saudi official

    The comments come a day after a wave of drone-and-missile attacks against Saudi targets including an oil facility in Jeddah, sparking a huge fire as Formula One practice sessions took place nearby.

    142 days ago
  • The World Bank estimates just half of Yemen's medical facilities are fully functional, and that 80% of the population have problems accessing food, drinking water and health services.

    Overshadowed by Ukraine war, Yemen on brink as pledges fall short

    The UN and aid groups have warned of grave consequences for Yemen after an international pledging conference failed to raise enough money to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.

    149 days ago
  • This image grab shows destruction at a prison in the Huthi rebel stronghold of Saada in Yemen after it was hit in an air strike leaving many dead or wounded. Picture: AFP

    Air strike on Yemen prison leaves at least 70 dead

    At least 70 people were killed in an air strike on a prison as Yemen's long-running conflict suffered a dramatic escalation that drew condemnation from UN chief Antonio Guterres.

    205 days ago
  • A Yemeni youth carries a portion of food aid, distributed by Yadon Tabney development foundation, in Yemen's capital Sanaa on 17 May 2020. Picture: AFP.

    World Bank grants war-torn Yemen $150 mn for food, water, healthcare

    Yemen's conflict flared in 2014 when Huthi insurgents seized the capital Sanaa, prompting a Saudi-led military intervention to prop up the government the following year.

    410 days ago
  • FILE: Yemeni pro-government forces gather on the eastern outskirts of Hodeida as they continue to battle for the control of the city from Huthi rebels on 9 November 2018. Picture: AFP

    Rebels turn to poetry in battle for Yemeni hearts

    In the hands of the Huthi rebels who control the capital Sanaa and most of the north, they have become a vehicle for martial music and propaganda against the government's Gulf Arab and Western supporters.

    494 days ago
  • Displaced Yemenis receive food aid donated by a British organisation in Yemen's western province of Hodeida on 9 February 2021. Picture: Khaled Ziad/AFP

    Five things to know about Yemen's devastating war

    Here are some facts on the Arabian Peninsula's poorest and most dangerous country.

    507 days ago
  • Picture: @DenelSOC/Twitter

    MPs flay Denel for supplying weapons in Yemen conflict

    Scopa member Sakhumzi Somyo has also questioned Denel on how much it made from Yemen arms sales.

    523 days ago
  • Displaced Yemenis receive food aid donated by a British organisation in Yemen's western province of Hodeida on 9 February 2021. Picture: Khaled Ziad/AFP

    Yemen rocked by heavy clashes amid stark UN starvation warning

    The country is engulfed in a bloody power struggle that erupted in 2014 between its government, supported by Saudi Arabia, and Iran-backed Huthi rebels, who control the capital Sanaa and most of the north.

    549 days ago
  • US President Joe Biden. Picture: AFP.

    Biden pulls Yemen war support, welcomes refugees in US reset

    In his first major speech on foreign affairs as president, Biden also froze former president Donald Trump's plans to redeploy troops from Germany and vowed a tough approach against what he described as a rising authoritarian threat from China and Russia.

    556 days ago
  • Smoke billows at the Aden Airport on 30 December 2020, after explosions rocked the Yemeni airport shortly after the arrival of a plane carrying members of a new unity government. Picture: AFP

    Yemen airport blasts kill 26 as government plane arrives

    Although all government ministers were reported to be unharmed, more than 50 people were wounded, medical and government sources told AFP in the southern city, with the casuality toll feared likely to rise.

    593 days ago
  • Yemeni actors rehearse on the eve of the premiere of a play entitled 'Yemeni Film', a comedic production that touches on the current struggles of local artists, in the capital Sanaa, on 23 December 2020. Picture: AFP

    Struggling artists bring smiles in war-weary Yemen

    Before the war, Yemen had a small but budding film and theatre industry but there were only a handful of makeshift cinemas that showed old films, while often cultural centres or schools provided the backdrop for plays that spoke of politics or significant moments in Yemeni history.

    594 days ago
  • FILE: A Yemeni youth carries a portion of food aid, distributed by Yadon Tabney development foundation, in Yemen's capital Sanaa on 17 May 2020. Picture: AFP.

    Yemen in 'imminent danger' of world's worst famine in decades: UN

    The country has endured a five year war between Iranian-backed Huthi rebels and government forces.

    633 days ago
  • A Yemeni youth carries a portion of food aid, distributed by Yadon Tabney development foundation, in Yemen's capital Sanaa on 17 May 2020. Picture: AFP.

    UN warns of alarming rise of hunger in war-torn Yemen

    Economic shocks, conflict, floods, desert locusts and now the novel coronavirus were creating a perfect storm for the expected sharp rise in food insecurity, according to a report by several UN agencies.

    754 days ago
  • FILE: UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres. Picture: AFP

    UN chief deplores lack of ceasefire during virus

    Since the call by Antonio Guterres in March for ceasefires, announcements backing the end of fighting have been made in countries including Afghanistan, the Philippines and Cameroon, but conflicts have continued to rage in Libya, Yemen and elsewhere.

    810 days ago
  • Yemen flag. Picture: theflagshop.co.uk

    Yemen rebels sentence four journalists to death

    Amnesty International says the Huthis have been holding 10 journalists in detention since 2015.

    856 days ago
  • FILE: This AFPTV screengrab from a video made on 1 August 2019, shows Yemeni security forces rushing at the scene of a missile attack on a military camp west of Yemen's government-held second city Aden. Picture: AFP

    Saudi-led coalition declares 2-week coronavirus ceasefire in Yemen

    The unilateral ceasefire follows an escalation in fighting between the warring parties despite a call by the United Nations for an immediate cessation to protect civilians in the Arab world's poorest nation from the pandemic.

    858 days ago
  • FILE: This AFPTV screengrab from a video made on 1 August 2019, shows Yemeni security forces rushing at the scene of a missile attack on a military camp west of Yemen's government-held second city Aden. Picture: AFP

    More than 80 soldiers killed in Yemen missile, drone attack

    Saturday's strike follows months of relative calm in the war between the Iran-backed Huthis and Yemen's internationally recognised government.

    939 days ago
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