The airstrikes carried out this week constitute a break in the larger pattern of relative peace in Yemen, months after the collapse of a formal UN-led ceasefire in October last year

According to the report, the parties have shown greater willingness to address key issues such as lifting of the blockade and sharing of oil revenues in the talks that are being mediated by Oman 

According to the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), the UK alone has sold weapons worth nearly USD 28 billion to Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the war in Yemen in 2015

According to the report of Eye for Humanity, in the last seven years of the Yemen war, bombings carried out by the Saudi-led coalition have killed 17,734 people and injured close to 30,000. According to its data, at least 4,017 deaths were of children

2015 is the year when the Saudi-led international coalition intervened in the conflict in Yemen. It has also imposed a blockade crippling land and sea blockade

President Xi Jinping’s visit to the region as been termed as “the largest and highest level diplomatic event between China and the Arab world.” China is already the largest trading partner of the GCC as a whole

A Houthi official said that in recent times, at least three ships carrying petroleum products have been stopped from reaching Hodeidah port. The seven-year-long blockade has prevented crucial supplies of energy, food and medicine from reaching millions

The decision may further exacerbate the energy crisis in European countries that are struggling to diversify supply after the G7 imposed a price cap on Russian oil

On September 21, 2014, a Houthi-led armed resistance captured Yemen’s capital Sanaa and forced the Saudi and US-backed President Abdrabbu Mansur Hadi to flee

The message is loud and clear: Saudi Arabia and Russia, who form the axis of the OPEC+, are closely coordinating on shaping the world oil market even as they could be competing for market share

The US signed an agreement continuing military aid to Israel, while the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh at the hands of Israeli forces and the larger issue of continuing violation of Palestinian human rights by the Israeli apartheid regime remained unaddressed.

After facing criticism during his three-day visit to Israel, Biden will visit Saudi Arabia where he try to convince Arab nations to “normalize” tries with the Zionist regime