The Secret of Yemen’s War? We Can End It

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    This guy is smart and right on it. Yemen has lost a generation to lack of schooling and every family has suffered the loss of loved ones and friends.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/opinion/yemen-war.html

    The Secret of Yemen’s War? We Can End It
    And we must, before it blows up the rest of the Middle East.

    By Martin Griffiths

    Mr. Griffiths is the United Nations special envoy for Yemen.

    • Sept. 16, 2019


    • Yemen’s war has to end. And the secret is that the way it ends is no secret at all.

      On Sept. 14, a drone attack on Aramco facilities in Saudi Arabia destroyed approximately half of Saudi crude oil production. The Houthi militia in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack; Saudi Arabia and the United States, however, are pointing fingers at Iran. This situation threatens to turn regional tensions into a shooting war, as well as destabilizing the global economy. And for Yemen, the risk of being drawn into a war between states, and not merely ...

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