OCT 04, 2017
Shireen Al-Adeimi
Author’s
note: Saudi Arabia, which launched military operations in 2015, says its
aims in Yemen are to fight Iranian influence and restore the “legitimate”
government of Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi’s, run out in 2014 by Houthi rebels. But
Iran’s influence is heavily exaggerated, and Hadi is not popular. U.S.
involvement has to do with controlling Bab-el-Mandeb strait,
through which 3 million to 4 million barrels of oil travel daily.
Yemen continues to
suffer in silence as the world turns away from its ongoing misery.
