Washington's policy in Yemen is both hypocritical and dangerous.
The vicious conflict that has engulfed the nation has led to the worst humanitarian crisis in today’s world.
Juxtapose my feast against another oft-repeated scene in Yemen that sometimes feels straight out of Dickens.
Saudi-led airstrikes have targeted two houses used as shelter for women and children during the latest round of clashes between Yemeni Army backed by Ansarullah fighters and Saudi-backed Takfiri militants in Kushar district of Hajjah province northern Yemen.
U.S. officials’ efforts to convince Saudi Arabia’s leaders not to target humanitarian and civilian sites for airstrikes in Yemen largely failed due to a lack of high-level political will within the Saudi government.
Avril Patterson has worked in conflict zones in Syria, Kenya, Afghanistan and Liberia
Yemen Watchnet
