Friday, April 17, 2015

Yemen War News Updates -- April 17, 2015



L.A. Times: At least 150,000 displaced by fighting in Yemen, U.N. reports

Amid punishing hardships on the ground, at least 150,000 people have been displaced by the conflict raging in Yemen, the United Nations said Friday, and the death toll – almost certainly underreported – has surpassed 750.

Dozens of schools, mosques, hospitals, airports, bridges and factories have been hit in a concerted Saudi Arabia-led campaign of bombardment that is now in its fourth week, the U.N. said.

The Sunni Muslim kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with the support of Washington, has taken aim at Iran-backed Shiite Muslim rebels known as Houthis. The insurgents last month drove the country’s internationally recognized president, Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi, into exile.

Yemen War News Updates -- April 17, 2015

Yemen Rebels Lose Loyalty of Generals -- WSJ
Al-Qaida in Yemen Takes Massive Weapons Depot From Army -- NYT/AP
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Seizes Yemen Airport, Military Base -- NBC
War in Yemen Is Allowing Qaeda Group to Expand -- NYT
Intense Yemen bombing, Qaeda attack after UN peace call -- Gulf Times/AFP
Saudi-led airstrikes against Shiite rebels intensify in Yemen -- AP
Former president defiant as humanitarian toll mounts in Yemen war -- Reuters
Military withdraws from Yemen oilfields, hands security to tribes -- Daily Star/Reuters
After hours at sea, chaos and desperation at Yemeni city -- CNN
Yemeni Man Saw Family Burn In Saudi Airstrike -- SKY News
Yemen: Iran State Media Claims Saudi Prince Killed in Houthi Mortar Attack -- IBTimes
UN calls for almost $274 million in urgent aid for Yemen -- Deutsche Welle
In tightly ruled Saudi, Yemen war is 'something good' -- AFP

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