Jemen

„Humanitäre wie politische Katastrophen unterliegen einer medialen Rangordnung. Das belagerte syrische Aleppo kennt man nun wenigstens aus den Schlagzeilen, auch wenn das den Menschen im syrischen und rus­sischen Bombenhagel nicht wirklich hilft. Aber was ist mit dem jemenitischen Taiz? Die drittgrößte Stadt des Landes in den nordjemenitischen ­Bergen mit über einer halben Million Einwohnern ist seit dem offenen Ausbruch des…

„Iranian-backed Houthi rebels are using hospitals as military command posts, thereby deliberately putting the lives of innocent civilians at risk, according to a new report into Yemen’s long-running civil war. Hostilities in the Yemeni conflict resumed at the weekend following the collapse of peace talks in Kuwait. The talks came after Houthi fighters, who are backed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary…

„Once driven to near irrelevance by the rise of Islamic State abroad and security crackdowns at home, al Qaeda in Yemen now openly rules a mini-state with a war chest swollen by an estimated $100 million in looted bank deposits and revenue from running the country’s third largest port. If Islamic State’s capital is the Syrian city of Raqqa, then…

„U.S. Navy ships in the Arabian Sea intercepted and seized an arms shipment from Iran likely bound for Houthi fighters in Yemen, the military said in a statement on Monday. … White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Monday that Iran’s support for the Houthis is an example of its ‚destabilizing activities‘ in the region, and that the weapons shipment…

„Just over a year ago, a Saudi-led coalition started a major offensive in Yemen in support of the country’s embattled President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi. The coalition airstrikes are aimed at pushing back the Shiite Houthi rebels, who swept down from northern Yemen in 2014 and took control of major portions of the country. But it’s not just two warring…

„Ungewiss ist das Schicksal eines im Jemen verschleppten indischen Ordenspriesters. Wiens Erzbischof Christoph Schönborn äußerte am Osterwochenende die Befürchtung, dass er von Islamisten am Karfreitag gekreuzigt worden ist. ‚Wir hoffen, dass es nicht so ist‘, sagte Schönborn in der am Sonntagabend ausgestrahlten ORF-TV-Sendung ‚Wien heute‘, ‚aber wir müssen befürchten, dass es schon wirklich ist.‘“ (hier)

„Yemeni President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi revealed Tuesday evening that the Secretary General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, had sent him a letter explaining Hezbollah’s role in the fighting in Yemen, Yemeni media reported on Wednesday. Speaking in a press conference that was conducted on Tuesday in Ankara following his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Hadi said that Nasrallah…