Just in time heading for Christmas, the war in Yemen was just over 1,000 days and seems to continue until the world's powers are commits to settled the foundation which laying the war. As we may know, Yemen war was too complicated, it was a civil war mixed with neighbours countries intervention and regional rivalry.
Neighbours Saudi intervention in Yemen was started in March 21, 2015, after the Houthi-led mass were took over the capital Sana'a and Yemeni government, and overthrow Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi as President. Concurrently, Saudi Arabia launched military operation (mostly in airstrike) to restore the former government that close and loyal to them.
Saudi war in Yemen including widespread bombing of civilian areas, declaring the entire city of Sa'dah was a military target, unlawful airstrikes against hospitals and other facilities run by aid organisations, usage of cluster munitions and white phosphorus. In addition, Saudi-led coalition also applied a harsh blockade which put civilian at risk of massive famines.
It's the unbalanced war between the richest Arabs country in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) against Yemen, one of the poorest country in the world for sure. In fact it doesn't call a war, but a slaughtering on civilians through the air raids.
Life in hell
Yemen is on the brink of famine and collapse after 1,000 days of a vicious war. As predicted, The war has caused a humanitarian crisis, including a famine which has threatened over 17 million people, as well as an outbreak of cholera which according to Washington Post has infected almost 1 million people.
Aljazeera reported how situation made worse through a resident insights of Sa'ada city, Hisyam Abdullah, a 27-year-old father of two. He explains the death and destruction are the first impression when entering Sa'ada province, once a city of around 50,000 people has turned into a ghost town resulted by more than 2,996 Saudi-led coalition suddenly strikes in any time. "Even dogs don't dare walk the streets," he said.
"Even dogs don't dare walk the streets"
Millions of Yemen also going hungry, even before the war Yemen are imported around 90% of its wheat and all of its rice to feed its 28 million population. The conflict has made it much harder to transport goods into the country. It's getting worse as Saudi enacted a blockade of water, air and land ports in efforts to prevent the missiles smuggling but affected daily goods for civilian.
US & UK involvement in the war
Known widely, Saudi-led coalition of Arab states strike in Yemen are supported by the US, Britain and other. As reported by NBC News that US and Britain have been intimately involved in prosecuting the war, supplying weapons, logistical help and diplomatic support to their longtime regional ally Saudi Arabia and its coalition sort of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Sudan.
Said, besides selling weapons to the Saudis, American and British military advisers also have provided training and intelligence and the US has helped refuel coalition jets. Those policies have been put US and UK officials at risk of being implicated for aiding and abetting war crimes in Yemen. While Guardian opinionated that Britain is actually arming and aiding a fundamentalist Saudi dictatorship that’s bombing and killing civilians in Yemen.
The Christmas celebration should remind us the importance of peace to the world, as the teaching of Jesus on peace and non-violence. Through this celebration, we should call to ending the violences of war, not only in Yemen, but also for Syria, Libya, every where. All of conflicting parties should find their resolution through dialogue on the table, rather than seeking a war victory above the ruined infrastructures and dead-bodies.
And that's what we wish for!
War sayber
Hehehe, postingan u keu bah laén teuma.
I really hope Yemen can find some relief! It's tragic,
what war and greed do to our planet...
Agree.
Btw, nice GIF on Monsanto. I wish to write about their works in Indonesia.
If you do, please let me know! I will post it on my fb group Artists Against Monsanto!
Great. I will ..
Hi @occupywallets,
Here is my writing about Monsanto in Indonesia:
https://steemit.com/agriculture/@rshahputra/monsanto-in-indonesia-why-we-should-be-afraid-for