Iona Craig
@ionacraig.com
Journalist. Mostly Yemen/Arabian Peninsula. Sometimes @yemendataproject.org. Board member: @tcij.org, @declassifieduk.org. Once upon a time I trained racehorses
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September 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This must stop.
Israel must stop this mass starvation.
Our lawmakers must do more.
“Since AFP was founded in August 1944, some of our journalists were killed in conflict, others were wounded or made prisoner, but there is no record of us ever having had to watch our colleagues starving to death.”
Israel must stop this mass starvation.
Our lawmakers must do more.
“Since AFP was founded in August 1944, some of our journalists were killed in conflict, others were wounded or made prisoner, but there is no record of us ever having had to watch our colleagues starving to death.”
July 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This must stop.
Israel must stop this mass starvation.
Our lawmakers must do more.
“Since AFP was founded in August 1944, some of our journalists were killed in conflict, others were wounded or made prisoner, but there is no record of us ever having had to watch our colleagues starving to death.”
Israel must stop this mass starvation.
Our lawmakers must do more.
“Since AFP was founded in August 1944, some of our journalists were killed in conflict, others were wounded or made prisoner, but there is no record of us ever having had to watch our colleagues starving to death.”
May 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Tonight, for the 5th time since Trump’s strikes in Yemen began, the RAF air tanker was back with the USS Harry S Truman providing air-to-air refuelling.
March 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Tonight, for the 5th time since Trump’s strikes in Yemen began, the RAF air tanker was back with the USS Harry S Truman providing air-to-air refuelling.
The fourth British RAF flight to support Trump’s airstrikes in Yemen is currently underway.
The Voyager air tanker is now on its way back from the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier, where fighter jets carrying out strikes in Yemen are being launched from.
The Voyager air tanker is now on its way back from the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier, where fighter jets carrying out strikes in Yemen are being launched from.
March 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The fourth British RAF flight to support Trump’s airstrikes in Yemen is currently underway.
The Voyager air tanker is now on its way back from the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier, where fighter jets carrying out strikes in Yemen are being launched from.
The Voyager air tanker is now on its way back from the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier, where fighter jets carrying out strikes in Yemen are being launched from.
British Royal Air Force KC2 Voyager flying from Cyprus yesterday evening to the USS Harry S Truman strike carrier group in the Red Sea. Further US strikes were launched from the aircraft carrier on Thursday evening, targeting Al-Hudaydah and Sa’ada governorates in Yemen.
March 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
British Royal Air Force KC2 Voyager flying from Cyprus yesterday evening to the USS Harry S Truman strike carrier group in the Red Sea. Further US strikes were launched from the aircraft carrier on Thursday evening, targeting Al-Hudaydah and Sa’ada governorates in Yemen.
Former FCO official details UK govt efforts to maintain illegal weapons sales.
“I call on former colleagues…do not rubber-stamp reports that whitewash crimes against humanity. This is not self-defence – it is collective punishment. It is genocide. The time for silence is over”
tinyurl.com/yeyur4a4
“I call on former colleagues…do not rubber-stamp reports that whitewash crimes against humanity. This is not self-defence – it is collective punishment. It is genocide. The time for silence is over”
tinyurl.com/yeyur4a4
February 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Former FCO official details UK govt efforts to maintain illegal weapons sales.
“I call on former colleagues…do not rubber-stamp reports that whitewash crimes against humanity. This is not self-defence – it is collective punishment. It is genocide. The time for silence is over”
tinyurl.com/yeyur4a4
“I call on former colleagues…do not rubber-stamp reports that whitewash crimes against humanity. This is not self-defence – it is collective punishment. It is genocide. The time for silence is over”
tinyurl.com/yeyur4a4
Statement from U.N. in Yemen on staff detentions and suspension of movement in Houthi territory.
January 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Statement from U.N. in Yemen on staff detentions and suspension of movement in Houthi territory.
“In some cases” they will be allowed to see family.
January 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
“In some cases” they will be allowed to see family.
In Jan 2017 I watched the first Trump inauguration with Khaled Qassim’s brother in Yemen. He’d hoped Trump would let Khaled come home. After more than 23 years of imprisonment and torture by the US he’s finally being released (but not allowed home) with 10 other Yemenis.
www.npr.org/2025/01/06/n...
www.npr.org/2025/01/06/n...
January 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
In Jan 2017 I watched the first Trump inauguration with Khaled Qassim’s brother in Yemen. He’d hoped Trump would let Khaled come home. After more than 23 years of imprisonment and torture by the US he’s finally being released (but not allowed home) with 10 other Yemenis.
www.npr.org/2025/01/06/n...
www.npr.org/2025/01/06/n...
There’s a clear difference between Israeli strikes in Yemen and those carried out by US-UK since January:
Israel is targeting civilian infrastructure and ONLY civilian infrastructure, resulting in high rates of civilian harm.
(Data below from Israeli strikes in Yemen prior to last night)
Israel is targeting civilian infrastructure and ONLY civilian infrastructure, resulting in high rates of civilian harm.
(Data below from Israeli strikes in Yemen prior to last night)
December 19, 2024 at 7:05 AM
There’s a clear difference between Israeli strikes in Yemen and those carried out by US-UK since January:
Israel is targeting civilian infrastructure and ONLY civilian infrastructure, resulting in high rates of civilian harm.
(Data below from Israeli strikes in Yemen prior to last night)
Israel is targeting civilian infrastructure and ONLY civilian infrastructure, resulting in high rates of civilian harm.
(Data below from Israeli strikes in Yemen prior to last night)
The words of the great Yemeni poet Abdullah Al-Baradouni seem a fitting end to today’s events.
He wrote ‘One Day’ in celebration of the 26 September 1962 overthrow of the Imamate that ruled Yemen for 44 yrs.
(The Houthis now arrest those celebrating the date or posting about it on social media)
He wrote ‘One Day’ in celebration of the 26 September 1962 overthrow of the Imamate that ruled Yemen for 44 yrs.
(The Houthis now arrest those celebrating the date or posting about it on social media)
December 8, 2024 at 11:36 PM
The words of the great Yemeni poet Abdullah Al-Baradouni seem a fitting end to today’s events.
He wrote ‘One Day’ in celebration of the 26 September 1962 overthrow of the Imamate that ruled Yemen for 44 yrs.
(The Houthis now arrest those celebrating the date or posting about it on social media)
He wrote ‘One Day’ in celebration of the 26 September 1962 overthrow of the Imamate that ruled Yemen for 44 yrs.
(The Houthis now arrest those celebrating the date or posting about it on social media)
Ten years ago today photo journalist Luke Somers was killed in Yemen. Thinking of that night, his brother Jordan and remembering some of the images Luke captured during his time in Yemen.
December 6, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Ten years ago today photo journalist Luke Somers was killed in Yemen. Thinking of that night, his brother Jordan and remembering some of the images Luke captured during his time in Yemen.
The TV projector gifted to a friend in Yemen several years ago got another outing this evening. This time the “screen” was the side of a bus with the white back of an old poster draped over it for an authentic street viewing experience.
November 27, 2024 at 11:01 PM
The TV projector gifted to a friend in Yemen several years ago got another outing this evening. This time the “screen” was the side of a bus with the white back of an old poster draped over it for an authentic street viewing experience.
Tomorrow’s front page of The National (Scotland)…doing something no other western print media outlet is honest enough to do. Shame on all of them.
#albagubràth
#albagubràth
October 11, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of The National (Scotland)…doing something no other western print media outlet is honest enough to do. Shame on all of them.
#albagubràth
#albagubràth
In 46C/115F temperatures, not even getting below 40C/105F at night, Aden has no electricity. Tonight, some went out to protest against the corruption that leaves people for days without any respite from unimaginable heat. The ruling STC in Aden opened fire on them.
📸 Tonight outside Sadaqa hospital
📸 Tonight outside Sadaqa hospital
May 13, 2024 at 10:44 PM
In 46C/115F temperatures, not even getting below 40C/105F at night, Aden has no electricity. Tonight, some went out to protest against the corruption that leaves people for days without any respite from unimaginable heat. The ruling STC in Aden opened fire on them.
📸 Tonight outside Sadaqa hospital
📸 Tonight outside Sadaqa hospital
Evergreen tweet from 12 years ago. This was at an iftar I was invited to with a group of Yemeni journalists in Sana’a. Still makes me chuckle. Sadly, this is a gathering that would never happen today. War shattered that possibility.
March 23, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Evergreen tweet from 12 years ago. This was at an iftar I was invited to with a group of Yemeni journalists in Sana’a. Still makes me chuckle. Sadly, this is a gathering that would never happen today. War shattered that possibility.
Official denial by Houthi authorities in Sana’a.
February 27, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Official denial by Houthi authorities in Sana’a.
The actors change, the bombing remains the same.
February 5, 2024 at 5:02 PM
The actors change, the bombing remains the same.
British press are only ten years behind on the story.
Perhaps if everyone had paid attention in 2014, we might not be in this current mess.
Perhaps if everyone had paid attention in 2014, we might not be in this current mess.
January 31, 2024 at 5:58 PM
British press are only ten years behind on the story.
Perhaps if everyone had paid attention in 2014, we might not be in this current mess.
Perhaps if everyone had paid attention in 2014, we might not be in this current mess.
Shipping transiting the Red Sea has dropped by more than a half since early December.
Those still travelling through the Red Sea are now facing daily rises in insurance rates.
Those still travelling through the Red Sea are now facing daily rises in insurance rates.
January 15, 2024 at 6:22 AM
Shipping transiting the Red Sea has dropped by more than a half since early December.
Those still travelling through the Red Sea are now facing daily rises in insurance rates.
Those still travelling through the Red Sea are now facing daily rises in insurance rates.
Not yet. But by the time I wake up for next round of interviews at 6:45am, I think it will have.
January 11, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Not yet. But by the time I wake up for next round of interviews at 6:45am, I think it will have.
According to GCaptain, it’s all being deliberately downplayed. Apparently, we (or journalists like myself anyway) are not talking alarmingly enough about it.
January 10, 2024 at 6:22 PM
According to GCaptain, it’s all being deliberately downplayed. Apparently, we (or journalists like myself anyway) are not talking alarmingly enough about it.