Yemen

March, 2021

  • 8 March

    Yemen FM calls on UN to stop Houthi abuse of women

    ADEN – SABA Yemen’s Foreign Minister has called on the United Nations to stop the Houthi abuses of women in the militia’s areas of control. In a message addressed to UN Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, minister Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak said, “Yemeni women independently bore the responsibility of securing …

  • 8 March

    PM receives Executive Director of WFP

    ADEN – SABA Prime Minister Dr. Maeen Abdulmalik received today in the interim capital Aden the Executive Director of the World Food Program (WFP) David Beasley and his accompanying delegation who are visiting Aden presently. The discussions dealt the WFP action-plan in Yemen and aspects of joint coordination and cooperation …

  • 7 March

    Houthis shell central Yemen city, injure six children

    TAIZ – SABA Houthis have fired shells and injured six schoolboys in the central Yemeni city of Taiz on Sunday, a local source told Saba. The Iran-backed militants “fired two shells on a school in Al-Rowdha neighborhood at noon time” when the students had just left the school “heading to …

  • 7 March

    Yemen, Qatar agree to restore diplomatic relations

    DOHA – SABA The Republic of Yemen and the State of Qatar have agreed to restore their diplomatic relations, after three years and a half of severance. The decision was unveiled during a meeting between Yemen’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Awadh Bin Mubarak and Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of …

  • 7 March

    FM: Yemeni-Qatari relations have always been robust

    DOHA-SABA Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Ahmed bin Mubarak highly appreciated Qatar’s supportive stance in support of Yemeni legitimate leadership represented by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. He stated that Yemeni-Qatari relations were and will remain distinguished and constructive based on reciprocal understanding and respect. Bin Mubarak’s remark came …

  • 7 March

    ‘MASAM’ removes 1846 landmines in 1st week of March 2021

    ADEN-SABA KSrelief Center’s Demining Program in Yemen “MASAM” managed to pull out 1846 of landmines, unexploded ordnances (UXO) and explosive devices in the first week of March 2021. These landmines were laid down by Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militiamen in different Yemeni governorates. The KSrelef Center reported that MASAM extracted 19 …

  • 7 March

    Yemen’s war: Indiscriminate shelling left 1333 female casualties in 5 years

    TAIZ – SABA The National Commission for Enquiry into Alleged Human Rights Abuses has documented 1333 casualties among female civilians in Yemen due to indiscriminate heavy shelling from 2015 to the end of 2020. Member of the commission Eshraq Almaqtari said in a press conference today that the commission “has …

  • 7 March

    FM raises up the Republic of Yemen’s flag on the embassy headquarters in Doha

    DOHA-SABA Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Amhed bin Mubarak raised up today the Republic of Yemen’s flag on the premises of Yemen’s embassy in the Qatari capital Doha within the course of resuming Yemeni-Qatari diplomatic relations.

  • 6 March

    Houthi militants shell Taiz hospital, injure a guard

    TAIZ-SABA The Houthi militia have shelled the main hospital in Yemen’s central city of Taiz killing one of the hospital’s guards. Medical sources told Saba the militia besieging the city for six years shelled the Surgical Operations Department of the Al-Thawrah Hospital on Friday afternoon injuring 25-year-old Ehab al-Sami’ee seriously …

  • 4 March

    PM appreciates Sweden’s efforts to push peace in Yemen

    ADEN – SABA Prime Minister Dr. Maeen Abdulmalik expressed thanks and gratitude to the government of Sweden Kingdom for the efforts it has been exerting to support Yemen and contribute to the underway international good offices to re-establish peace in Yemen. His statement came during a telephone conversation he held …