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Piracy off Yemeni coast raises global shipping costs

US marines have acted against raiders in the Bab al-Mandab strait, where Israel's war on Gaza has intensified a proxy battle between Iran and Israel. It is worrying traders, sailors and insurers.

Mohamed Sharki 19, Dec 2023

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor published a 40-page detailed report entitled “I Wished to Die”. It documented severe violations committed against detainees in Houthi prisons in Yemen. (Reuters)

Houthi Prisons: Graves for Yemenis

Talk of violations committed by the Houthi coup militias is not new. Each morning we read about new violation of the rights of Yemeni people amid an embarrassing world silence which proves that self…

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Members of African communities stage a gathering and conference outside the International Organization for Migration on March 13, 2021 in Sana'a, Yemen. After more than 40 Ethiopian migrants were killed in a fire inside their immigration detention center in the Yemeni capital in the past week communities gathered in protest. (Getty)

In a Seminar on Houthi Nazi Practices Against Minorities

Concluding a series of events to document violations committed by Houthis in Yemen, the Yemeni Coalition of Independent Women organized this week an online seminar entitled “Nazi Houthi Racism and…

Majalla 24, Mar 2021

A picture taken on May 13, 2019, shows the crude oil tanker, Amjad, which was one of two Saudi reported tankers that were damaged in a series of sabotage attacks, off the coast of the Gulf emirate of Fujairah. (Getty)

Iran Arouses Fear in the Arab Gulf

In recent days, the U.S. military has dispatched a carrier group to the Gulf while drafting contingency plans for the deployment of up to 120,000 troops to the Middle East in the event of Iranian…

Joseph Braude 17, May 2019

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