YEMEN - Deepening Crisis

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

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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.

SYRIA - War Keeps Raging

"Syria’s war keeps raging, amid threats of a new Hezbollah-Israel conflict" PBS NewsHour 3/15/2018

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SUMMARY:  What began seven years ago as an uprising against the Assad regime has become a regional proxy war.  Now there is talk of another war in the offing, one between Hezbollah and Israel.  What would that look like, and how would it differ from the 2006 conflict?  Special correspondent Jane Ferguson joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the growing fears, Iran’s influence, and the bombardment of Eastern Ghouta.