#US, UK conduct new strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen

#US, UK conduct new strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen

The U.S. and United Kingdom conducted a new wave of strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen Saturday, hitting at least 30 targets. The latest counterstrikes against the Iran-backed militant group are a continuation of retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed militant group that has destabilized the Red Sea region and trade routes in the area with strikes…

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#Museums struggle to preserve Yemen’s past

#Museums struggle to preserve Yemen’s past

“#Museums struggle to preserve Yemen’s past” SANAA – A bronze statue of the main god of the kingdom of Saba, located in what is now the Yemeni province of Marib, lies in a dark and fortified room of the Sanaa National Museum. The piece was made by a man named Hawtar Athat in the first…

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#Yemen conflict escalates as country speeds toward famine: UN

#Yemen conflict escalates as country speeds toward famine: UN

“#Yemen conflict escalates as country speeds toward famine: UN” UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations warned Tuesday that an offensive by Houthi rebels in Yemen has escalated the nearly six-year conflict in the Arab world’s poorest nation as it “speeds towards a massive famine.” U.N. special envoy Martin Griffiths and U.N. humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock…

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#This cafe in Yemen is run by women, for women

#This cafe in Yemen is run by women, for women

“#This cafe in Yemen is run by women, for women” MARIB – When Um Feras realised there were no leisure spaces for women in her city in Yemen, she founded her own cafe and hopes to change attitudes about women-led businesses. “There were no places for women to gather comfortably, no places belonging to the…

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