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Saving Yemen from the Worst Famine in Decades
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By: DANIEL LARISON
The heads of five major humanitarian organizations have written an appeal urging the U.S. to apply all possible pressure on Saudi Arabia and the UAE to bring the war to an end and stave off…
The US is Making a Huge Error in Backing this Spoiled Saudi Prince
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By: Dan Hannan
When Mohammed bin Salman came to power in 2017, there was disquiet in Riyadh. Many prominent Saudis, including other royals, feared that the petulant princeling might destabilize the region, pursuing…
Destruction in Yemen, a real disaster
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By: Mona Zaid
The war on Yemen today is a brutal example of how the expansion of global capitalist interests destroys nations.
The war in Yemen is far more than just a political struggle. As air raids continue…
Yemeni Child Was Treated For Malnutrition, Months Later, He Might Still Die
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By: Rose Troup Buchanan
In the 13 months since he was born, Nusair has twice almost died from a lack of food.
In August he recovered from severe acute malnutrition, but after his family was forced to flee fresh…
Dancing on a razor’s edge in Yemen
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BY R. DAVID HARDEN
Jamal Khashoggi’s murder has pushed the otherwise forgotten Yemen war to the forefront of the media cycle and congressional policy debates. Newly minted Yemen analysts argue that American…
Trump’s Blatant Lies About the War on Yemen
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By: DANIEL LARISON
TAC‘s editor Jim Antle says the right things about the president’s abysmal pro-Saudi declaration:
An America First administration should unambiguously side with a legal resident of the United…
Why no global outcry over Saudi war in Yemen?
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By: Zafar Mehdi
On Sunday of this week, the U.S. intelligence agency confirmed that the brazen killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was ordered by the Saudi crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman, which must have…
Saudi Attacks Leave Hodeida Hospital Inaccessible and 1,500 Pregnant Yemeni Women at Risk, UN Warns
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By: Whitney Webb
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) recently warnedthat as many as 1,500 pregnant women in the besieged Yemeni port city of Hodeida are at risk of death now that the city’s only hospital…
The Dying Children of Yemen
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By DANIEL LARISON
Reuters reported last week on one of the many tens of thousands of preventable deaths in Yemen:
Saleh al-Faqeh held the wasted arm of his baby girl as she took her last breath on Thursday at…
Food, clothes, medicine: the people of Yemen just want the same life as us: Johannes Bruwer
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Johannes Bruwer in Sana'a
The women wanted two things: food and cash.
Hunger was a constant. Their families were skinny, and the children had no shoes.
Their dinner pot held watery flour. Some meals they…