Over 23mn Yemenis need assistance, up by almost 3mn from 2021
“The numbers this year are staggering. Over 23 million people – or almost three-quarters of Yemen’s population – now need assistance. That is an increase of almost three million people from 2021. Nearly 13 million people are already facing acute levels of need,” he added.
Twenty civilians leave Mariupol’s Azovstal site
A group of 20 civilians are leaving the Azovstal steelworks, where the last Ukrainian troops are holed up in the Black Sea port of Mariupol, the soldiers there said Saturday.
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Earlier Saturday, a correspondent from Russia’s TASS news agency reported from the city that 25 civilians – including six children younger than 14 – had quit the site.
H/T Emil Cosman on YouTube: Mariupol, Azovstal steel plant civilians rescued and released/surrendered to the Russians
By Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | The Libertarian Institute | April 14, 2022
A senior US official has accused Russia of driving food shortages in Yemen and around the world, suggesting Moscow is to blame for rapidly rising prices. The Kremlin rejected the charge, instead citing American sanctions as a leading cause of starvation.
US Claims Russia to Blame for Yemen Food Shortages, Praises Saudi Role
The attack on Saada left three civilians dead and violated the terms of the UN-sponsored truce
Saudi Arabia violates Yemen truce mere hours after its start
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UN Says Two-Month Yemen Ceasefire Agreed Upon, Saudis Will Ease Blockade
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If the Saudis were looking for a face-saving way to end its war against the Houthis, this latest cessation in hostilities may be it.
Cautious optimism hovers over new ceasefire in Yemen
The Saudi Arabia-led military coalition that has been attacking Yemen for the past eight years, claims it will halt the offensive on Wednesday.
Saudi-led coalition claims ‘will halt Yemen attacks on Wednesday’
The settlement of the Ukraine war or its escalation to a NATO-Russia conflict with all that entails comes down to how far Ukraine will go to get the Western alliance involved in its war, writes Joe Lauria.
On a Knife’s Edge in Ukraine
Samizdat | March 15, 2022
One of Italy’s largest trade unions has called for a protest outside the Pisa airport on Saturday, after receiving a tip from some employees that Ukraine relief flights were transporting weapons and ammunition, not food and medicine.
Humanitarian flights for Ukraine loaded with weapons, protesting airport workers claim
Reminds me of this incident.
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