Yemen War News Updates -- December 25, 2015

Time: Yemen Is at Risk of ‘Balkanization,’ Warns the U.N.’s Human-Rights Chief

Fighting in the last nine months has killed more than 2,700 civilians

The state of Yemen faces permanent fragmentation if the conflict is not ended soon, U.N. human-rights chief Prince Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein warned the Security Council on Tuesday, just two days after U.N.-sponsored peace talks between warring parties broke down over cease-fire violations.

Failure to secure peace “would inevitably push the country into an irreversible process of Balkanization, the consequences of which would lie outside of anyone’s control,” Zeid told the 15-member body, according to a U.N. statement. “A failed state in Yemen would almost inevitably create safe havens for radical … groups such as the so-called ISIS,” he said using an acronym to refer to the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria.

Yemen War News Updates -- December 25, 2015

Yemeni rebels target Saudi oil installation with ballistic missile -- RT
Saudi warns of reprisals after new Yemen missile -- AFP
Yemen rebel chief urges supporters to 'resist' -- AFP
Gunmen kill resistance colonel in Yemen's Aden -- Reuters
Yemen: Security Council deeply concerned by cessation of hostilities’ violations -- UN News Centre
U.N. Security Council alarmed by Yemen ceasefire violations -- Reuters
UN urges Yemen talks, renewed ceasefire -- AFP
UN: Most Attacks on Yemen Civilians From Saudi-Led Coalition -- AP
UN blames Saudi-led coalition for most attacks on Yemen civilians -- Al Jazeera
UN's Zeid Links Most Attacks on Yemeni Civilians to Saudi Coalition -- VOA
Saudi strikes result in ‘disproportionate amount’ of destruction in Yemen – UN human rights chief -- RT
Bahrain's support to Yemen affirmed -- Bahrain News Agency
Egypt's Sisi reiterates need for political solution in Yemen crisis -- Ahram Online
Revealed: The mercenaries commanding UAE forces in Yemen -- Middle East Eye
‘Power can’t be taken by force’: Yemen lawlessness must be put to an end, FM Mekhlafi tells RT -- RT
The Saudi Town on the Frontline of Yemen's War -- Glen Carey, Bloomberg
Torn in two: Yemen divided -- Frank Gardner, BBC