Nobel Laureate: Yemen Is the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis. Here’s How to End it

Mar 12, 2019, 11:12 AM


At a recent one-day humanitarian pledging conference for Yemen, Saudi Arabia pledged $500 million to help alleviate the crisis—a mere fraction of the estimated $100 to $200 billion it has spent destroying my country.

The bombs raining down on Yemeni children have had the markings of the West, and the Saudi-led coalition has dropped them with disregard for the innocent lives in their path.

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Everyday eight children are killed or injured.

At a recent one-day humanitarian pledging conference for Yemen, Saudi Arabia pledged $500 million to help alleviate the crisis—a mere fraction of the estimated $100 to $200 billion it has spent destroying my country. The bombs raining down on Yemeni children have had the markings of the West, and the Saudi-led coalition has dropped them with disregard for the innocent lives in their path. [diptyche ids="5549183,5549184"][/diptyche] Everyday eight children are killed or injured.