Category Archives: Yemen

War on #ISIS: Why Arab states aren’t doing more #SaudiArabia #MiddleEast


According to Amnesty International, Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces have carried out a series of air strikes targeting schools that were still in use in Yemen, in violation of international humanitarian law, and hampering access to education for thousands of Yemen’s children, The coalition forces are armed by states including the USA and UK. Why Yemen is set to be a priority for Arabs instead of ISIS?

Map Source: Wikimedia
Green: Controlled by Revolutionary Committee
Red: Controlled by Hadi-led government and the Southern Movement
White Controlled by Ansar al-Sharia/AQAP forces
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The Yemeni Civil war :Who is fighting whom and why?


Green:Controlled by Revolutionary Committee Orange:Controlled by Hadi-led government and the Southern Movement Grey:Controlled by Ansar al-Sharia/AQAP forces Source: Wikimedia commons

Overshadowed by its relative smallness and obscured by its relative complexity, the six-month-old civil war in Yemen is the middle child of Middle East conflict.
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