Yemen
Official says Yemeni pilgrims depart Sanaa on first direct flight to Saudi Arabia since 2016
By Ahmed Al-haj — June 20, 2023
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The flights between Sanaa and Saudi Arabia are another sign of easing tensions between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia, which has been attempting to end its involvement in country's conflict.
President Biden, don’t forget to tell the Saudis to protect religious minorities
By David Curry — July 14, 2022
(RNS) — Biden needs to make a bold statement on behalf of religious minorities across the Middle East.
In Yemen, child soldiering continues despite Houthi promise
By Samy Magdy — June 16, 2022
CAIRO (AP) — Houthi officials said the rebels recruited several hundred children including some as young as 10 over the past two months.
Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution
By Jon Gambrell — March 14, 2022
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An announcement by Saudi state television described those executed as having 'followed the footsteps of Satan' in carrying out their crimes.
The hand of Iran can be seen in the persecution of 24 Yemeni Baha’is
By Nabil Elias — February 24, 2020
(RNS) — Since the Houthis came to power in 2013, they have begun a program of systematic persecution against the Baha’is that is suspiciously reminiscent of Iran’s historical enmity.
At first Muslim presidential forum, Sanders reaps adoration of ISNA attendees
By Aysha Khan — September 1, 2019
(RNS) — At the Islamic Society of North America's first-ever presidential forum, both Sanders and Julián Castro underscored the need to build solidarity between communities to turn the tide against President Trump in 2020.
Pope calls for Yemen relief as he heads to UAE
By Nicole Winfield — February 3, 2019
(AP) — “The people are exhausted by the long conflict and many children are hungry, but humanitarian aid isn’t accessible,” Pope Francis said.
Yemeni mom overcomes travel ban to finally hold dying son
By Julie Watson — December 20, 2018
(AP) — After battling U.S. immigration authorities for more than a year for the right to enter the country and flying halfway around the world, a Yemeni mother finally got to hold her dying 2-year-old son.
The Iranian government is targeting Baha’is in Yemen. We’ve seen this before.
By James Samimi Farr — November 28, 2018
(RNS) — If we allow the condemnation of 22 Baha’is to death in Yemen, what will the world have actually learned?
For Baha’is, Yemen man’s death sentence is grimly familiar
By Winston Nagan — March 1, 2018
(RNS) — While this new wave of persecution against the Baha’is may seem arbitrary, it strongly echoes the state-sponsored program of persecution against the Baha’is in Iran.
Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 4, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not a final ruling on the travel ban: Challenges to the policy are winding through the federal courts, and the justices themselves ultimately are expected to rule on its legality.
Indian priest says Yemeni captors did him no physical harm
By Jerome Socolovsky — September 16, 2017
VATICAN CITY (AP) — He says his captors feigned hitting him on videos seeking ransom.
Abducted Indian priest rescued in Yemen after 18 months
By Jerome Socolovsky — September 13, 2017
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Rev. Tom Uzhunnalil was abducted by militants in March 2016 when they attacked the home, killing 16 people, including four nuns.
Muslim students join lawsuits against Trump
By Zachary Siegel — February 16, 2017
LOS ANGELES (RNS) For Hadil Mansoor Al-Mowafak, a 20-year-old international affairs student at Stanford University, the president’s executive order meant that if she went to see her husband in Yemen, she risked not being able to return.
New video of kidnapped priest raises hopes, concerns
By David Gibson — January 4, 2017
(RNS) Looking thin and wearing a beard, the Rev. Tom Uzhunnalil — kidnapped by Islamic extremists last March — speaks in a weak, almost robotic voice.
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