BEIRUT: There was a time not long ago when uprisings and wars in the Arab world topped the agenda at the UN General Assembly meetings in New York. In Yemen, an ongoing six-year-war has spawned the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, leaving the country on the brink of famine. How many more children will die before the world wakes up?” Jordan’s King Abdullah said in pre-recorded remarks to the UN General Assembly. A combination of war-weariness, donor fatigue and a long list of other world problems has forced Syria, Yemen and other Mideast conflicts into a back seat, with world leaders seemingly resigned to live with wrecked and divided nations for the foreseeable future. He said while the US may want to extract itself from the region, the Europeans don’t have this luxury.

Source: Pakistan Today September 23, 2021 07:07 UTC