Overly Bureaucratic Procedures and Long Waits Cut Off Support to 22 Million Yemenis
NOVANEWS
Yemenis inspect the damage caused by a Saudi-led air strike on a cholera treatment center supported by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the Abs region of Yemen on June 11, 2018.ESSA AHMED / AFP / GETTY IMAGES
BY: Maged Srour
As Yemen’s people struggle to survive amid what has been described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, the stranglehold by both government coalition forces and rebels over the country’s main ports of entry and distribution is cutting off a lifeline of support to 22 million people.
Amnesty International, in a report published on June 22 after seven months of extensive research, said that the Saudi-led government coalition are blocking the entrance of essential humanitarian aid, including food, fuel and medicines. And any distribution of ...