Articles tagged with: Yemen

27 Nov 2024 Foreign affairs

Labour MP Criticises "Hypocritical" Disinterest In UK Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia

A Labour MP has said outrage over arms exports to Israel is “hypocritical” given the UK exports a higher volume of arms to Saudi Arabia which is currently at war in Yemen.

27 May 2024 Transport

Losing the plot: navigating the truth behind GPS jamming

From the Baltic to the Mediterranean, GPS jamming is a growing problem for both the military and airlines – but is it a real threat to safety or just exposing a lack of resilience in commercial operations? Sally Dawson reports on an issue the industry appears surprisingly reluctant to discuss

20 Mar 2024 Foreign affairs

Escalation of conflict in Yemen spells disaster for the region

Yemen is global news again thanks to the Houthis’ drone attacks against shipping in the Red Sea. The war in Gaza has given the Houthis an opportunity to raise their international profile as very few people had heard of them except those of us engaged in Yemen over many years.

06 Mar 2024 Defence

What Could The UK's Role In Long-Term Middle East Peace Look Like?

The Foreign Office has met with a delegation from Yemen to discuss the UK’s role in peace settlements in the wider Middle East, as diplomats and parliamentarians urge the UK government to set out its long-term strategy for the region.

14 Feb 2024 Defence

Current affairs: how maritime trade can survive our changing world

The Red Sea crisis underlines maritime trade’s vulnerabilities. Sophie Church reports how complex global supply chains are adapting to an increasingly uncertain maritime world. Illustrations by Tracy Worrall

23 Jan 2024 Defence

UK Increasing Diplomatic Engagement To End Houthi Attacks On Red Sea

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that "diplomatic engagement" would be increased to aid UK and US efforts to end Houthi rebel attacks on ships in the Red Sea, following a second joint airstrike operation targeting Houthi operations.

23 Jan 2024 Defence

Former Middle East Minister Says UK Has "Missed Opportunities" To Bring Stability To Yemen

As the UK and US continue to carry out joint air strikes against the Houthis in Yemen to little avail, former Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood has warned that the UK government must learn from past mistakes in the region.

12 Jan 2024 Foreign affairs

Rishi Sunak Urged To Limit UK Military Action In Red Sea And Not Seek To "Punish" Houthis

Chair of the foreign affairs committee and Tory MP Alicia Kearns has said Government should ensure that joint military action with the US against the Houthis in the Red Sea is "limited" and does not seek to "punish" the Iranian-backed rebel group.

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21 Jun 2021 Foreign affairs

Save the Children: ‘Saudi-led coalition gets a free pass to destroy children’s lives in Yemen yet again’

UN Report on Children and Armed Conflict again fails to hold perpetrators to account, said Save the Children.

19 Mar 2021 Foreign affairs

The Integrated Review should be a chance to promote British values – so why are we scrapping the 0.7% promise on aid?

Covid-19 has exposed the extreme vulnerabilities of health systems around the world. For Britain to cut its aid rather than increase it at this desperate time is frankly extraordinary.

03 Mar 2021 Foreign affairs

Boris Johnson Called “Disgraceful” After Criticising Keir Starmer For Questioning Yemen Aid Cut And Arms Sales

Boris Johnson has been criticised taking a swipe at Sir Keir Starmer after the Labour leader questioned the government's cut to Yemen aid by half, while continuing to sell arms which could be used in the conflict.

03 Mar 2021 Foreign affairs

Cutting aid to Yemen is the first deadly consequence of abandoning our 0.7% promise

Ahead of Yesterday’s conference on Yemen, the UN warned that 400,000 children in the country risked starving to death without an increase in humanitarian support.

02 Mar 2021 Foreign affairs

Cutting UK Aid To Yemen By Half Is A “Strategic Mistake With Deadly Consequences”, House Of Commons Told

A former International Development Secretary has condemned the UK's decision to cut the amount of aid the UK pledges to war-torn Yemen by half.

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01 Mar 2021 Foreign affairs

Cuts to Yemen aid threaten lifesaving support to 250,000 of the most vulnerable people as country sits on the edge of famine

Save the Children are beyond dismayed by reports that the Government intends to cut aid to Yemen by a staggering 50 percent.

19 Feb 2021 Foreign affairs

Halting UK arms exports linked to the conflict in Yemen would give real purpose to Global Britain

Britain has become too risk averse, distracted by years of Brexit and reacting to international events rather than shaping them. But calling for global ceasefires to allow for Covid vaccinations is just the sort of leadership we traditionally excel at.

17 Feb 2021 Coronavirus

Dominic Raab Calls For Worldwide Vaccine Ceasefire To Tackle Coronavirus In War Zones

Dominic Raab will use a UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday to urge world leaders to agree a resolution on global vaccine ceasefires.

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12 Feb 2021 Social affairs

YEMEN: Over two million children expected to go hungry or starve in 2021, warns Save the Children

Save the Children is horrified to find that an estimated 2.3 million children under five in Yemen will go hungry or be on the brink of starvation by the end of this year – half of all children in that age bracket. Yemen faces an unprecedented hunger crisis after six years of conflict, the agency warned.

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05 Feb 2021 Foreign affairs

An End to U.S. Participation in the War in Yemen: “A Critical Step to Saving Children’s Lives”

Save the Children applauds the Biden Administration’s announcement that it will take concrete steps to end U.S. participation in Yemen’s conflict, which has dragged on for nearly six years, precipitating the world’s worst humanitarian crisis and claiming the lives of countless civilians.

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11 Jan 2021 Foreign affairs

U.S. Terrorism Designation in Yemen Threatens Children’s Lives, warns Save the Children

Save the Children is warning that the humanitarian crisis in Yemen will likely deepen in the coming weeks, placing thousands of children at further risk of starvation and disease, after the U.S. Government announced its decision to roll out a new terrorism designation on Ansar Allah, who are also the de facto authorities in northern Yemen.

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30 Nov 2020 Foreign affairs

YEMEN: At least four children killed in artillery shelling in the city of Hodeida

At least 11 civilians including 4 children were killed yesterday, 29 November, after artillery shells hit houses in the south of Hodeida city in Yemen.

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07 Aug 2020 Foreign affairs

Seven children reported killed in Yemen airstrike – Save the Children

Seven children have reportedly died in an airstrike that killed 20 people yesterday. The attack hit residential houses and cars in Yemen's northern province of al-Jawf, according to local health authorities. Several others, mostly women and children, were critically wounded.

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16 Jul 2020 Foreign affairs

10 children killed in the last four days in Yemen

Another air strike in Yemen is reported to have killed nine people in Al Jawf governorate, including four children. This attack comes just three days after an air raid that, according to local authorities, killed six children and two women, bringing the total number of civilians killed in the last four days to 17, including 10 children.

07 Jul 2020 Defence

Campaigners slam ‘shocking‘ decision to resume UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia a day after imposing sanctions on senior officials

UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia are set to resume a day after the Government imposed sanctions on senior officials in the country for human rights abuses.

16 Jun 2020 Coronavirus

Yemen: Airstrikes kill 13 civilians, four children

Xavier Joubert, Save the Children’s country director in Yemen, said: