Yemen

01 Mar 2021; MEMO: Yemen's Houthi group yesterday claimed responsibility for ballistic missile and drone strikes in Saudi Arabia, threatening to carry out more attacks, international news agencies reported.

Houthi's Al-Masirah TV reported spokesman Yahya Al-Saree saying: "The operation was carried out with a ballistic missile and 15 drones… targeting sensitive areas in the enemy's capital of Riyadh."

SANAA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ahmadiya Juaidi’s eyes are wide as she drinks a nutrition shake from a large orange mug, her thin fingers grasping the handle. Her hair is pulled back and around her neck hangs a silver necklace with a heart and the letter A.

Three weeks ago the 13-year-old weighed just nine kilograms (20 pounds) when she was admitted to al-Sabeen hospital in Yemen’s capital Sanaa with malnutrition that sickened her for at least the past four years. Now she weighs 15 kilograms.

19 Feb 2021; MEMO: A member of the Yemeni Parliament, Hamid Al-Ahmar, accused both Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of working to divide Yemen to extend their influence in the region through their "local tools", in reference to armed groups they support.

18 Feb 2021; MEMO: An increasingly intense assault by Yemen's Houthi rebels on the government-held city of Marib "must stop" amid spiraling humanitarian fallout, the UN's envoy for the country warned Thursday, Anadolu Agency reported.

Martin Griffiths told the Security Council that the assault risks putting millions of civilians at risk, particularly as it threatens to reach camps for individuals who have already been displaced during the seven-year conflict.

Yemen's Houthis have intensified their attacks on Saudi Arabia and the central Yemeni province of Marib.

12 Feb 2021; MEMO: At least 400,000 Yemeni children under five could die of starvation this year without urgent intervention amid soaring rates of severe malnutrition driven by war and the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reported four UN agencies saying today.

The warnings come nearly six years after the outbreak of war that rendered 80 per cent of the population reliant on humanitarian aid.

08 Feb 2021; MEMO: The US warned the Houthis in Yemen on Monday not to attack civilians, just 48 hours after the Biden administration removed the group from its list of foreign terrorist groups.

06 Feb 2021; MEMO: A Yemeni official has denied on Friday that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had ended its military presence in his country, calling on Abu Dhabi to "stop arming militias in the south."

ADEN, Feb 5 (NNN-SABA) – At least 10 members of the Houthi militia were killed in an ambush, set up by pro-government forces, in Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah yesterday, a government official said.

The local government source said, “The joint pro-government soldiers ambushed a group of Houthi fighters, while they were attempting to advance into military sites, in Hodeidah’s district of Tuhyata.”

He said that armed confrontations broke out between the two warring sides following the ambush, leaving nearly 10 rebels killed at the scene.

02 Feb 2021; MEMO: Japan yesterday announced the provision of $20.5 million in food aid for Yemen.

In an official statement, the Japanese embassy in Yemen said that the funds were aimed at "providing food and nutrition to the Yemeni people," adding that it was expecting to secure food for "2,285,000 people."