Yemen's Humanitarian Disaster
November 19 2016 By Abiodun Giwa
New York Times reported how the Yemen's economy has gone into shambles.
Saudi Arabia is in the forefront of the civil war in Yemen with allies from Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Sudan and Senegal and additional support from Western countries like the United States and France, according to the International Business Times.
Why then, people ask, do some newspapers hold the U.S responsible for the humanitarian disaster in Yemen? News reports show that because the U.S is believed to be the source of arms supply to Saudi Arabia.
The Ibtimes' report, following the truce announced on Wednesday, though already rejected by the Saudi backed Yemen former leaders represented by Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, did not mention the U.S as the culprit, but Saudi Arabia and its Middle East allies.
However, for those who have read reports about the deadly encounters in Yemen in some U.S newspaper like the New York Times, the U.S is the culprit in the eyes of Yemenis as the source of weapons for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen.
Although, the U.S is said to have scaled back its support for Saudi Arabia in the war, but U.S spent cartridges are said to be available to support accusation of Yemenis against the U.S. In the U.S policy in Yemen, Iran is suspected to be the rallying point in support of the Houthis, and the U.S is said to have proves for Iran has meddled there. But again the entire meddling between Saudi Arabia and Iran in the Middle East is said to be another reason responsible for the accusing fingers pointed at Iran.
Reading through the Times' report on Yemen last week, based on the interview of Yemenis, who are at the receiving of bombings and killings that have not spared marriage ceremonies, it is like dressing the hands of the U.S as a country with blood and holding the country wholly responsible for the disaster in Yemen. And rather than ask questions about what the incumbent U.S president intentions are with the rejection or in case Hadi rejects the peace plans, the only question that has been asked is about what Donald Trump would do about Yemen since he has accused the outgoing administration during the election campaigns as having emboldened Iran in Yemen and that Iran has won the initiative in Yemen. Trump has also charged, on top of everything, that Iran was given billions of dollars by the U.S for the settlement of another matter, making the Persian nation richer and powerful.
Observers wonder about why the U.S is engaged in what is apparently a double standard in her policy toward her allies. The U.S is reported to have refused selling weapons to Nigeria to fight Boko Haram terrorists, and also blocked other countries capable of selling arms to Nigeria from doing so for reasons of human rights abuses in Nigeria, according to Washington. Nigerians and other observers around the world are worried that the U.S has blocked Nigeria twice from getting arms against Boko Haram, yet it has made arms available to Saudi Arabia in the war against the Houthis and terrorists fighting in Syria also have one time or another have access to U.S weapons.
Now, there is a cry of humanitarian disaster in Yemen amid the Saudi Arabia led attack on the Houthis and the rejection of U.S peace plan that the Houthis and the Hadi faction the Saudi Arabia and the U.S support in the war, from fears that the from fears that the Houthis will not accommodate him in the new government has put the Obama's effort to ease the U.S out of Yemen, ahead of his transfer of power to Trump another cause for concern.
Therefore, observers say Hadi is making it impossible for Obama to score an ace in Yemen ahead of the end of his time in office, and making Trump to inherit the burden that Yemen represents along with Syria. And Trump having said nothing about what he intends to do about Yemen leaves the world in suspense about the disaster in Yemen until he assumes office in January.
According to the Ibtimes, trouble in Yemen began in 2001, when President Ali Abdullahi Saleh was driven out of town by protests against corruption and economic plights. Consequently, Hadi, Saleh's deputy took over, while terrorists seized the opportunity of the unrest in the country and stepped in, before the Houthis, another opposition group moved in 2014, seized Northern part of the country that included Sana'a, the capital. The Saudi led attack on the Houthis to help Hadi with the fear that Houthis may go beyond the border the Saudis shared with Yemen, reportedly began in 2015.
Why then, people ask, do some newspapers hold the U.S responsible for the humanitarian disaster in Yemen? News reports show that because the U.S is believed to be the source of arms supply to Saudi Arabia.
The Ibtimes' report, following the truce announced on Wednesday, though already rejected by the Saudi backed Yemen former leaders represented by Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, did not mention the U.S as the culprit, but Saudi Arabia and its Middle East allies.
However, for those who have read reports about the deadly encounters in Yemen in some U.S newspaper like the New York Times, the U.S is the culprit in the eyes of Yemenis as the source of weapons for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen.
Although, the U.S is said to have scaled back its support for Saudi Arabia in the war, but U.S spent cartridges are said to be available to support accusation of Yemenis against the U.S. In the U.S policy in Yemen, Iran is suspected to be the rallying point in support of the Houthis, and the U.S is said to have proves for Iran has meddled there. But again the entire meddling between Saudi Arabia and Iran in the Middle East is said to be another reason responsible for the accusing fingers pointed at Iran.
Reading through the Times' report on Yemen last week, based on the interview of Yemenis, who are at the receiving of bombings and killings that have not spared marriage ceremonies, it is like dressing the hands of the U.S as a country with blood and holding the country wholly responsible for the disaster in Yemen. And rather than ask questions about what the incumbent U.S president intentions are with the rejection or in case Hadi rejects the peace plans, the only question that has been asked is about what Donald Trump would do about Yemen since he has accused the outgoing administration during the election campaigns as having emboldened Iran in Yemen and that Iran has won the initiative in Yemen. Trump has also charged, on top of everything, that Iran was given billions of dollars by the U.S for the settlement of another matter, making the Persian nation richer and powerful.
Observers wonder about why the U.S is engaged in what is apparently a double standard in her policy toward her allies. The U.S is reported to have refused selling weapons to Nigeria to fight Boko Haram terrorists, and also blocked other countries capable of selling arms to Nigeria from doing so for reasons of human rights abuses in Nigeria, according to Washington. Nigerians and other observers around the world are worried that the U.S has blocked Nigeria twice from getting arms against Boko Haram, yet it has made arms available to Saudi Arabia in the war against the Houthis and terrorists fighting in Syria also have one time or another have access to U.S weapons.
Now, there is a cry of humanitarian disaster in Yemen amid the Saudi Arabia led attack on the Houthis and the rejection of U.S peace plan that the Houthis and the Hadi faction the Saudi Arabia and the U.S support in the war, from fears that the from fears that the Houthis will not accommodate him in the new government has put the Obama's effort to ease the U.S out of Yemen, ahead of his transfer of power to Trump another cause for concern.
Therefore, observers say Hadi is making it impossible for Obama to score an ace in Yemen ahead of the end of his time in office, and making Trump to inherit the burden that Yemen represents along with Syria. And Trump having said nothing about what he intends to do about Yemen leaves the world in suspense about the disaster in Yemen until he assumes office in January.
According to the Ibtimes, trouble in Yemen began in 2001, when President Ali Abdullahi Saleh was driven out of town by protests against corruption and economic plights. Consequently, Hadi, Saleh's deputy took over, while terrorists seized the opportunity of the unrest in the country and stepped in, before the Houthis, another opposition group moved in 2014, seized Northern part of the country that included Sana'a, the capital. The Saudi led attack on the Houthis to help Hadi with the fear that Houthis may go beyond the border the Saudis shared with Yemen, reportedly began in 2015.
