UN: Yemen’s Houthi rebels agree to stop using child soldiers
2 years, 8 months ago

UN: Yemen’s Houthi rebels agree to stop using child soldiers

Al Jazeera  

The armed group signed an ‘action plan’ to end the recruitment or use of children in armed conflict, the UN says. Yemen’s Houthi rebels have agreed to rid their ranks of child soldiers, who have fought by the thousands during the country’s seven years of civil war, the United Nations has said. The Houthis signed what the UN described on Monday as an “action plan” to end and prevent recruiting or using children in armed conflict, killing or maiming children and attacking schools and hospitals. Yemen’s internationally recognised government, which is operating in exile, made similar commitments in several documents signed since 2014, the UN said. Virginia Gamba, the UN’s top official looking out for children in war zones, called the Houthis’ move “a positive and encouraging step”, but she noted that “the most difficult part of the journey starts now”.

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What Threat Do Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Pose to Israel
3 months, 1 week ago

What Threat Do Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Pose to Israel

Bloomberg  

Soon after war broke out in October between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist group designated a terrorist organization by the US and European Union, the Houthi rebels who control northwestern Yemen joined in. The Houthis, who like Hamas are hostile to Israel and backed by Iran, began disrupting traffic in the Red Sea by attacking ships there, provoking a military …

Yemen’s Houthi rebels could free a rival political leader held incommunicado since 2015, UN says
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Yemen’s Houthi rebels could free a rival political leader held incommunicado since 2015, UN says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Yemen’s Houthi rebels could free a political leader with ties to the internationally recognized government who has been detained for nearly a decade, under a preliminary prisoner swap deal announced by the United Nations on Monday. Mohamed Qahtan is the leader of the Sunni Islamist Islah party, which is aligned with the Saudi Arabia-backed government, and he …

Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Detain at Least 9 UN Staffers and Others in Sudden Crackdown, Officials Say
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Detain at Least 9 UN Staffers and Others in Sudden Crackdown, Officials Say

Deccan Chronicle  

Dubai : At least nine Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies have been detained by Yemen's Houthi rebels under unclear circumstances, authorities said Friday, as the rebels face increasing financial pressure and airstrikes from a US-led coalition. The detentions come as the Houthis, who seized Yemen's capital nearly a decade ago and have been fighting a Saudi-led coalition since shortly …

Yemen's Houthi rebels detain at least 11 UN staffers, officials say
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Yemen's Houthi rebels detain at least 11 UN staffers, officials say

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Eleven Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies have been detained by Yemen’s Houthi rebels under unclear circumstances, authorities said Friday, as the rebels face increasing financial pressure and airstrikes from a U.S.-led coalition. AP AUDIO: Yemen’s Houthi rebels detain at least 9 UN staffers and others in sudden crackdown, officials say AP correspondent Charles de …

Yemen’s Houthis detain 11 UN staff, aid workers
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Yemen’s Houthis detain 11 UN staff, aid workers

Al Jazeera  

UN says it is ‘pursuing all available channels’ to secure the safe release of its personnel ‘as soon as possible’. Yemen’s Houthi group is detaining at least 11 United Nations personnel, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric has said, calling for the staff’s unconditional release. In a series of raids, armed Houthi intelligence officers also detained three employees of the US-funded pro-democracy …

Yemen’s Houthis freed over 100 war prisoners, the Red Cross says
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Yemen’s Houthis freed over 100 war prisoners, the Red Cross says

The Independent  

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Warnings against normalising conflict as Yemen marks decade of war
9 months ago

Warnings against normalising conflict as Yemen marks decade of war

Al Jazeera  

NGOs warn that hunger, disease and lack of education stalk Yemen as war persists. Reports released on Monday said two in five Yemeni children are not attending school while more than 17 million people – half of them children – require health assistance. New report and press release 👇https://t.co/pAfi85JTmz — Save the Children MENA & Eastern Europe March 25, 2024 …

Houthis are recruiting record fighters. How will this affect Yemen?
10 months ago

Houthis are recruiting record fighters. How will this affect Yemen?

Al Jazeera  

The war in Gaza has boosted recruits for the Yemeni group. Popular support gave the Houthis enormous political capital in Yemen and led to the recruitment of “tens of thousands” of new fighters, according to analysts and statements by the group. “While it is still unclear … how the Houthis will want to use all this accumulated force, the group …

UN: 5 staff members kidnapped in Yemen last year released
1 year, 4 months ago

UN: 5 staff members kidnapped in Yemen last year released

Al Jazeera  

All ‘five colleagues’ who were kidnapped 18 months ago are in good health, spokesman for UN chief Antonio Guterres says. The United Nations says five staff members who were kidnapped in Yemen 18 months ago have walked free. In a brief statement on Friday, Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said all “available information suggests that all …

Yemen rebels, Saudi coalition begin United Nations-brokered prisoner swap
1 year, 8 months ago

Yemen rebels, Saudi coalition begin United Nations-brokered prisoner swap

The Hindu  

An exchange of more than 800 prisoners from Yemen's war held by the Houthi rebels and the Saudi-led coalition battling them began on April 14, the International Committee for the Red Cross said. The three-day exchange will see flights transport prisoners between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, long held by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, said Majed Fadail, a deputy …

Houthis try to reassure skeptics they won’t seek full control of Yemen, as Saudis eye exit
1 year, 8 months ago

Houthis try to reassure skeptics they won’t seek full control of Yemen, as Saudis eye exit

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. “We do not want to tyrannize anything,” he said, adding that it is keen to speak to other Yemeni factions and work with them to achieve what is in their interests and “in the interest …

UN: At least 3,774 children killed in Yemen’s civil war
2 years ago

UN: At least 3,774 children killed in Yemen’s civil war

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The United Nations said Thursday that at least 3,774 children have been killed in Yemen’s civil war between March 2015 and September 2022. According to the latest statistics published by the United Nations Children’s Fund, a further 7,245 children have been maimed in the conflict, which has pitted Iran-backed Houthi rebels against a Saudi Arabian-led coalition supporting Yemen’s …

Yemen officials say fresh infighting kills 35 in south
2 years, 4 months ago

Yemen officials say fresh infighting kills 35 in south

Associated Press  

SANAA, Yemen — Infighting among pro-government Yemeni forces has killed 35 troops in a southern province in the past 24 hours, officials said, a development that threatens a ceasefire in the country’s wider conflict. They say that an artillery duel that start in the late hours of Tuesday hit areas around a local airport in the city of Ataq, the …

UN envoy condemns Yemen attack that killed child, wounded 10
2 years, 5 months ago

UN envoy condemns Yemen attack that killed child, wounded 10

Associated Press  

SANAA, Yemen — The U.N. envoy for Yemen on Sunday condemned suspected rebel shelling of a residential neighborhood in the southwestern city of Taiz the previous day that killed at least one child and wounded 10. Taiz, Yemen’s third largest city and the capital of the province by the same name, has been under blockade since 2016, imposed by the …

In Yemen, child soldiering continues despite Houthi promise
2 years, 6 months ago

In Yemen, child soldiering continues despite Houthi promise

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Yemen’s Houthi rebels are still recruiting children into their military ranks to fight in the country’s grinding civil war, despite an agreement with the United Nations in April to halt the practice, Houthi officials, aid workers and residents told The Associated Press. Two Houthi officials told the AP that the rebels recruited several hundred children, including those as …

Houthis continue to recruit child soldiers, despite Yemen truce
2 years, 6 months ago

Houthis continue to recruit child soldiers, despite Yemen truce

Al Jazeera  

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels had promised to stop the practice, but their own officials say otherwise. Despite an agreement with the United Nations in April to halt the practice, the Houthis continue to recruit children into their military ranks to fight in the country’s grinding civil war, Houthi officials, aid workers and residents told the AP. Two Houthi officials said …

Yemen: Saudi Arabia to release 163 Houthi prisoners
2 years, 7 months ago

Yemen: Saudi Arabia to release 163 Houthi prisoners

Al Jazeera  

Saudi officials say the move is aimed at solidifying a two-month truce that went into effect in early April. The Saudi Arabian-led coalition fighting in Yemen has said it would release 163 prisoners from Yemen’s Houthi rebel group who fought against the kingdom, as part of a humanitarian initiative. The coalition had already begun taking measures to release the prisoners …

UN: Yemen’s Houthi rebels agree to stop using child soldiers
2 years, 8 months ago

UN: Yemen’s Houthi rebels agree to stop using child soldiers

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have agreed to rid their ranks of child soldiers, who have fought by the thousands during the country’s seven years of civil war, the United Nations said Monday. The Houthis signed what the U.N. described as an “action plan” to end and prevent recruiting or using children in armed conflict, killing or maiming children …

Dozens of children killed, maimed in Yemen in two months: UNICEF
2 years, 9 months ago

Dozens of children killed, maimed in Yemen in two months: UNICEF

Al Jazeera  

More than 10,200 children have been killed or injured since the Saudi-led coalition intervened in 2015, the UN agency said. At least 47 children were “killed or maimed” in Yemen’s civil war in January and February following a surge in violence, the United Nations children’s fund said on Saturday. Children are the “first and most to suffer”, UNICEF said, adding …

2,000 children recruited by Yemen’s Houthis died fighting: UN
2 years, 10 months ago

2,000 children recruited by Yemen’s Houthis died fighting: UN

Al Jazeera  

A United Nations report found children aged between 10 and 17 years are being lured into fighting Yemen’s internationally recognised government. In an annual report to the Security Council circulated on Saturday, UN experts said they had found evidence the Houthis used several summer camps and a mosque to disseminate their ideology and recruit children to fight Yemen’s internationally recognised …

Yemeni rebels say Saudi-led airstrike on prison killed 70
2 years, 11 months ago

Yemeni rebels say Saudi-led airstrike on prison killed 70

Associated Press  

SANAA, Yemen — A Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a prison run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Friday, killing at least 70 detainees and wounding dozens, a rebel minister said. Doctors Without Borders put the number of wounded alone at “around 200.” Ahmed Mahat, MSF’s head of mission in Yemen, said they had reports of “many bodies still at the scene …

EXPLAINED: Who Are Houthi Rebels? The Yemen Group Behind UAE Drone Attacks That Killed 2 Indians
2 years, 11 months ago

EXPLAINED: Who Are Houthi Rebels? The Yemen Group Behind UAE Drone Attacks That Killed 2 Indians

ABP News  

New Delhi: Two Indian nationals and one person from Pakistan were killed in Monday’s terror attacks in the United Arab Emirates that also left at least six injured, including two Indians. In 2014-15, Houthi rebels overthrew Saleh’s successor Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi’s government and captured capital Sana’a, with the help of the former president. When the Houthi rebels sided with Saleh …

Saudi-led coalition says it killed more than 260 Yemen rebels
3 years, 2 months ago

Saudi-led coalition says it killed more than 260 Yemen rebels

Al Jazeera  

It was not possible to independently verify the death toll, and the Iran-aligned Houthis rarely comment on losses. More than 260 Houthi rebels were killed in fighting over the past three days near Yemen’s strategic city of Marib, the Saudi Arabia-led coalition said on Sunday. “Thirty-six military vehicles were destroyed and more than 264” rebel fighters were killed in raids …

10,000 children killed or wounded in Yemen’s war: UNICEF
3 years, 2 months ago

10,000 children killed or wounded in Yemen’s war: UNICEF

Al Jazeera  

Without international support, more children who bear no responsibility for the crisis will die, UN agency warns. At least 10,000 children have been killed or injured in Yemen in violence linked to years of war in the impoverished country, the United Nations children’s agency said on Tuesday. “The Yemen conflict has just hit another shameful milestone: 10,000 children have been …

US slams Iran-backed Yemen rebels for snubbing UN envoy
3 years, 7 months ago

US slams Iran-backed Yemen rebels for snubbing UN envoy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration lashed out at Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Friday for refusing to meet with a senior U.N. official to discuss ending the country’s devastating conflict and speeding humanitarian relief to suffering civilians. It said the Houthis should immediately engage with Griffiths to consider the peace plan, calling it “a fair deal on the table that …

US allows transactions with Houthis as ‘terrorist’ label reviewed
3 years, 11 months ago

US allows transactions with Houthis as ‘terrorist’ label reviewed

Al Jazeera  

Aid groups warn the Trump administration’s designation of Yemeni rebels could trigger famine in the war-torn country. The United States has temporarily stayed a ban on transactions involving Yemen’s Houthi movement as it reviews a decision by former President Donald Trump’s administration to designate the Iran-aligned group as a “foreign terrorist organisation”. The Biden administration has promised to review the …

Houthis | Yemen’s rebels and revivalists
3 years, 11 months ago

Houthis | Yemen’s rebels and revivalists

The Hindu  

After the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, when anti-Americanism was at its peak in the Muslim world, several Islamist organisations had tried to mobilise supporters riding the public sentiments. Not many had foreseen back then that this tiny group of tribesmen from the Marran Mountains of the northern province Sa’dah would grow into the most powerful rebel war machine …

US mulls Houthi ‘terror’ label as groups say civilians to suffer
4 years, 1 month ago

US mulls Houthi ‘terror’ label as groups say civilians to suffer

Al Jazeera  

Aid groups, US legislators and experts say US plan to designate Yemeni rebel group will worsen dire humanitarian crisis. United States lawmakers, international aid groups and rights advocates are warning the outgoing Trump administration against reported plans to label Yemen’s Houthi rebel group a “foreign terrorist organisation”, saying it would worsen the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Citing unnamed US officials, …

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