UN: Yemen Faces ‘Total Collapse’ From Saudi Arabia’s War
May 31, 2017
More than two years of war in Yemen has triggered a humanitarian crisis, with almost seven million people on the brink of famine.
In this March, 2016 photo, Udai Faisal, who is suffering from acute malnutrition, is hospitalized in Sanaa, Yemen. Udai died on March 24th. Hunger has been the most horrific consequence of Yemen’s conflict and has spiraled since Saudi Arabia and its allies, backed by the U.S., launched a campaign of airstrikes and a naval blockade. (AP/Maad al-Zikry)
A new report from UN humanitarian officials is warning that the humanitarian situation in Yemen is getting even worse, saying it is no longer correct to say that “crisis is coming,” but time to recognize that the crisis in Yemen has already arrived, with mounting starvation, war casualties, and an outbreak of cholera.
Yemen was already the Middle East’s poorest nation in 2014, when Saudi Arabia attacked the country, intending to reinstall their former president.
Mostly desert, Yemen imports over 90% of its food from abroad, which made the Saudi naval blockade of their coast particularly devastating.
