United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is Destroying the Biodiversity of a Yemeni Archipelago.

December 21, 2023 UNAC Editor Environment, Imperialism, Israel, Somalia, Yemen

by Mouna Hashem and Martha Mundy, Published on Counterpunch, December 1, 2023 Environmental destruction entails two intertwined processes: climate change and the destruction of biodiversity, which mutually reinforce each other. Both are human-caused. Climate change is not the lead driver of biodiversity loss; it is human overexploitation of natural resources and habitat destruction. Protecting biodiversity protects against climate change. Nowhere is the[…]

Israel and the UAE Hope to Turn Yemen’s Remote Islands into an Intel Gathering Hub

September 13, 2020 UNAC Editor Israel, Yemen

by Ahmed Abdulkareem, published on Mintpress News, September 10, 2020 SOCOTRA, YEMEN — In the wake of the recent normalization of ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates in August, it is becoming increasingly clear that Tel Aviv is set to take on an increasingly active role in the war on Yemen, a war that the UAE – together with Saudi[…]

The War Whisperers, Their Successful Iraq War, and the Targeting of Iran

July 20, 2019 UNAC Editor Iran, Iraq, Middle East Wars, Political Analysis

by Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, published on LobeLog, July 15, 2019 As Iran and the United States edge closer to war, while Europe scrambles to reduce tensions, the chorus of U.S. foreign policy and military experts and journalists criticizing the Trump administration’s tactics is also reaching a crescendo. Despite deep political divisions, on this issue there is broad agreement across the[…]

Military Bill Amended for the Better: This Pig Has Really, Really Good Lipstick

July 16, 2019 UNAC Editor Legislation, Militarism, Military Budget

By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, July 14, 2019 The latest U.S. House of Representatives version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which is beyond global in scope and not the least bit defensive, offended Donald Trump’s desire for limitless power and spending in dozens of ways detailed by the people he employs to write things longer than tweets —[…]

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[…]

Time is Not on Yemen’s Side

February 25, 2018 UNAC Editor Resistance, Yemen

by Kathy Kelly, originally posted on Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Feb 20, 2018 Kathy Kelly, on Feb 15 2018, addressed NY’s “Stony Point Center” outlining the history of peaceful resistance and U.S.-engineered catastrophe in Yemen. TRANSCRIPT: So, thank you very much to Erin who apparently had asked the question “What are we going to do about Yemen?” and that was[…]