Saudi-led coalition lifts import restrictions in south Yemen
1 year, 8 months ago

Saudi-led coalition lifts import restrictions in south Yemen

Al Jazeera  

Saudi-backed government says commercial ships will be allowed to dock directly in southern ports, including Aden. A Saudi Arabian-led military coalition has lifted eight-year-old restrictions on imports headed for Yemen’s southern ports as moves towards peace continue. The announcement signals progress in peace talks with the Houthi rebel group in the north and follows the easing of restrictions on commercial goods entering the Houthi-held western port of Hodeidah, the country’s main seaport. Abu Bakr Adeed, deputy head of Yemen’s Chambers of Commerce, said ships would not have to stop at the Saudi Red Sea port of Jeddah for security checks for the first time since the Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015. The Saudi-led coalition had since 2015 imposed severe restrictions on the flow of goods into import-reliant Yemen, where war has devastated the economy contributing to what the United Nations has called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

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US to relist Yemen’s Houthis as specially designated global terrorists, AP sources say
11 months, 1 week ago

US to relist Yemen’s Houthis as specially designated global terrorists, AP sources say

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is expected to soon announce plans to redesignate Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen as specially designated global terrorists, according to two people familiar with the White House decision and a U.S. official. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delisted the Houthis as both a foreign terrorist organization and as specially designated global terrorists in February 2021 …

Saudi-Omani delegation to hold ceasefire talks with Yemen's Houthis in Sanaa
1 year, 8 months ago

Saudi-Omani delegation to hold ceasefire talks with Yemen's Houthis in Sanaa

The Hindu  

A Saudi-Omani delegation is planning to travel to Yemen's capital Sanaa next week to hash out a permanent ceasefire deal with Houthi officials and end the country's eight-year-old conflict, two sources involved in the talks said. In an additional sign of progress, the Saudi-led coalition lifted eight-year-old restrictions on imports headed for Yemen's southern ports, the Saudi-backed government said. Abu …

UN: Cost is new obstacle to oil transfer from Yemen tanker
1 year, 11 months ago

UN: Cost is new obstacle to oil transfer from Yemen tanker

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The rising cost of purchasing or leasing a vessel that can hold more than 1 million barrels of crude oil now in a rusting old tanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen is the latest obstacle to resolving the grave threat of massive environmental damage from a possible oil spill or explosion, the U.N. said Tuesday. U.N. …

UN chief urges Yemen rivals: No new violence and renew truce
2 years, 2 months ago

UN chief urges Yemen rivals: No new violence and renew truce

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Yemen’s warring parties on Monday to refrain from any provocations that could escalate violence. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the secretary-general is disappointed that the internationally recognized government and Houthi rebels didn’t reach an agreement before the Oct. 2 deadline. Dujarric said U.N. special envoy Hans Grundberg is still in negotiations with …

UN raises funds to salvage oil tanker ‘time bomb’ off Yemen coast
2 years, 3 months ago

UN raises funds to salvage oil tanker ‘time bomb’ off Yemen coast

Al Jazeera  

The decaying 45-year-old FSO Safer has not been serviced since Yemen plunged into civil war in 2014. The decaying 45-year-old FSO Safer, long used as a floating storage platform and now abandoned off the rebel-held Yemeni port of Hodeidah, has not been serviced since Yemen plunged into civil war in 2014. United Nations officials last month warned that the ship, …

Beyond Ukraine, a devastating war in Yemen not many are talking about
2 years, 9 months ago

Beyond Ukraine, a devastating war in Yemen not many are talking about

India Today  

Every war-torn country’s tragedy is unique in its own way. The Houthis now control an estimated 80 per cent of Yemen’s territory and have over the years launched multiple missile and drone attacks on neighbouring Saudi Arabia. SITUATION WORSENS AFTER BIDEN BECOMES PRESIDENT When Joe Biden became US President in January 2021, there were hopes that Yemen’s crisis would de-escalate, …

Yemen: Saudi-led coalition targets Sanaa after vessel seized
2 years, 11 months ago

Yemen: Saudi-led coalition targets Sanaa after vessel seized

Al Jazeera  

Coalition says it destroyed workshops and warehouses for drones in response to a UAE-flagged vessel in the Red Sea being seized. The Saudi-led coalition has launched air attacks in Yemen’s capital Sanaa in response to a United Arab Emirates-flagged vessel in the Red Sea being seized and drone attacks launched by Yemeni Houthi fighters earlier this week. Saudi Arabian air …

Yemen: Little clarity on US vow to end aid to Saudi-led coalition
3 years, 8 months ago

Yemen: Little clarity on US vow to end aid to Saudi-led coalition

Al Jazeera  

Two months after Biden said US would end ‘offensive’ support and related arms sales, experts and lawmakers want answers. The Biden administration has offered few concrete details on its plan to end the United States’ support for “offensive” operations by a Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen and “relevant” arms sales, telling Al Jazeera only that a review is continuing. “But …

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