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Yemen has severely criticized the UN Group of Eminent Experts saying their latest reports on the human rights situation in Yemen confirms that the government s rejection of renewal of the experts mandate and refusal to recognize the reports they produce was a sound decision. In a statement to S

Since his appointment in February, the US envoy to Yemen has striven to revive diplomatic efforts in a bid to stop the war; yet the situation in Yemen remains bleak, and violence has not ebbed away.

News From Antiwar.com Original and up-to-date news US Blames Houthis for Lack of Progress Towards Ceasefire in Yemen The Houthis are calling for the blockade to be lifted, which is still being enforced despite UN warnings that 400,000 will starve to death The State Department released a statement on Friday slamming the Houthis for their refusal to meet with the UN’s special envoy to Yemen and blaming the group for the failure to reach a ceasefire agreement. “The Houthis passed up a major o...

Saturday, 8 May, 2021 - 05:45 Lenderking and Griffiths meet with European ambassadors in Riyadh. (Twitter) Washington - Muath Alamri The United States’ envoy to Yemen, Tim Lenderking, returned to Washington on Friday after spending eight days in the Gulf region in an attempt to further peace efforts. This was his fifth tour of the Gulf since his appointment earlier this year. The US State Department said upon his return that the...

Houthis ‘passed up major opportunity’ by refusing UN meeting: US Al Jazeera English © Houthi soldiers marched in Sanaa during a funeral procession in February for Houthi fighters killed ... Houthi soldiers marched in Sanaa during a funeral procession in February for Houthi fighters killed fighting government forces in Yemens Marib province [File: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters] Houthi representatives “passed up a major opportunity” by refusing to meet in Oman with United Nat...

Middle EastUS: Houthis spurned opportunity by shunning UN Yemen envoy Reuters 2 minute read Yemens Houthi group passed up a major opportunity to show a commitment to peace by refusing to meet with a U.N. mediator in Oman, the U.S. State Department said on Friday. It also accused the Houthis of worsening Yemens humanitarian crisis by attacking Marib, the last northern stronghold of the Saudi-backed government that the Houthis drove out of the capital, and "exacerbating dire conditions for alread...

× A Palestinian family prepare traditional pastries to be sold in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday which marks the end of Ramadan, in the village of Susya in the southern area of Hebron, on May 7, 2021. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP) 1/4 Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse Palestinian protesters from the area near the Damascus Gate to the Old City of Jerusalem after clashes at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Friday, May 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) 2/4 A member of UN...

Date Time U.S. Special Envoy Lenderking Returns from Travel to Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Jordan U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking returned on May 6 from travel to Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Jordan. In Saudi Arabia, he held meetings with senior government officials, including Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, to stress the need to ease all restrictions at Hudaydah Port and Sana’a Airport, reach a comprehensive, nationwide ceasefire, and move to inclusive political talks. Separately, ...

WASHINGTON: The US State Department said on Friday the Iran-backed Houthi group had passed up a “major opportunity” to demonstrate a commitment to peace by refusing to meet with UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths in Muscat. In a statement, the department also charged that the militia were worsening the humanitarian situation in Yemen by continuing to attack Marib. “Contradictory to their pronouncements regarding the humanitarian situation in Yemen, the Houthis worsen it by continuing to ...

Houthi representatives “passed up a major opportunity” by refusing to meet in Oman with United Nations special envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths, the US State Department said on Friday, urging all parties to negotiate an end to the brutal six-year conflict. “There is a fair deal on the table that will bring immediate relief to Yemeni people,” the State Department said in a statement released upon the return to the United States of Special Envoy Tim Lenderking from a round of meetings in ...