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Yemen’s Hodeidah ‘one airstrike away from unstoppable epidemic’ -- UN
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Yemeni port-city of Hodeidah is "one  away from an unstoppable epidemic," Lisa Grande, the Humanitarian Coordinator of the United Nations...where theory meets practice and practice loses... , said in a statement from the capital city of Sana’a on Sunday. "For weeks, we’ve been doing everything possible to help hundreds of thousands of people living in and near Hudaydah", however, "these airstrikes are putting innocent civilians at extreme risk." The Hodeidah Governorate in western Yemen  ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...has been under a powerful attack by the Saudi-led Coalition since April; this has resulted in the death of several civilians. For the millions of Yemeni civilians living outside of the regime-held areas, they are subjected to shortages in food and medical supplies because the Hodeidah Port is the lifeline for the provinces of Sana’a, Sa’ada, Hajjah, Hodeidah, Ta’iz, al-Bayda, et al. According to a UN report, at least 75 percent (22 million people) of the country requires some form of humanitarian aid  or protection, including 8.5 million people who do not know where their next meal is coming from.Since the Saudi-led Coalition restarted their military operations in Hodeidah, at least 50 people have been killed and 328 others have been maimed. Most of the Hodeidah province is currently under the control of the Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... forces (var. Ansarallah Movement), who oppose the Yemeni regime of Saudi-backed ’Abd Rubbah Mansour Hadi. Posted by: Fred 2018-07-30 |
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