Yemen

28 April 2020; MEMO: The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, has expressed concern over the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s declaration of autonomy in the southern provinces including the strategic city of Aden on Sunday.

SANAA, April 27 (Xinhua) -- UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, on Monday expressed concerns over the declaration of self-rule by the Yemeni Southern Transitional Council (STC) in the southern port city of Aden.

"Now, more than ever, all political actors must cooperate in good faith, refrain from taking escalation actions, and put the interests of Yemenis first," Griffiths said in a statement.

He called for "expediting the implementation of the Riyadh Agreement, with the support of the coalition led by Saudi Arabia."

ADEN, Apr 28 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Ministry of Health announced that the first and only confirmed case of COVID-19 has recovered, in the eastern province of Hadramout.

The pro-government ministry announced officially in a statement “the recovery of the only case of COVID-19, registered previously in the port city of Ash Shihr in the country’s eastern province of Hadramout.”

The ministry’s statement confirmed that “the results of all the medical and clinical examinations carried out on the patient and his relatives were negative.”

26 April 2020; MEMO: Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC) has declared self-governance and a state of emergency in Aden and southern provinces, Anadolu reports.

The STC said the state of emergency would take effect at midnight Saturday.

Foreign Minister Mohamed al-Hadrami urged Saudi Arabia, as a guarantor of the Riyadh Agreement, to intervene against what he described as the STC’s “rebellion” in the southern provinces.

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s southern separatists on Sunday broke a peace deal with the country’s internationally recognized government and claimed sole control of the regional capital of Aden, threatening to resume fighting between the two ostensible allies.

SANA’A, April 15 (NNN-SABA) – A court run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels sentenced four journalists to death, after their conviction on spying charges, their lawyer said.

The four were among a group of 10 journalists detained by the Iran-backed rebels and accused of “collaborating with the enemy,” in reference to the Saudi-led coalition, that has been at war with the Houthis since 2015, Abdel-Majeed Sabra, said.

10 April 2020; MEMO: On Thursday, the Houthi movement in Yemen accused the Saudi-led Arab coalition of seizing 17 ships carrying food and oil supplies, and blocking its passage into the country.

ADEN, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) —The World Food Programme is set to halve aid to parts of Yemen’s Houthi-controlled areas due to a funding crisis.

The UN says some donors have stopped their aid over concerns that deliveries were being obstructed by Houthi forces.

From mid-April, families will get aid every other month, instead of monthly.

The war in Yemen has been described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. More than 100,000 people are reported to have died.

07 April 2020; MEMO: The pro-Houthi Yemeni army yesterday recaptured the strategic Al-Khanjar camp in the northern Al-Jawf province, along the Saudi-Yemeni border.

ADEN, Yemen, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's government forces declared on Saturday that 25 Houthi fighters were killed during an armed ambush in the country's northeastern province of Marib.

The government forces lured groups of the Houthi rebels into a well-prepared armed ambush in Sirwah district located in the western part of Marib, the state-run Saba News Agency reported.

"The ambush resulted in the killing of more than 25 members of the Houthi rebels and wounding several others while the rest of them escaped under the army's strikes," the report said.