Tag: Yemen: On brink of catastrophic famine

NOVANEWS By: PBS NewsHour Read Next More than 22 million Yemenis need humanitarian assistance every day. Here’s how you can help In addition to thousands of civilians in Yemen who have already died in a war between a Saudi-led coalition and Iran-backed Houthi rebels, less documented war tactics may also push the poorest Arab country into a catastrophic famine. Declan Walsh wrote in an interactive essay for The New York Times that the insidious warfare is waging a far greater human toll. Walsh joins Hari Sreenivasan. Read the Full Transcript HARI SREENIVASAN: For the past three years, a Saudi-led coalition has bombed and battled Iranian-backed Houthi rebels who control Yemen's major cities. Yemen shares a border with Saudi Arabia and the Saudis receive military eq...