A secessionist movement in Southern Yemen has placed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at odds with Saudi Arabia, threatening to unravel the Saudi-led coalition and the coalition’s backing for President Abd Rabbu Mansur Hadi
The ongoing cholera crisis in Yemen is one of the worst outbreaks in the world and is expected to get far worse, with the World Health Organization warning that the rainy season will increase the pace of transmission.
Emirati Foreign Minister, Abdullah Bin Zayed, met with Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, “secretly” in New York in September 2012, Haaretz reported.
The Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations has started loading more than 23 tons of relief goods aboard its Ilyushin Il-76 plane to be delivered to Yemen.
A further 226 people arrived in the country this week, IOM said noting it had provided medical support and temporary shelter to the migrants during the five month period.
Massive aid effort and cease-fire needed as rainy season approaches.
Yemen Watchnet
