DW: 5 Million Children in Yemen Face Famine

Yemen’s civil war is also a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The country of 27 million people is surrounded by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, the Gulf of Aden to the south and Oman to the east. Hodeida is a key port city on the Red Sea. “Renewed attacks on the Red Sea city by the Saudi-led coalition could temporarily shut down the key port, putting 5.2 million children at risk of famine as food and fuel prices soar,” reports Deutsche Welle. “Around 80 percent of food, fuel and humanitarian aid enters the impoverished country through Hodeida, which has been under control of Houthi rebels since 2014.” Peace talks are stalled. Aid agencies monitor the war and its aftermath. About 10,000 people have died from the war; thousands more died from hunger, cholera and other diseases; and 3 million have been displaced, and thousands have died from cholera and other diseases as well as famine. Deutsche Welle. concludes, “Rights groups have accused both warring parties of potential war crimes.” – YaleGlobal