Yemen

The World Bank announced a $207 million grant to address food security and malnutrition in war-torn Yemen, Anadolu News Agency reports. The grant, offered by the World Bank's International...

Twenty years have passed since the US-led invasion of Iraq, with its harsh consequences, severe developmental setbacks and its alienation from its Arab neighbours which conspired against it, as...

Nearly 1.5 million civilians have died indirectly as a result of the use of prohibited weapons, the spread of diseases and the siege imposed on Yemen by the US-backed coalition

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Education will lay off more than 2,000 expatriate teachers and department heads in 14 specialisations by the end of the current academic year 2022-2023, Kuwait's Al-Qabas newspaper...

The Yemeni government on Saturday called on the United Nations and humanitarian organizations to provide help amid heavy rainfalls in the war-torn country. Local authorities said more than 9,000...

It was a difficult labour for the International Criminal Court (ICC), which came to life in July 1998. Following the First and Second World Wars, projects to establish a...

What are the consequences of the war in Iraq for the US? The US's international credibility was seriously damaged because the invasion was carried out on the pretext of...

Islamic giving plays an increasing role in helping the forcibly displaced people, a UN refugee agency official said on Friday, Anadolu News Agency reports. At the start of the...

The global and regional echoes of Chinese mediation between Saudi Arabia and Iran will reverberate for quite some time. China announced its first diplomatic breakthrough in the Middle East...

Yemen's Houthi-allied armed forces have conducted military drills close to the Saudi border, marking the eighth anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition's war against the country. According to Al-Masirah, the exercise codenamed 'Withstanding the Aggression' simulated...

At least 10 Yemeni soldiers have been killed in renewed clashes in the Marib province, two military sources have told AFP. The oil-producing province is one of the main...

The Middle East may have an abundance of oil and gas, but it has very few natural water sources. This is fast becoming a source of tension. According to...

The Middle East has been in turmoil for decades, with conflicts often fuelled by historic rivalries, sectarianism and geopolitical interests. However, in recent months, there have been some significant...

The Yemeni government and the Houthis have agreed to free 887 detainees and to meet again in May, after 10 days of negotiations in Switzerland, the United Nations and...

A former British ambassador to Yemen, Michael Aron, breached diplomatic guidelines by attending the opening ceremony of a Jordanian cigarette factory, part-owned by British American Tobacco (BAT), where he...

Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthi rebels have agreed to the release of almost 900 prisoners, with over a dozen being Saudis detained by the Houthis and most being those...

More than 13,000 Yemeni people were affected by seasonal heavy rains in the central Marib province, local authorities said on Saturday, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the Executive Unit...

The agreement signed between Saudi Arabia and Iran under Chinese auspices on 6 March aroused much interest in the Arab world, the Middle East and the world in general....

Eager to end its political and economic isolation, Iran had been trying for two years to restore ties with its long-time rival, Saudi Arabia, an Arab heavyweight and oil powerhouse. Last...

The spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry, Naseer Kanaani, said on Monday that Tehran wants to improve relations with Egypt, days after it was announced that Iran and Saudi Arabia...

The Yemeni government called on Wednesday for the US and the international community to deal "cautiously" with Houthi peace initiatives, Anadolu has reported. The comment was made during a...

A man said to be the oldest Yemeni alive has died at the age of 140. Ali Anter had two horn-like shape protruding from the side of his head, local...

US senators have introduced a bipartisan resolution that could force the President to make a report on Saudi Arabia's human rights record, providing a new strategy to potentially cause...

The UN said Wednesday that it could finish offloading oil from a decaying tanker off Yemen if donors quickly provide the remaining $34 million that is needed, Anadolu News...

Saudi Arabia's Finance Minister, Mohammed Al-Jadaan, said on Wednesday that Saudi investments into Iran could happen "very quickly" following an agreement to restore diplomatic ties, Reuters reports. "There are...

The United Nations Yemen mediator urged warring parties, on Wednesday, to "seize the opportunity" to take decisive steps toward peace and said momentum to end the conflict had been...

The unexpected has just happened before our eyes. Emerging superpower China has activated its diplomacy successfully in the Middle East — the traditional role of the US — and...

Yemen's internationally-recognised government said on Monday that it is looking for a breakthrough in ongoing prisoner swap negotiations in Geneva before the start of the fasting month of Ramadan...

Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed, on Friday, to re-establish relations after a seven-year diplomatic rupture, according to a statement issued by Iran, Saudi Arabia and China, Reuters reports. Here are key...

The number of Arab asylum applicants in the European Union surged last year, amid economic and political crises in a number of Arab countries. Data of the European Union...

The Iranian mission to the United Nations revealed on Monday a promise made by Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian regarding ending the crisis in Yemen. "Amir-Abdollahian," tweeted the mission, "promised...

The UN has purchased a large vessel to remove oil from a decaying tanker on the coast of Yemen, in order to prevent a major oil spill. The abandoned...