The UK’s role in Yemen has been described as a ‘paradox of aid and arms’: we maintain committed millions for humanitarian relief yet are one of Saudi Arabia’s biggest arms suppliersUN report into Saudi-led intervention finds evidence of widespread air strikes against civilian targets
“We are waiting to see when we will die” – the words of a resident of the besieged city of Taiz in Yemen,retold by a British Yemeni at a assembly with cross-party MPs in Westminster final week.
Taiz has been under siege by rebels for months, cut off from humanitarian aid, and with no electricity,no schools, and where the vast majority of health facilities maintain closed. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com