Cholera is spread by contaminated water, which is all that is now available in many parts of the country. Children who die of starvation do not cry; they are so weak they quietly slip away, their deaths often unnoticed at first in hospitals overwhelmed by patients. Describing Yemen simply as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran is too easy, and not entirely accurate. “But I also think if Yemen preceded Syria, nothing would change. “The lesson the Saudis have learned is they can get away with a great deal when it comes to Yemen,” he says, on the phone from London.

Source: thestar November 19, 2017 11:15 UTC