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 Resources on the war in yemen

 (The resources on this page are the result of a crowd-sourced effort to search for, and pass on, resources. Thanks particularly go to members of the FCNL advocacy teams from Herndon, VA and Berkeley-San Francisco, CA).

Newest Listings:

• Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft: The Yemen War in Numbers: Saudi Escalation and U.S. Complicity. March 21, 2022

• UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs / ReliefWeb: Brutal War on Yemen: Dire Hunger Crisis Teetering on the Edge of Catastrophe March 19, 2022

• The Intercept: As U.S. Focuses on Ukraine, Yemen Starves. March 16, 2022.

• Al Jazeera: Infographic: Yemen’s war explained in maps and charts. February 9, 2022

• The Nation: Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Rep. Peter DeFazio. Why We Intend to Pass a New Yemen War Powers Resolution. February 7, 2022

• UNICEF: Yemen crisis: What you need to know. (n.d.)

• Orkably, Asher. 2020. Yemen: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford University Press.

Organizations

• Action Corps/Yemen

• Every 75 Seconds

• Yemen Peace Project

• Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation

Videos, Webinars, and Podcasts

• FCNL. Hassan El-Tayyab explains Yemen campaign for FCNL Advocacy Teams. (January 12, 2022)

• FCNL related. Demand Progress, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Panel with Hassan El-Tayyab and others. Yemen at the Crossroads- Updates on the Humanitarian Crisis and What Congress Can Do About It. (October 26, 2021)

• Ensuring the Full, Equal and Meaningful Participation of Women in UN-led Peace Processes (March 8 2021)

• Why is Yemen at War?

• Hunger Ward

• Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes. America's Role in the World's Worst Crisis (Yemen) with Shireen Al-Adeimi (September 24, 2018)

​Articles

• From FCNL. War Powers Resolution Activists Guide. January 25, 2022

• From FCNL. Hassan El-Tayyab and Kat DesCamp-Renner. Senate Vote on Saudi Weapons Sale Shows Progress for Opponents of Yemen War. (December 17, 2021)

• From FCNL. FCNL and Asma Rassem. 2021. President Biden-- Use US Leverage To End the Saudi Blockade of Yemen (November 5, 2021)

• From FCNL. Bryan Bowman and Hassan El-Tayyab. 2021. The Saudi Blockade of Yemen: Frequently Asked Questions. (May 28, 2021)

Postings by Date, Newest First:

• Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft: The Yemen War in Numbers: Saudi Escalation and U.S. Complicity. March 21, 2022

• UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs / ReliefWeb: Brutal War on Yemen: Dire Hunger Crisis Teetering on the Edge of Catastrophe March 19, 2022

• The Intercept: As U.S. Focuses on Ukraine, Yemen Starves. March 16, 2022.

• Al Jazeera: Infographic: Yemen’s war explained in maps and charts. February 9, 2022

• Business Insider/ Shireen Al-Adeimi: Biden has merely rebranded the brutal war against Yemen. February 8, 2022

• The Nation: Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Rep. Peter DeFazio. Why We Intend to Pass a New Yemen War Powers Resolution. February 7, 2022

• APNews: Yemen’s Houthis add to Biden’s foreign policy frustrations. February 2, 2022

• Rep. Jayapal and Lee’: Foreign Policy for the 21st Century Resolution (n.d.)

• Brookings: The Houthis have won in Yemen: What next? February 1, 2022

• Washington Post: Yemen’s Houthi movement stepped up its attacks. That complicates U.S. policy in the region. February 1, 2022

• APNews: UN: 2,000 children recruited by Yemen’s rebels died fighting (January 31, 2022)

• Common Dreams: 'There Is No Military Solution': Jayapal, Lee Demand Diplomacy on Ukraine (January 26, 2022)

• Al-Monitor: Aid agencies sound alarm as US considers relisting Houthis as terror group (January 21, 2022)

• New York Times: Saudi-Led Airstrikes Kill 70 in Yemen as Conflict Worsens (January 21, 2022)

• Middle East Eye’s Farooq: Democrats say Biden must clarify US role in Yemen conflict. January 20, 2022.

• Al-Jazeera: UAE calls for UNSC meeting as coalition renews Yemen air raids (January 19 2022)

• U.S. State Department. U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Lenderking’s Travel to Gulf Capitals and London. January 19, 2022

• Foreign Policy: Houthis Strike Abu Dhabi as Yemen War Drags On (January 18, 2022)

• Responsible Statecraft: Did Biden help the Saudis turn the tide in their favor in Yemen?

• UN News Yemen: ‘Political Will, Responsible Leadership' Needed, To End 7-year War. (January 12, 2022)

• Responsible Statecraft: Deconstructing the Saudi Narrative on the War in Yemen (January 12, 2022)

• CNN: Sold to an Ally, Lost to an Enemy. (no date)

• New Republic: Biden’s Shameful Silence on Saudi Arabia’s War in Yemen (January 13, 2022)

• Council on Foreign Relations Global Conflict Tracker-- War in Yemen (updated January 7, 2022)

• AP: Yemen Conflict Escalates, Government Forces Advance in South (January 5, 2022)

• The Intercept: She Helped Expose Secret UAE-Run Prisons in Yemen-and Paid a Steep Price (12/31/2021)

• The Intercept: Congress Caves to Saudi Arabia on Yemen War (12/21/2021) includes a discussion of Senator Chris Murphy's position

• NEW. United Nations Development Program: Assessing the Impact of War in Yemen: Pathways for Recovery November 21, 2021.

• Responsible Statecraft: No More Loopholes- Ban All US Assistance in Yemen War Now (November 15, 2021)

• Forbes: Hartung, William. 2021. Congress Should Cut Off U.S. Military Support for Saudi Arabia. (November 8, 2021)

• Foreign Affairs: Washington’s Blank Check for the United Arab Emirates Must End (November 3, 2021)

• BBC: Yemen Crisis - Why Is There a War? (11/2/2021)

• NEW. *****Brookings’ Sheline and Riedel: Order from Chaos— Biden’s Broken Promise on Yemen. September 16, 2021

• Center for International Policy: Enduring U.S. Support for Saudi-Led Operations in Yemen (Elias Yousif) (June 2021)

• Foreign Affairs: Accomplice to Carnage- How America Enables War in Yemen (March/April 2021). Note: this article is behind a paywall but if you sign up for their newsletter, they will send a link to the article so that it is free.

• Washington Post (Thomas Juneau): No, Yemen’s Houthis Aren’t Actually Iranian Puppets (May 16, 2016)

Books

• Phelps, Wayne. 2021. On Killing Remotely: The Psychology of Killing with Drones Little, Brown, and Company.

• NEW. Orkably, Asher. 2020. Yemen: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford University Press.

Deep Background

• NEW. UNICEF: Yemen crisis: What you need to know. (n.d.)

• Swanson, David for Roots Action Education Fund. 2022. Primer on Foreign Policy for U.S. Congressional Candidates. Roots Action Education Fund.

• Congressional Research Service: Yemen: Civil War and Regional Intervention (updated November 23, 2021)

• AP News: Timeline— The Yemen War Began in 2014 When the Houthis Seized Sanaa (February 2021)

• Arab Center: A Timeline of the Yemen Crisis, from the 1990s to the Present (Marcus Montgomery) (February 2021)

• Prevention and Protection Working Group: PPWG Assessment- Yemen

• Final Report of the Panel of Experts (United Nations Experts) on Yemen in Accordance with Resolution 2511 (2020 report) December 22, 2020

• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace- Iran's Small Hand in Yemen. (February 14th, 2017)