Thursday, September 17, 2009

Heavy Civilian Casulaties Reported In Yemen's Civil War

Yemen Fighting Spreads, Civilians Living Under Bridges - U.N. -- Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - A month-long conflict between Yemeni government forces and rebels has spread, taking the plight of civilians to alarming levels, with hungry people stranded in the open, on the sides of roads and under bridges, the United Nations said.

However, a U.N. appeal for emergency funds to help up to 150,000 displaced people in the north of the poorest Arab nation has so far met with silence.

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More News On Yemen

Yemen's Military Bombs a Refugee Camp, and a Market -- Jawa Report
Tribal leader: 87 civilians killed in Yemen strike -- AP
Witnesses: Yemeni Air Raid Kills 80 Civilians -- Voice of America
Air raid on refugees kills 87 in Yemen - sources -- Reuters
More than 80 civilians killed in Yemen raid: witnesses -- AFP
Yemen rebels, government issue contradictory claims of battlefield success -- L.A. Times
Yemen army says it killed 31 Shiite rebels -- AFP
Seven Yemeni soldiers killed: witnesses -- AFP
Al-Houthi leader killed, Yemen says -- UPI
Press Release: UNHCR shocked by civilian deaths in Yemen -- UN Refugee Agency
Yemen suffers turmoil on multiple fronts -- AP
YEMEN: Scores dead or missing at start of smuggling season -- IRIN
65 African migrants lost their lives on Yemen’s coast -- Yemen Observer
Tearing Yemen apart -- Guardian opinion
Proxy war feared in Yemen -- National Post

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