Saturday, November 10, 2018

The war intensifies in Yemen

Yemeni forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition launched on Friday a "vast offensive" to take full control of the port city of Hodeidah.


"A military operation has begun and the national army forces have advanced towards the north and the western sides of the city of Hodeidah, progressing on all fronts with the support of the Arab coalition," the government said in a statement. "Fierce battles are taking place at these moments."
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned that many people remained trapped in the city by the fighting. The UNHCR expressed alarm over the fate of unknown numbers of people trapped in Hodeidah by the latest fighting.U.N. bodies have also warned that an all-out attack on Hodeidah, an entry point for 80 percent of Yemen's food imports and aid relief, could trigger famine in the impoverished state.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm aware that capitalism is full of pain and tragedy but couldn't this blog just occasionally feature something a little 'upbeat'?

Matthew Culbert said...

"I'm aware that capitalism is full of pain and tragedy but couldn't this blog just occasionally feature something a little 'upbeat'?"

There are no prizes for predicting that the future under capitalism will be lousy. But the prize to be gained by transcending the rut of cynical inaction is the world and its abundant wealth which will be ours—the property of all—as soon and as long as the majority cease to be in mental bondage to the illusion of the impossibility of their own freedom.

ajohnstone said...

The blog did applaud the coming peace talks in Yemen

https://socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-hopeful-sign-for-yemen.html

But sadly these have been postponed again.