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Yemen’s Hodeidah holds Quranic competition with the participation of 80 memorizers
March 6, 2021
Yemen’s Hodeidah holds Quranic competition with the participation of 80 memorizers
The Office of the General Authority of Endowments in the Yemeni province of Hodeidah launched the 7-day Holy Quran competition with the participation of 80 male and female memorizers, in coordination with the province’s Zakat Department.Speaking at the opening ceremony,…
Yemen: UN donor conference raises a ‘disappointing’ $1.7 billion
March 3, 2021
Yemen: UN donor conference raises a ‘disappointing’ $1.7 billion
A virtual conference held by the United Nations and co-hosted by Sweden and Switzerland fell far short of its aid goal for Yemen — with experts concerned about preventing large-scale famine from “engulfing” the war-torn country.More than 100 governments and…
Andrew Mitchell warns against halving of aid to Yemen
March 2, 2021
Andrew Mitchell warns against halving of aid to Yemen
Britain is “complicit” in the suffering in Yemen and millions will starve to death if government aid is halved, a former minister said.The United Nations said that the war-torn country faced the world’s worst famine in decades without billions of…
Reuters talks about American efforts to limit bin Salman
March 1, 2021
Reuters talks about American efforts to limit bin Salman
Reuters published an analysis, in which it dealt with the implications of the United States’ publication of its intelligence report regarding the extent of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s involvement in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.The…
War Turning Yemen Into Broken State, Beyond Repair: UN
March 1, 2021
War Turning Yemen Into Broken State, Beyond Repair: UN
The war in Yemen is turning the impoverished country into an “unviable state” that will be almost beyond repair, a top UN official warned ahead of a donor conference aimed at averting a famine.Tens of thousands of people have been…
New calls to London to stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia
February 28, 2021
New calls to London to stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia
The British newspaper, The Guardian, published a report, in which it spoke of Britain facing new calls to end unrestricted arms sales to Saudi Arabia, after the CIA published a report in which it concluded that Crown Prince Mohammed bin…
Five Yemenis killed and others wounded in the Saudi coalition’s bombing of Hodeidah
February 28, 2021
Five Yemenis killed and others wounded in the Saudi coalition’s bombing of Hodeidah
Five Yemeni citizens were killed and several others were wounded by the Saudi-led coalition air strikes on Hodeidah province.A local source in Hodeidah stated that the coalition warplanes targeted a citizen’s house in the Al-Rabsa neighborhood of Al-Hawk district, which…
Mosque’s imam assassinated in Abyan, Yemen
February 27, 2021
Mosque’s imam assassinated in Abyan, Yemen
The Imam of a mosque was assassinated on Thursday by unidentified gunmen in Mudiyah city of Abyan province, southern Yemen.According to local sources in the city, gunmen shot the imam of the Sunnah Mosque, Hafedh Ba’azab, and killed him on…
Free Muslim calls on the United Nations to intervene to stop bloodshed in Yemen and Syria
February 27, 2021
Free Muslim calls on the United Nations to intervene to stop bloodshed in Yemen and Syria
The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, called on the United Nations to take its supposed role in resolving international conflicts and take serious action to stop the bloodshed in Yemen and Syria.The organization stated in a statement received by Shiawaves,…
The UN aid official urges Gulf states to take action to stave off famine in Yemen
February 25, 2021
The UN aid official urges Gulf states to take action to stave off famine in Yemen
Mark Lowcock, a United Nations aid official, urged Gulf states to take action to prevent widespread “man-made” famine in Yemen, by raising $ 3.85 billion for humanitarian operations.He added, “If the United Nations does not get the funds it needs…