Monday, June 18, 2018

YEMEN - Deepening Crisis

"‘Catastrophic is becoming an understatement,’ aid groups lament as new Yemen battle begins" PBS NewsHour 6/13/2018

Excerpt

SUMMARY:  The Saudi-led coalition that supports Yemen's government has begun an operation to retake the vital port city of Hodeidah, currently controlled by Houthi rebels who are aligned with Iran.  Aid groups sounded alarms over the new escalation in the bloody proxy war, already the world's largest humanitarian crisis.  Jeffrey Brown learns more from Gregory D. Johnsen of the Arabia Foundation.

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