Headlines- After talks in Washington on Tuesday that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described as a "historic opportunity" for peace, Israel and Lebanon agreed to hold direct talks.
- Iran talks could resume "over the next two days," according to US President Donald Trump, after the failure of last weekend's first round in Pakistan.
- Six merchant ships turned around after "direction from US forces," according to the US, and no ships were able to pass through the blockade in the first 24 hours.
- According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, there were at least 35 deaths and 159 injuries in Lebanon on Tuesday.
- The southern Lebanon district of Bint Jbeil has been hit by an Israeli airstrike.
- "The short-term authorization permitting the sale of Iranian oil already stranded at sea is set to expire in a few days and will not be renewed," according to the US Treasury Department.
Tag: Yemen
UN Secretary-General Meets with Yemen’s Special...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Hans Grundberg, the Secretary-Special General’s Envoy for Yemen, Meet
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
Mohamed Khaled Khiari, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General of the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations for the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific, updates the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Yemen)
UN Emergency Livelihoods Support in Yemen
eopardising the food security and livelihoods of millions of Yemenis.Rhe government’s necessary COVID-19 restriction measures, enacted to prevent the virus’s transmission, have exacerbated food supply and access at the home level
Oscar-Nominated Documentary ‘Hunger Ward’ Chronicles Child...
The Oscar-nominated documentary “Hunger Ward,” by award-winning filmmaker Skye Fitzgerald, chronicles doctors’ struggle to save lives of starving children in conflict-ridden Yemen
Press Conference Following High-Level Pledging Event...
Mark Lowcock, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, speaks during the press conference following the virtual high-Level pledging event for the humanitarian situation in Yemen
Childhood Malneutration In Yemen
Nearly 2.3 million children under the age of five in Yemen are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, four United Nations agencies warned
Children Malneutrition 2021
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is deeply concerned for the health and well-being of 10.4 million children projected to suffer from acute malnutrition next year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), northeast Nigeria, the Central Sahel, South Sudan and Yemen
Yemen Hunger
The window to prevent famine in Yemen is narrowing as new figures reveal record highs of acute food insecurity in the country, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF warned on 3 December.