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Yemen: Civil War and Humanitarian Catastrophe

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DOI10.1177/2041905819854310
AuthorAaron Edwards
Published date01 June 2019
Date01 June 2019
14 POLITICAL INSIGHT • JUNE 2019
16
March 2019 marked the
fourth anniversary of the
military intervention by the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
and its allies in the Gulf Co-operation
Council (GCC). Since the outbreak of
major hostilities, 24.1 million of Yemen’s
30.5 million population are in need of
humanitarian aid, 3.34 million have been
internally displaced and some ten million
Yemen: Civil War
and Humanitarian
Catastrophe
Since 2015, Yemen has been engulfed in civ il war and an unparalleled
humanitarian crisis. In order to understand why it has proven so
diff‌icult to end the armed conf‌lict in the Middle East’s poorest country,
we must look at the broader historical forces at work in the Arabian
Peninsula, argues Aaron Edwards.
are teetering on the brink of famine. The
sheer extent of one of the 21st century’s
greatest humanitarian catastrophes is
staggering and, with this in mind, it is
important to ask why a search for peace
remains so elusive.
Although the humanitarian catastrophe
in Yemen is a by-product of civil war and
military intervention, the continuing
violence and instability also points to
two key features of the modern Middle
East. First, that it is becoming increasingly
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Political Insight May 2019.indd 14 08/05/2019 10:55

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