Donation increases the support provided by the kingdom to help the Yemeni people to more than $14bn since the start of 2014
yemen conflict
Abu Dhabi Media
Abu Dhabi Media Co slams terror attack that killed cameraman
Senior ADMC exec says ‘not the first time’ that frontline crews in Yemen have been exposed to Houthi violations
Iran
Top US official plans Gulf talks on Yemen, Syria, Iran
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will take in Manama, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Muscat and Kuwait City during eight-day tour of Middle East
Saudi-led coalition
Yemen expects $3bn cash injection from Gulf donors
Yemen’s central bank sees aid arriving from Kuwait and the UAE as the war-battered country seeks to prop up its sagging economy
Anwar Gargash
UAE welcomes UN-brokered ceasefire in Yemeni port city
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash hails accord reached in Sweden
humanitarian aid
Saudi Arabia, UAE announce $500m in aid to war-torn Yemen
Saudi Arabia and the UAE will each give $250m to support more than 10 million people in Yemen
Saudi Arabia
UAE, Saudi Arabia to provide $70m to pay Yemen teachers
Funds from Gulf countries are set to boost the salaries of 135,000 teaching staff in the conflict-hit country
Saudi-led allies
Saudi Arabia, allies slam ‘biased’ UN resolution on Yemen
Saudi-led coalition denounces UN resolution that renews a UN-backed investigation of alleged war crimes in Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Spain to deliver laser-guided bombs to Saudis in u-turn
Foreign Minister Josep Borrell says Spain will go ahead with the delivery of 400 laser-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia
Mike Pompeo
Saudi Arabia, UAE acting to reduce risks to Yemen citizens, says US
US Secretary of States Mike Pompeo has ‘certified’ that Saudi Arabia and the UAE are reducing risks to civilians from military operations in Yemen
Aden
UAE plans to establish $100m power station in Yemen
UAE says a new 120-megawatt power station in Aden will meet the energy needs of the local Yemeni population
Hodeida
UK welcomes Saudi-led coalition probe into Yemen strike
Saudi-led coalition on Saturday said ‘mistakes’ had been made in the August 9 strike on a crowded marketplace in a part of northern Yemen held by Houthi rebels
Saudi-Yemen border
Saudi-led coalition says destroyed Yemen rebel missile launch sites
Saudi Arabia has come under increasingly frequent missile attacks launched by the Houthis from northern Yemen this year
Jeju Island in South Korea
Video: Yemenis flee to Korean holiday island
The war in Yemen has led to widespread displacement of people over the past three years. But this time, hundreds of Yemeni refugees have travelled 8,000 kilometres to get to safety – on a South Korean resort island.
ballistic missile
Saudi Arabia pardons soldiers over Yemen conflict
The statement announcing the pardon did not mention any particular crimes