With respect and admiration for the reporter of this piece, why does a freelancer have to get a grant to go to a war zone in order to be published by one of the world’s most prestigious news organizations? Again, I respect the reporter, I question the set up here. Just this week, Finland and Denmark “joined Germany in halting all future arms sales and sending of military equipment to the Saudi government.”Īnd a follow-up about the girl in the haunting photo. The coalition is under unprecedented pressure from the international community to end its involvement in the war after the killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But these measures are mainly hurting civilians, destroying the economy and causing mass starvation. Under the leadership of MBS, the Saudi coalition and its Yemeni allies have imposed brutal economic measures aimed at undercutting them (blockades, import restrictions, and withholding the salaries of about a million government employees). Present: Humanitarian crisis and political pressure regarding the world credit: Hope music Ethiopia TVGuide and 6 p CIVIL WAR DW Amharic News Ethiopia. In 2017, former president Saleh is killed by Houthis, who he had tried to ally himself with. military (refueling Saudi aircraft for airstrikes and providing munitions as well as targeting information), has been bombarding the country.

He’s currently in Saudi Arabia along with most of his government.Ī 10-country coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE has waged a devastating war in Yemen. The coalition, supported by the U.S. According to UNICEF, three quarters of South Sudanese children have known nothing but war, with as many as 19,000 of them recruited and associated with armed groups since the beginning of the. In early 2015, armed Houthi rebels take a lot of territory and force him to resign. A new Saudi-backed president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi is installed on a “temporary” basis.įormer president Saleh allies himself with the Houthis, hoping to get back into power. The long-time authoritarian president and Saudi ally, Ali Abdullah Saleh, is forced to resign amid popular protests and assassination attempts. They continue to gain momentum after 9/11 and through the Arab Spring. “Rights groups say up to 56,000 people have been killed, half of the 28 million-strong population are starving and the country is suffering the worst cholera epidemic in modern history.” – The Guardianġ990’s: The Houthi movement (mostly Shia) is born in resistance to Saudi Arabia’s political and religious influence (mostly Sunni). According to the UN, what is happening in Yemen right now is currently the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

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