Blockade of Yemen


 * Wikipedia article
 * Stop Starving Yemen (The Blockade) - Campaign by Dan Glazebrook
 * Yemen War Mosaic - Saudi Blockade (cp2a)
 * See also Red sea coast battle for Hodeidah

Reports

 * US Carrier, Warships Head to Yemen to Join Naval Blockade - Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com, April 20, 2015
 * Saudi-led naval blockade leaves 20m Yemenis facing humanitarian disaster - Julian Borger, Guardian, June 15, 2015
 * Britain’s Royal Navy has liaison officers working with their Saudi counterparts, and they have been trying to urge a more targeted, intelligence-driven, approach to stopping a much smaller number of ships, so far with limited effect...A Foreign Office spokesman said the UK “urges the coalition to quickly move to targeted naval interdictions of incoming commercial ships”.


 * Saudi Arabia agrees to re-open key Yemen port of Hodeidah - Guardian, December 21, 2017
 * Yemen's lifeline Hodeidah port still stifled by 'de facto blockade' - Al Araby, March 25, 2018
 * Presser that appeals for immediate lift for Saudi ban in fuel - PressTV, October 4, 2019
 * Oil Minister Calls On Int’l Community To Release Oil Ships, Warns Of Humanitarian Disaster - Saba, October 6, 2019


 * Yemen’s Gov't Stresses Adherence to Collect Oil Imports Duties - Yemen Online, October 13, 2019
 * Yemen’s legitimate government affirmed in a letter sent to the United Nations that it sticks to its decision to collect customs duties and taxes on fuel imports to the Houthi-controlled Hodeidah port.


 * Yemeni Coastguard: Saudi-led Aggression Takes Arbitrary Measures against Shipping Companies in Yemeni Waters - Al Masirah, December 4, 2019

Humanitarian Situation

 * Houthis Vow Retaliation As Saudi Naval Blockade Sparks Fresh Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen - Ahmed Abdulkareem, Mint Press News, October 11, 2019
 *  Nearly 18 million people do not have enough food to eat, and the malnourished are even more susceptible to disease. Vaccines used to prevent the further spread of the myriad diseases gripping Yemen are also at risk, as the specialized storage facilities used to maintain the specific temperatures needed to assure their effectiveness go without electricity. 


 * In WWII-Era Fashion, the Saudi-led Coalition is Weaponizing Disease in Yemen - Ahmed Abdul Kareem, Mint Press, November 22, 2019

Analysis

 * Saudi Arabia’s Naval Blockade on Yemen Increases Animosity Towards the United States - Jordan Abu Sirriya, November 6, 2018
 * Yemen’s Cholera Outbreak Is About to Get Worse - Daniel Larison, American Conservative, October 11, 2019