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Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday facilitated the repatriation of 128 detainees from Saudi Arabia to Yemen following a request from the Coalition's Joint Forces Command and in agreement with both parties.

Since 2003, the ICRC, in cooperation with the League of Arab States, has been publishing joint reports on the implementation of IHL in the Arab region. The latest of which is the Eighth Periodic Report which covers the last four years; from 2015 to 2018. The report provides an overview of the regional efforts made, and that of individual Arab governments, in the dissemination

With over 20 million in need of aid, Yemen is the world's single largest humanitarian crisis. Here's the latest news coming out of the region

Renewed fighting in Al Dhalea province has caused thousands of families to flee their villages under harsh circumstances.

What happens to the innocence of childhood during war?It becomes suffocated by struggles and suffering that are all too visible. You see it on the streets, where children pull their jerrycans behind them, scouting for water; you see it in destroyed schools as children try to learn amid the ruins; you see it in shops and other places where children scrape a living through

The unilateral release of 290 detainees, including 42 survivors of an attack on a place of detention in Dhamar this month, took place today. The release was facilitated by the ICRC and the United Nations following a request from the National Committee for Prisoners Affairs.

Alarmed at the devastating humanitarian consequences of urban warfare, the ICRC and the United Nations are jointly appealing to States and all parties to armed conflict to avoid the use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area in populated areas.

Geneva/Sanaa (ICRC) – A building serving as a detention facility in Yemen was destroyed in an airstrike, killing or injuring every detainee inside when the multi-story facility crumbled.The facility held around 170 detainees. Forty of those detainees were being treated for injuries; the rest are presumed killed, though no toll has been confirmed.

Geneva/Sanaa (Yemen) Hospitals in the Yemeni city of Aden are struggling and desperately in need of basic supplies, following days of fighting that left scores dead and hundreds injured, according to reports.

A new exhibition on Yemen has opened in Manchester showcasing objects and items from the war-torn country.