New York Times: Saudi Arabia has only achieved destruction in Yemen and the killing of civilians

YemenExtra

M.A.

The New York Times, in a new report highlighting the Saudi-led war against Yemen, has confirmed that Riyadh has not yet won two and a half years of war on Yemen but killing and destruction.

The bombing continued to paralyze bridges, hospitals and factories, and the salaries of doctors and civil servants have been suspended for more than a year. Due to malnutrition and lack of sanitation, the poorest country in the Middle East has been hit by waves of diseases that have become part of history books. In less than three months, cholera has killed 2,000 people and infected half a million in one of the waves the world has not seen in 50 years.

Yemen has long been the poorest country in the Arab world and has suffered ongoing wars and conflicts. But the Saudi war, which began in March 2015, has failed to accomplish its stated tasks and the country remains divided.

Much of the air strikes killed and wounded many civilians, including those who fell on Wednesday in a raid on the capital. The ongoing bombardment destroyed the country’s infrastructure, particularly vital ports, important bridges, hospitals, health facilities and civilian-run factories. There were no longer services on which Yemenis depended on their pensions and the impact of the destruction on infrastructure on Yemen’s already weak economy. And even the bombing of the mission of humanitarian institutions to enter and distribute aid to those in need.

The UN sees the situation in Yemen as the biggest humanitarian crisis, requiring more than 10 million emergency aid and the situation could deteriorate further. “With the collapse of the country, we are seeing a cholera epidemic and we may have seen other outbreaks in the future,” warned Peter Salama, WHO’s emergency program director.