Yemen War

[E.man]

How many wars conflicts there are around the world? I don't think it is that much, some countries of the third world shoould appear on the midia when a war starts.
To I discover about the Yemen war was almost an acident, because there is almost any covered by brazilian media about this war.

Maybe in Brazil but it's been news for years here. World Vision has fund raising TV ads in high rotation featuring Yemen.

In the news just yesterday internal war with militants in Somalia.

There's a break away region in Eritrea as well if you want to just stay in that region.

There's one getting worse in Burma/Myanmar.

Syria still.

There's plenty.

A branch of ISIS is bombing the Taliban in Afghanistan now.

You've got the internet search Wars Now or something.

Going to have to ask yourself what is Armed Protest, Insurrection, Oppresion, Civil War, War by Proxy, etc.

 

[E.man]

A few dozen. Depending on what you'd actually call war, Wikipedia lists 6 major wars (10000+ deaths in current or past year), 17 smaller wars (1000+) and 18 minor conflicts (100+). Of course, inclusion of some conflicts is questionable, for example Afghanistan war is still listed as major ongoing war due to active resistance of some factions.

Exactly. It's not a 'bloody' secret.

 

[Samson]

Does the end of Yemen’s truce mean return to full-blown fighting?

Yemen’s warring sides have failed to reach an agreement to extend a nationwide ceasefire, endangering the longest lull in fighting since the country’s bloody eight-year civil war began.

The truce was brokered by the United Nations in April and has been renewed twice.

Why has the truce not been extended?

• Both sides blame each other for allowing the deal to expire.
• April’s truce had originally established a partial opening of the Houthi-controlled Sanaa airport and the key Red Sea port of Houthi-held Hodeidah, with the ensuing months seeing flights resume at the airport for the first time since 2016,
• The truce also called for the lifting of a Houthi blockade on Taiz, the country’s third largest city. But little progress has been made there, after talks aimed at reopening local roads stalled.
• Another sticking point has been the funding of the salaries of public employees. Many of them have not received salaries for years.
• Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, the Yemeni government’s foreign minister, blamed the Houthis for the end of the truce. “The government made many concessions to extend the truce,” he told the pan-Arab satellite channel Al-Hadath.
• For their part, the Houthis said discussions around the truce had reached a “dead end”. They want to see the full and unrestricted opening of the Sanaa airport, and the lifting of the entire blockade on Hodeidah.

What was the effect of the truce on the ground?

• The ceasefire has brought a sharp drop in fighting in the war despite claims of violations by both sides.
• International charity Save the Children said the truce had led to a 60 percent decrease in displacement and a 34 percent drop in child casualties in Yemen.
• Fuel imports into the port of Hodeidah have also quadrupled, humanitarian groups said.
• Sanaa residents say their daily lives have dramatically improved. Prices have come down as more essential goods entered the city.
• Evani Debone, a communications and advocacy coordinator at Adra Yemen, a relief agency, told Al Jazeera the truce had given Yemenis hopes for peace. “Children who go to school are not afraid of airplanes any more,” she said. “Having the next generation of Yemen not being afraid and not running from the war, as well as having the right to live their lives again is the most important thing when we think about the truce.”

Will a new ceasefire be agreed upon?

• The UN envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said the efforts to extend and expand the truce for another six months had not been successful. “The UN special envoy regrets that an agreement has not been reached today, as an extended and expanded truce would provide additional critical benefits to the population,” a statement said.
• Peter Salisbury, an expert on Yemen with Crisis Group, an international think-tank, said the Houthis have been behaving as if they had more leverage throughout the negotiations, because they were more willing than the other side to return to war. Compared with forces fighting with the Saudi coalition, the Houthis ″run an effective police state and operate a pretty functional and motivated fighting force”, he said.
• For their part, the Houthis accused the Saudi-led coalition of failing to agree on measures to “alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people”. “Over the past six months, we haven’t seen any serious willingness to address humanitarian issues as a top priority,” a statement from the group said.

 

[Samson]

Houthis leave Saudi Arabia after talks on potential Yemen ceasefire deal

Houthi negotiators left Riyadh after a five-day round of talks with Saudi officials on a potential agreement that could pave the way to ending the conflict in Yemen, sources familiar with the meeting and Houthi media have said.

The Houthi delegation and Omani mediators landed in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Tuesday after a round of negotiations in Saudi Arabia, the Houthis’ Al Masirah TV said.

Some progress has been made on some of the main sticking points between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia, including a timeline for foreign troops exiting Yemen and a mechanism for paying public wages, two sources said, adding that the sides would meet for more talks after consultations “soon”.

The Houthi delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia last week. It was the first such official visit to the kingdom since the war broke out in Yemen in 2014 after the Iran-aligned group removed a Saudi-backed government there.

The Houthis have been at war against a Saudi-led military coalition since 2015, a conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and left 80 percent of Yemen’s population dependent on humanitarian aid.

The United States has put pressure on its ally Saudi Arabia to end the war and linked some US military support to the kingdom to ending its involvement in Yemen.

The first official round of the Oman-mediated consultations between Riyadh and Sanaa, which are running in parallel to UN peace efforts, was held in April when Saudi envoys visited Sanaa.

 

[Henri Christophe]

Now US is envolved in Yemen war because it started to attack ships on the red sea.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

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[Angst]

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