KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is now considered the worst in the world. Saudi Arabia and its coalition’s war in the poor Arab nation has resulted in widespread famine, illness and death.
According to the United Nations, 75% of Yemen’s population, just over 22 million people, are in dire need of humanitarian assistance.
More than 2 million Yemenis are internally displaced, almost 18 million are food insecure—about half of those are at risk of starvation—and approximately 16 million lack access to safe water, sanitation and adequate healthcare. Over a million cases of cholera have been reported inside the country—the worst epidemic in modern history.
• Yemen’s geographic location contributes to its strategic importance. The country’s location on the Red Sea gives it control over the shipping of almost a third of the world’s oil. Any negotiated peace agreement needs to take into account how this geographic importance influences regional and global interest in Yemen.
• Saudi Arabia views neighboring Yemen as a critical security concern, historically exerting control over strategic areas and providing support to Yemen’s various tribes.
The United Arab Emirates has aggressively asserted its interest in Yemen, especially in the south, solidifying its power base in the strategic cities of Aden and Hadramawt; they are now seen by some— Yemenis and coalition partners—as an occupying force in the country.
• Iran has become a significant player in the Yemen conflict largely as a means of bleeding and humiliating Saudi Arabia in the context of its existential regional proxy war against the Saudis.
Iran is supplying the Houthi movement with weapons, including short range ballistic missiles, that the Houthis have fired on targets inside Saudi Arabia.
• Military support to fight in Yemen, provided by the U.S. and the UK to Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners, must be reviewed. Goals like degrading al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula need to be considered against the devastating effects of the war on the Yemeni people.
The only monitoring body for war crimes in Yemen is the Saudi-controlled Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT).
The JIAT should be replaced with a neutral international body to ensure proper oversight of crimes being committed against civilians, including of the secret prisons, allegedly run by the UAE, where acts of torture continue to take place.
• The humanitarian and security catastrophe in Yemen may result in a global security crisis, as the country further devolves into sectarianism and violent groups gain even stronger footholds.
Both the security and humanitarian crises must be considered together, as the lack of attention to one will almost certainly aggravate and increase the other. The international community must provide the resources needed to end the crisis, recently estimated at 3 billion dollars.
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• The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is now considered the worst in the world. Saudi Arabia and its coalition’s war in the poor Arab nation has resulted in widespread famine, illness and death.
According to the United Nations, 75% of Yemen’s population, just over 22 million people, are in dire need of humanitarian assistance.
More than 2 million Yemenis are internally displaced, almost 18 million are food insecure—about half of those are at risk of starvation—and approximately 16 million lack access to safe water, sanitation and adequate healthcare. Over a million cases of cholera have been reported inside the country—the worst epidemic in modern history.
• Yemen’s geographic location contributes to its strategic importance. The country’s location on the Red Sea gives it control over the shipping of almost a third of the world’s oil. Any negotiated peace agreement needs to take into account how this geographic importance influences regional and global interest in Yemen.
• Saudi Arabia views neighboring Yemen as a critical security concern, historically exerting control over strategic areas and providing support to Yemen’s various tribes.
The United Arab Emirates has aggressively asserted its interest in Yemen, especially in the south, solidifying its power base in the strategic cities of Aden and Hadramawt; they are now seen by some— Yemenis and coalition partners—as an occupying force in the country.
• Iran has become a significant player in the Yemen conflict largely as a means of bleeding and humiliating Saudi Arabia in the context of its existential regional proxy war against the Saudis.
Iran is supplying the Houthi movement with weapons, including short range ballistic missiles, that the Houthis have fired on targets inside Saudi Arabia.
• Military support to fight in Yemen, provided by the U.S. and the UK to Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners, must be reviewed. Goals like degrading al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula need to be considered against the devastating effects of the war on the Yemeni people.
The only monitoring body for war crimes in Yemen is the Saudi-controlled Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT).
The JIAT should be replaced with a neutral international body to ensure proper oversight of crimes being committed against civilians, including of the secret prisons, allegedly run by the UAE, where acts of torture continue to take place.
• The humanitarian and security catastrophe in Yemen may result in a global security crisis, as the country further devolves into sectarianism and violent groups gain even stronger footholds.
Both the security and humanitarian crises must be considered together, as the lack of attention to one will almost certainly aggravate and increase the other. The international community must provide the resources needed to end the crisis, recently estimated at 3 billion dollars.
www.fotavgeia.blogspot.com
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