Yemen's true death toll has topped 60,000 but media too ‘lazy’ to update body count – NGO

The body count from the conflict in Yemen surpassed 60,000 last week, according to an independent tally, yet mass media continue to cite old figures that heavily underestimate the devastation, an informed researcher has told RT. More than 60,000 people have been killed in Yemen since January 2016, according to a new report by Armed […]

How a War in Egypt Sank Yemen's Once-Bustling Port

It was just before 8 a.m. and most pilots in the Egyptian Air Force were at breakfast when the little radar blips representing Israeli jets disappeared. The region was on the edge of war, and tensions between Israel and its Arab neighbor couldn’t have been higher. The radar anomaly wasn’t unusual; it happened every morning […]

Yemen's Sprawling Crisis Is Not Just Another Dirty Little War

As the war in strategically located Yemen grinds on into its third year, there is no end in sight for a conflict that the U.N. is calling the worst humanitarian disaster in the world. Citizens of this small impoverished Gulf country pay an enormous price for the proxy war being fought on their soil between […]

No ships in Yemen's key port despite Saudi claim of lifting blockade

There is no indication of aid or commerce coming into Yemen through the key port of Hodeidah despite Saudi Arabia’s December 20 pledge to lift the blockade for a month, an RT Arabic crew has discovered. Two days after Houthi fighters fired a missile at Riyadh on November 4, Saudi Arabia sealed air, land and […]