Local Editor
Yemen faces a return to blockade conditions Friday, as a 30-day Saudi reprieve comes to an end.
In November 2017, Riyadh intensified its air and naval blockade. Easing came in December, following a an international condemnation and a UN declaration that Yemen—where over 22 million require aid— is home to ‘the largest humanitarian crisis in the world’.
8.4 million Yemenis are on the verge of famine and cholera has spread to over a million people. With thousands of lives at risk, expect international pressure to force concessions from Riyadh.
Saudi Arabia has also been leading a destructive military campaign against Yemen since March 2015 to reinstate fugitive former president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi and crush the Houthi movement.
The campaign has seriously damaged the country’s infrastructure. Local Yemeni sources have put the death toll from the Saudi war at over 12,000, including many women and children.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
