Yemen crisis

Thomas Juneau

Inserted 2 years ago

“Recent Houthi advances in and around Marib were posing a growing threat to [the UAE's] interests; this led the UAE to push the [UAE-backed] Giants Brigades to move from the west coast, where they are based, and to confront Houthi advances. The UAE was careful not to lose face, but I would expect that in the future, they will try to avoid direct and large scale confrontation, as much as possible, between militias it supports and the Houthis. It will try to continue focusing on building influence in the south, and avoid confrontation with the Houthis. But that is a difficult balance to strike.”

Aljazeera

Associate professor at the University of Ottawa

10 Feb 2022 4 4

James Farwell

Inserted 2 years ago

“The situation is becoming more dangerous because the nature of weapons being used in the attacks is becoming more deadly. The Houthis are trying to bring pressure to the Saudi-UAE coalition to bring things to a favorable close. The only way this [conflict] is going to be resolved is if the Saudi, the Emirates and Houthis sit directly to together and work things out. There isn't any alternative because neither side has been able to gain an advantage over the other.”

Aljazeera

Senior fellow at the Middle East Institute

31 Jan 2022 4 3

Ahmed Mahat

Inserted 2 years ago

“There are many bodies still at the scene of the airstrike, many missing people. It is impossible to know how many people have been killed. It seems to have been a horrific act of violence.”

Nytimes

Head of Doctors Without Borders’ mission in Yemen

21 Jan 2022 3 3

Hussain al-Bukhaiti

Inserted 2 years ago

“It would be silly for the Houthis to leave all areas in Yemen to use the Sanaa airport as it is under 24 hours monitoring by Saudi backed forces. It was silly to see al-Malki [Saudi General Turki al-Malki] talking about what he called 'outside intervention' of parties outside of Yemen - as he said Hezbollah and Iran - but we see at the back [at the press conference] flags of 12 countries that are involved in the war.”

Aljazeera

Journalist and political commentator based in Yemen capital Sanaa

26 Dec 2021 6 4

James Elder

Inserted 2 years ago

“The Yemen conflict has just hit another shameful milestone: 10,000 children have been killed or maimed since fighting started in March 2015. That's the equivalent of four children every day.”

Inews

Unicef spokesperson

20 Oct 2021 2 4

Hussain al-Bukhaiti

Inserted 2 years ago

“Most of the fighters advancing towards Marib are from Marib province. [The Houthis] are mainly using fighters from the area that they are going to liberate, and this sends a good message. If all the people there were against the [Houthis], I don't think they could advance one metre.”

Aljazeera

Yemeni political analyst aligned with the Houthi movement

17 Oct 2021 3 4

Saleh Alnoud

Inserted 2 years ago

“It is difficult to know who controls what in Yemen, but the central government is formally in charge of Shabwah and should be held responsible for the lack of security and services over there.”

Aljazeera

Lawyer in international humanitarian law

06 Oct 2021 2 2

Josep Borrell

Inserted 2 years ago

“What is happening in Yemen is a terrible tragedy for the people there and it has also impact on the whole region.”

Aljazeera

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

03 Oct 2021 1 2

Maysaa Shuja al-Deen

Inserted 2 years ago

“There is no government military strategy. These government offensives are usually an attempt to increase activity on a front line, alleviate popular discontent, or get more funding. No decision has been taken to push for victory, that is very clear. Instead, most offensives are merely aimed at presenting an image to the media, and lifting the morale of the troops. The government would need to completely change its leadership in order to change its military performance. The leadership, led by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, was part of Saleh's [Ali Abdullah Saleh] corrupt system. He is a man who was the silent vice president between 1994 and 2011, and is used to doing nothing. The Houthis do not need to control the whole country to win, just the areas they currently control, where most of the Yemeni population live. Can they do more? Possibly. But a total victory would be difficult, and the country would prove impossible to govern.”

Aljazeera

Yemeni researcher

14 Sep 2021 5 3

Martin Griffiths

Inserted 3 years ago

“Famine has now arrived to add to the tragedy of Yemen. It is logical therefore and it has been incumbent for the parties now more than ever to stop the fighting and silence the guns.”

Aljazeera

United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen

16 Mar 2021 0 6

Hashem Ahelbarra

Inserted 3 years ago

“The Houthis are saying that they are responding to the latest escalation in the area with intense Saudi-led coalition strikes targeting Houthi positions in Sanaa. At the same time, by the end of this month, we will be commemorating the sixth anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition against the Houthis. The attack yesterday, deeper into Saudi Arabia, targeting vital refineries … is a message by the Houthis that they are far from being defeated and that they will continue to gain ground and expand their military influence.”

Aljazeera

Al Jazeera’s journalist

08 Mar 2021 4 4

Andrew Mitchell

Inserted 3 years ago

“The government had made an unimaginable decision … in the middle of a global pandemic. Britain is the lead country at the UN on Yemen, yet this decision will condemn hundreds of thousands of children to starvation.”

Theguardian

UK's former international development secretary

01 Mar 2021 3 4

Laurie Lee

Inserted 3 years ago

“In the worst humanitarian disaster in the world, [this decision] will take lifesaving aid away from a quarter of a million people on the brink of famine. A famine caused by war. A war enabled by UK arms sales.”

Theguardian

Chief executive of Care International

01 Mar 2021 1 4

Olivia Headon

Inserted 3 years ago

“If fighting moves towards populated areas or these displacement sites, we will see people flee again and towards locations to the east and south of Marib city with even less resources. Much of this is desert area so just think about what any displacement in that direction would mean for families' access to water.”

Aljazeera

International Organization for Migration spokeswoman

16 Feb 2021 2 3

Mark Lowcock

Inserted 3 years ago

“An assault on the city [of Marib] would put two million civilians at risk, with hundreds of thousands potentially forced to flee - with unimaginable humanitarian consequences. Now is the time to de-escalate, not to add even more to the misery of the Yemeni people.”

Twitter

UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs

15 Feb 2021 2 3

Joe Biden

Inserted 3 years ago

“The war [in Yemen] has created a humanitarian and strategic catastrophe. This war has to end. At the same time Saudi Arabia faces missile attacks, UAV (drone) strikes and other threats from Iranian-supplied forces in multiple countries. We're going to continue to support and help Saudi Arabia defend its sovereignty and its territorial integrity and its people.”

Aljazeera

President of the United States

04 Feb 2021 4 5

Lise Grande

Inserted 3 years ago

“Yemen is on the brink of a catastrophic food security crisis. If the war doesn’t end now, we are nearing an irreversible situation and risk losing an entire generation of Yemen’s young children. Acute malnutrition among children is hitting the highest levels we have seen since the war started.”

Theguardian

UN’s humanitarian coordinator for Yemen

28 Oct 2020 2 2

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“There are many bodies still at the scene of the airstrike, many missing people. It is impossible to know how many people have been killed. It seems to have been a horrific act of violence.”

“The Yemen conflict has just hit another shameful milestone: 10,000 children have been killed or maimed since fighting started in March 2015. That's the equivalent of four children every day.”

“Most of the fighters advancing towards Marib are from Marib province. [The Houthis] are mainly using fighters from the area that they are going to liberate, and this sends a good message. If all the people there were against the [Houthis], I don't think they could advance one metre.”

“It is difficult to know who controls what in Yemen, but the central government is formally in charge of Shabwah and should be held responsible for the lack of security and services over there.”

“What is happening in Yemen is a terrible tragedy for the people there and it has also impact on the whole region.”

“Famine has now arrived to add to the tragedy of Yemen. It is logical therefore and it has been incumbent for the parties now more than ever to stop the fighting and silence the guns.”

“The government had made an unimaginable decision … in the middle of a global pandemic. Britain is the lead country at the UN on Yemen, yet this decision will condemn hundreds of thousands of children to starvation.”

“In the worst humanitarian disaster in the world, [this decision] will take lifesaving aid away from a quarter of a million people on the brink of famine. A famine caused by war. A war enabled by UK arms sales.”

“An assault on the city [of Marib] would put two million civilians at risk, with hundreds of thousands potentially forced to flee - with unimaginable humanitarian consequences. Now is the time to de-escalate, not to add even more to the misery of the Yemeni people.”

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