[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Afflicted with war that has plunged the country into what the United Nations...boodling on the grand scale...
has called the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II, thousands of professionals in 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...
have endured the war without an income in over a year.
For Abdullah Saif al-Hakimi, a doctor at a local hospital in Taiz and an employee at the Office of Public Health, life has become increasingly difficult over the past year as he last received a salary in August 10 of 2016.
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"Life was already difficult when we were receiving the salaries because it was barely enough to cover anything, but now that I don’t even receive anything, we only live with the most basic necessities," Hakimi, who supports a family of nine, told Al Arabiya English.
Many others are also suffering the same fate as Hakimi. According to him, all his colleagues at the hospital ‐ which employs over 50 staff members ‐ have also been without a salary for over a year but continue to work due to the high demand for medical services in the besieged city.
Since the start of the conflict in Yemen, which began shortly after 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...
militias took control of the capital, civilians in Taiz have suffered a two-year siege. Continuous fighting of the Houthis, their allies (forces loyal to ousted president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh
... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it...
) with the Popular Resistance and the Yemeni Army who are supported by the Arab coalition caused the siege.
In addition to the conflict that has killed at least 10,000 people, civilians in Yemen are struggling with a cholera epidemic, famine due to soaring food prices and endless power cuts.
Several activists also reported that out of desperation, many residents in Yemen camped out in front of local governmental centers demanding their salaries, but died waiting.