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Conflict in Yemen and the Red Sea

UN Concerned About Extreme Dangers Facing Civilians in Yemen

  • In the wake of an airstrike that killed twenty civilians, the UN criticized the conditions for civilians in Yemen and denounced press restrictions (New York Times)

Saudi Coalition Airstrike Kills Twenty Civilians

  • Twenty civilians fleeing from fighting in the province of Taiz were killed by a Saudi-led coalition airstrike (AP)

Red Cross: Yemen Reaches 300,000 Cholera Cases

  • The Red Cross announced that suspected cholera cases in Yemen have surpassed three hundred thousand and the disease has caused more than 1,600 deaths in ten weeks (NPR)

United States to Train Saudi Arabia on Preventing Civilian Deaths in Yemen

  • The U.S. military will lead Saudi Arabian forces through a training program on avoiding civilian casualties in air campaigns. This program will last several years (New York Times)

UN Seeks Billions in Aid for Yemen

  • The United Nations is seeking to raise $2.1 billion for Yemen, where nearly nineteen million people are in need of urgent assistant due to famine, at a pledging conference in Geneva (BBC)

Houthi Rebels Allegedly Using Banned Landmines

  • Houthi rebels and their allies have been using banned landmines in Yemen that may have caused hundreds of civilian casualties, according to Human Rights Watch (Deutsche Welle)

United States Increases Supports for Arab Coalition in Yemen

  • U.S. and Saudi officials announced a significant increase in U.S. military support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen (WSJ)

Thousands Attend Rally Organized by Iran-Backed Houthi Rebels

  • Thousands rallied in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, on the second anniversary of a Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s intervention in the country to restore President Abed Rabbo Mansour al-Hadi to power (Reuters)

U.S. May Resume Saudi Arms Sales

  • The U.S. State Department approved the resumption of selling precision guided munitions to Riyadh, which the administration of former U.S. President Barack Obama had suspended amid allegations of mass civilian casualties in a Saudi-led coalition’s airstrikes in Yemen. According to officials, the White House must back the resumption before it goes into effect (Washington Post)

Former Guantanamo Bay Prisoner Killed in Airstrike

  • The Pentagon announced that a U.S. airstrike in Yemen on March 2 killed Yasir al-Silmi, a former detainee at the Guantanamo Bay military prison (Middle East Eye)

U.S. Strikes in Yemen Reportedly Continue

  • Yemeni residents reported suspected U.S. drones firing on al-Qaeda–linked targets in the al-Bayda and Shabwa provinces (Reuters)

U.S. Strikes in Yemen Target al-Qaeda Suspects

  • The United States carried out air strikes in three Yemeni governorates, the Pentagon confirmed. Officials who said the strikes targeted al-Qaeda militants, equipment, and infrastructure denied reports from Yemen that U.S. personnel also carried out a ground raid (Washington Post)

Red Cross Requests Security Guarantees at Hudaydah Sea Port in Yemen

  • The Hodeidah Sea Port is said to have been a target of Saudi war planes and insecure conditions, prompting a halt in Red Cross aid deliveries to victims of the famine (BBC)

Yemenis Say Air Raid Killed Women

  • Villagers north of the capital Sana’a said nine women and a child were killed in an air strike (Reuters)

Seven Saudi Soldiers Killed on Yemen Border

  • In an unusual report, Saudi state media published photos of seven of its soldiers killed on the border with Yemen within the last week in battles with Yemeni rebels (Al Jazeera)

Yemen Revokes Permission for U.S. Special Ops

  • A new report citing unnamed U.S. officials says that the Yemeni government suspended permission for the United States to conduct special operations in its territory after a Navy SEAL raid reportedly caused numerous civilian deaths (New York Times)
  • Neither Yemeni nor U.S. officials have commented publicly on the reported revocation

Yemen Raid Kills U.S. Commando, Numerous Others

  • A U.S. commando and at least fourteen locals were killed during the first counterterrorism operation carried out by the Navy’s SEAL Team 6 that was authorized by President Trump (New York Times)
  • The U.S. military said that civilians were likely killed, possibly including women and children

Renewed Fighting in Yemen

  • Renewed fighting, including drone strikes, in Yemen killed about seventy-five people in Yemen (New York Times)

Death Toll in Yemen Reached Ten Thousand

  • The United Nations said the death toll from the conflict in Yemen between Houthi rebels and a Saudi-led coalition backing the government has reached ten thousand people (BBC)

Arms Seized in Yemen Appear to Be Iranian-Made

  • Light anti-armor weapons seized from a smuggling boat off the coast of Yemen appear to have been manufactured in Iran, according to photos obtained by the Geneva-based research center, the Small Arms Survey (New York Times)
  • The smuggling vessel was caught by an Australian warship in February

U.S. Halts Arms Sale Amid Concerns over Yemen

  • The United States will halt the sale of some precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia over concerns that a Saudi-led coalition’s aerial bombing campaign in Yemen to fight Houthi rebels has caused civilian deaths (Voice of America)
  • The United States will continue to refuel Saudi aircraft in the Yemen campaign (Reuters)

Human Rights Watch: United States May Be Complicit in Civilian Deaths

  • Human Rights Watch said the United States may be complicit in the deaths of civilians killed by U.S. bombs sold to the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi rebels (AP)

100,000 Migrants Crossed Into Yemen in 2016

  • The UN’s refugee agency said that more than 100,000 people have migrated from the Horn of Africa by the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea to reach Yemen, often in the hopes of reaching Gulf states (Africa News)
  • Somalis and Ethiopians make up the vast majority of the total number (Voice of America)

Houthi Rebels Announce Governing Body

  • Houthi rebels in Yemen announced a forty-two member “national salvation” governing body after UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed met with the rebels to discuss peace talks (Middle East Eye)

No Extension to Cease-Fire in Yemen, Says Saudi-led Coalition

  • A spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels in Yemen said there will not be an extension to a forty-eight hour cease-fire, which neither side observed (AP)