Yemen

Three Brigades of the Third-Biggest Arms Spender in the World Annihilated by the Offensive of the Poorest Arab Country in the World

October 2, 2019 UNAC Editor Featured, Middle East Wars, Saudi Arabia, Uncategorized, Yemen

by Federico Pieraccini, published on the American Herald Tribune, September 30, 2019 Many may have hitherto been led to believe that the Houthis were a ragtag armed force lacking in sophistication. Many, seeing the drone and missile attacks on Saudi oil plants, may have declared it to be a false-flag attack carried out by Riyadh to boost Aramco’s market value;[…]

Houthi Rebels are Saudi’s Problem

September 26, 2019 UNAC Editor Featured, Middle East Wars, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

by John Kiriakou, Published on Consortium News, September 23, 2019 Iran has been in the headlines since Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for a drone attack on a Saudi Aramco refinery in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province over a week ago. This is not the first time the Houthis have used long-range missiles or drones to attack Saudi installations. Indeed, it’s[…]

How to Lobby Washington to Death

May 28, 2019 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Yemen

A Business Model From Hell and the War in Yemen by Mashal Hashem and James Allen, published on Tom Dispatch, May 16, 2019 A springtime wedding in Northern Yemen’s Al-Raqah village took place in April 2018, a moment of reprieve from the turmoil and devastation of that war-torn country, a moment to celebrate life, love, and the birth of a[…]

Every War is a War Against Children

April 7, 2019 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Middle East Wars, Yemen

Photo: Yemeni children huddle in April 2015 during bombing of a residential neighborhood. by Kathy Kelly, from Voices for Creative Nonviolence, March 28, 2019 ( This article first appeared on the website of The Progressive Magazine.) At 9:30 in the morning of March 26, the entrance to a rural hospital in northwest Yemen, supported by Save the Children, was teeming[…]

Yemen is a U.S. Target

January 6, 2019 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Middle East Wars, Yemen

Some fruits of the war project in Yemen. Insurgency in Yemen detailed Map according to recent published reports. (~Yemen Civil War Map) Controlled by Revolutionary Committee Controlled by Hadi-led government Controlled by Southern Transitional Council Controlled by Ansar al-Sharia/AQAP forces Controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Controlled by forces[…]

The Long, Brutal U.S. War on Children in the Middle East

December 10, 2018 UNAC Editor Human Rights, Imperial greed, Yemen

Photo: Yemen’s starving mothers — Ahmed Rashid Mokbel, a severely malnourished 7-month-old Yemeni boy, is given formula by his mother at the Al-Sadaqa Hospital in Aden, Yemen, in this Feb. 13, 2018. The boy weighed only 3.3 kg (7 pounds). The Al-Sadaqa Hospital treats malnourishment cases from across southern Yemen _ those that are lucky enough to get there. ~[…]

Western Media Make One Death a Tragedy, Millions a Statistic

November 13, 2018 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Political Corruption, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

by Finian Cunningham, published on Strategic Culture, November 10, 2018 The Western media coverage devoted to the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi proves the cynical adage that one person’s death is a tragedy, while millions of deaths are a mere statistic. During the past four weeks since Khashoggi went missing at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the case has been[…]

Yemen – Holding Hodeidah Is The Houthi’s Last Chance

November 13, 2018 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Yemen

* Featured Image: Photo of Hodeida grain silo by Yemeni journalist, Ahmed Abdulkareem, illustrates his article, “UN Food Storage Facility Targeted as Saudi Coalition Closes in on Hodeida“, published in MIntPress News. 11/09/18 by Bernhard of Moon of Alabama, November 10, 2018 From last weeks MoA review: October 31 – Yemen – After 200,000 Died An Embarrassed U.S. Finally Calls[…]

Voices Rising for Yemen – Final Day

November 10, 2018 UNAC Editor Protest, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

Header and photos all from Voices for Creative Nonviolence by Kathy Kelly, published on Voices for Creative Nonviolence, November 8, 2018 Over these past three days, Voices and a coalition of justice-minded organizations have been at and around the United Nations in New York City protesting the ongoing U.S.-Saudi attack on famine- imperiled Yemen. Details are available at www.vcnv.org along[…]

The US Led Genocide and the Destruction of Yemen

October 22, 2018 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Middle East Wars, Yemen

by David William Pear, from CounterCurrents Blog, October 15, 2018 “Only God can save our children”, say Yemeni fathers and mothers as they can do nothing but watch their children die, try to comfort them in their final agonizing hours, and pray for God to spare them from death. The fathers and mothers watch and pray, as one by another their children[…]