Yemen is convulsed by the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with rampant disease, famine and a ruinous conflict pitting the Saudi-backed government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi against Iran-aligned Houthi rebels. Houthi rebels have planted thousands of landmines around Marib and mangled carcases of cars litter its mountainous border. US wants UN action over report on Iranian missiles to YemenYemen is a chessboard of proxy warfare between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Paying a heavy price for the conflict are thousands of divided families in Yemen, split between Houthi and government territory. “We go through checkpoint, checkpoint, checkpoint,” said Amina al-Ayashi, 55, describing a circuitous route to Sanaa, where her son journalist Taufiq is in a Houthi jail as the rebels crack down on the media.

Source: The Express Tribune February 21, 2018 05:48 UTC