Raymond Lidal

Journalist—radio, TV and print. I kind of live in Yemen. RTs and likes don’t mean a thing.

[Raymond Lidal @rlidal]

@SnookerInfo147 He’s on his way to adding the biggest final to this humble list. And he’s doing it in style. Fairytale stuff!

[Tortoise @tortoise]

The Emirates avoid much of the criticism that Saudi Arabia attracts. But their influence in the region is just as significant – and perhaps even more pernicious

Read @ionacraig’s #SlowView: https://t.co/1G8rLyTquv

[Iona Craig أيونا كريچ @ionacraig]

A reflection on why data like this matters.
Meet the children who survived US - Obama & Trump - attacks in Yemen.
Sumayah, 8 yrs-old when we met, the only surviving member of her family. A 2009 US cluster bomb killed her parents, 2 sisters and 1 brother when she was 9 months-old.

[Raymond Lidal @rlidal]

@JorgenBakken @BTGrotte Takk for at du melder frå!

Til radio brukar me av og til lyd som me tek rett frå noko frå TV. Ikkje optimalt, men dessverre ikkje til å unngå. Reine intervju til dømes. Men kan/bør me gjere noko med den lyden før me sender det på radio? Dette burde eg jo vite sjølv 😞

[Iona Craig أيونا كريچ @ionacraig]

First recorded Covid19 case comes just as @WFPYemen says it will halve aid to some Houthi-controlled areas due to a funding crisis. Some donors have stopped aid over Houthi obstructions - the US being one of them. WFP feeds 12 million Yemenis 80% are in Houthis territory.

[Kristian Ulrichsen @Dr_Ulrichsen]

THREAD ON OMANI SUCCESSION.

Sultan Qaboos appointed a Prime Minister in 1970-71 (his uncle, Tariq bin Taimur) and married (briefly) in 1976 but did not have issue. It is the sons of Tariq bin Taimur who are often spoken of as possible successors to Sultan Qaboos.

[Raymond Lidal @rlidal]

@althor77 @Almaghafi من اي حارة هذه الصورة؟ جميلة

[Radhya Almutawakel @RAlmutawakel]

People in Sana’a and other cities are dying because of the Virus H1N1 and another unknown Virus/pathogenic organism. 2 Doctors told me that they have witnessed dozens of death cases in a few days. Many hospitals are refusing to receive patients. An action should be done. #Yemen

[Mada Masr مدى مصر @MadaMasr]

Thread on what happened today: Today at 1:30 pm nine plainclothes security forces entered the Mada Masr office by force. They immediately began confiscating everybody’s laptops and phones. When asked who they were, they aggressively refused to answer.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Yemen's Houthis say attacked Saudi border frontline, no immediate Saudi confirmation https://t.co/iOa1rsnJff

[Yemen Policy Center @yemen_policy]

Perceiving Yemen allows international policy makers to get an idea about how their countries are perceived in Yemen: such as USA, KSA and EU. Are you curious to see how young Yemenis view you? @OSE_Yemen @HMAMichaelAron @USAID @StateDept @EUinYemen

[Reuters @Reuters]

Arab coalition says it will counter threats to Saudi assets, oil supplies https://t.co/2cODHh8r64

[Sama’a Al-Hamdani سماء الهمداني @Yemeniaty]

While the Houthis are happy to take credit for attacks on Saudi, there is also this... and only days will tell. These attacks seem too sophisticated for the Houthis.

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

Horrific rights violations, including killings, torture and sexual violence, are being committed with impunity by all sides in Yemen's brutal conflict, UN war crimes investigators warned https://t.co/wyWT6MyCSk

[Raymond Lidal @rlidal]

@asadabukhalil Odd phrasing, yes, but not uncommon. 'Witnesses' would suffice.

[Yemen Policy Center @yemen_policy]

We asked 4000 people across Yemen, and those in areas held by Ansarallah are more pessimistic than those elsewhere. In fact, approx 75 percent (as opposed to 25%) living under Ansarallah say their situation is bad.

[Nawal Al-maghafi نوال المقحفي @BBCNawal]

The situation for the people in #Hudaydah is harrowing... Fighting in residential areas on a daily basis, it has left thousands homeless, food is unaffordable, the heat is unbearable and to top it all off.. this from earlier today.. a sandstorm! #Yemen

[ICRC @ICRC]

After 72 hours of fighting, the situation for people in Aden is desperate.

Clinics report scores dead. Hundreds injured.
Hospitals struggling without basic equipment.
Wounded people dying as checkpoints prevent them reaching clinics.

We are on the ground in Yemen. #thread

[Reuters @Reuters]

Yemen separatists committed to Aden ceasefire - leader https://t.co/LjZTg7jBLG