America’s Genocide in Yemen’s Al Hudaydah Starts Today
On June 12th, a U.S.-Saudi-UAE operation to destroy Yemen’s port city of Al Hudaydah, the only entry-way by which food reaches approximately seven million people, is slated to begin.
On June 12th, a U.S.-Saudi-UAE operation to destroy Yemen’s port city of Al Hudaydah, the only entry-way by which food reaches approximately seven million people, is slated to begin.
Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen and its continuing blockade of Yemeni ports has virtually collapsed the country and basic necessities are in dangerously short supply. Now, Yemen finds itself unable to treat a rapidly growing cholera outbreak that claims the life of one civilian every hour.
In March, the world looked on as the Saudi-led coalition – which has been fighting a deadly war in Yemen since 2015 – moved to expand its naval blockade of Al Hudaydah, Yemen’s largest port. The move drew the
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Despite a warning from the UN to end its existing blockades of Yemeni ports, a Saudi-led coalition is planning another major assault on the nation’s largest port city of Al Hudaydah, a move that threatens to worsen Yemen’s already unprecedented humanitarian crisis.
MINNEAPOLIS – While the Syrian conflict has long dominated international coverage of Middle Eastern crises, the humanitarian crisis in Yemen has been continually overlooked by the mainstream media. Since March 2015, the nation