Fragmentation nation: How Europeans can help end the conflict in Yemen
Europeans should resist the temptation of short-term fixes and adopt a longer-term approach to supporting Yemen
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Europeans should resist the temptation of short-term fixes and adopt a longer-term approach to supporting Yemen
AL-MUKALLA, Yemen: Two Yemeni children were killed by a landmine laid by the Houthis in the central province of Marib on Tuesday, increasing the total number of civilians killed or injured by Houthi landmines in one week to nine. The news comes as a government body confirmed the discovery of wide tracts of ground extensively polluted by Houthi landmines in six provinces.
Plagued by war, poverty, malnutrition and cholera, Yemen is facing one of the largest humanitarian crises of our time. Now its health system is under the strain of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases, many of which are going untested and undetected.
AL-MUKALLA: Rashad Al-Alimi, the chairperson of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, arrived in the Jordanian capital Amman on Monday in his continuing efforts to build international support for punishing the Iran-backed Houthis for their escalating attacks on government-controlled areas and the country’s oil infrastructure.
Stockpiles for the year 2023 have already completely run dry.